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Lot 325
London to the Nore, painted and described by W L and Mrs Wyllie, circa 1905, published by A & C Black, Eton, painted by E D Brinton, described by Christopher Stone, circa 1909, pub. a & C Black, Surrey, painted by Sutton Palmer, described by A R Hope Moncrieff, circa 1906, pub A & C Black and three other books on London and The Thames (6)
Lot 579
1926 March 29 cover endorsed "VIA AIR MAIL/SUDBURY/RED LAKE" in red type, addressed to Ontario and franked 1922-31 1c (3) tied by Sudbury machine cancel, signed at lower left "W. R. Maxwll/Capt/Pilot", with Red lake April 12 backstamp, neat cover of which only 45 were flown on this leg (AAM 2601), BPA Cert (2014)
Lot 813
1895 July 22, registered philatelic 'F R Parker' cover bearing short set of local issue to 10c orange-red, tied by Proud type D1 cds, overseas postage paid by Labuan 1894-96 18c olive-brown tied by cds for Jy 25, face also bears London reg oval ds for 25 Au 05 in red and with Tottenham arrival cds on reverse for following day, adhesives mostly with perf tones and some separated with scissors, very scarce despite faults and philatelic nature ; Please note this lot is subject to 5% vat on the hammer price
Lot 479
Small mostly QEII used collection on pages including 1953 to 20s, 1963 to 20s, 1929-52 postage dues to 4d grey-black incl 3d on chalky paper (this with Peetoom cert), 1963 to 1s, also some revenues incl 'R' opts on 1953 issue 10s & 20s, 1955 1d to 20s (Barefoot 16/24) and £50 grey, plus 10s opt 'Fee Stamp' (Barefoot 5) and 5s blue Employment stamp, also two examples of 1964 1s stamp booklet, generally fine (68)
![* Eric Erskine Campbell Tuffnell [1888-1978]-H.M.S. Racehorse, Q & R Class Destroyer 1942-1949:-watercolour18 x 25cm.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/45c20ac4-c82a-475b-821f-a77e00cea2b5/04e47ab9-689d-4475-ba8f-08e81d359094/468x382.jpg)
Lot 229
A GEORGE V SILVER PAIR CASED POCKET WATCH, the white enamel dial painted with a huntsman and his two hounds flushing out birds, with a centre hours dial, the outer ring inscribed "THOS. MYERS. 1826" for the numerals, the verge movement by R Blakeborough, Otley, numbered 9765, with full back plate and foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock, in a plain inner and outer case, Birmingham 1826 (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)
Lot 356
JOSEF LORENZL (Austrian 1892-1950), an Art Deco part silvered bronze of a nude young lady modelled standing with a coy expression, on a circular base, signed R. Lor., 9 1/4" high, fixed onto a hexagonal green onyx pedestal and black slate plinth, 11 3/4" high overall (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)
Lot 62
A LATE VICTORIAN DOULTON STONEWARE OIL LAMP BASE, of ovoid form with lift-out metal lined reservoir, tubelined and moulded in relief with rosette panels in shades of blue, cream and brown, on a cast metal quatrefoil base stamped Hinks & Son, reservoir with plaque "Chas. R. Dibben, Sloane St;, London", 13" high, with Young's patent wick, clear chimney and etched globular shade (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)
Lot 1030
Sale Item: 6 MAHOGANY D R CHAIRS Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
Lot 155
Sale Item: REPLICA 1995 STEIFF TEDDYB"A"R 1909 Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
Lot 417
Sale Item: W C PAINTING BY R H HOPKIN 1877 (AF) Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
Lot 546
Sale Item: T T R RAILWAY SPARES (AF) Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
Lot 714
Sale Item: PRINT LADY SPINNING R MURISON (FRAME AF) Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
Lot 79
F & R Pratt bread plate 'I will have mercy and not sacrifice' featuring Christ and His disciples at the centre, after a design by H Warren and engraved in 1851 by J Austin, printed marks, 33cm diameter; also a Victorian majolica bread plate, moulded scalloped form decorated in ochre, brown and green glazes, width 31cm (2)
Lot 105
Leeds. A History of the Town and Parish of Leeds, Compiled from Various Authors. To which are added, a History of Kirkstall Abbey and a Leeds Directory, Containing a List of the Merchants, Tradesmen, etc. in the Town of Leeds, 2 parts in one, published Leeds, [1797], title trimmed and relaid, three engraved plates, some dust-soiling and spotting, early 19th century calf, joints cracked and some wear to spine, 12mo, together with A Walk Through Leeds, Or, Stranger's Guide to Every Thing Worth Notice in that Ancient and Populous Town; with an Account of the Woollen Manufacture of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds: printed by J.H. Leach, 1806, two engraved plates, contemporary half calf, joints cracked and some wear to spine, 12mo, plus The Leeds Guide: Giving a Concise History of that Rich and Populous Town, the Circumjacent Villages, and Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds: printed for John Ryley by Edward Baines, 1808, lacking frontispiece, contemporary cloth, upper cover detached, 12mo, with Wardell (James), The Antiquities of the Borough of Leeds, Described and Illustrated, 1853, Large Paper copy, sixteen lithograph plates (some hand-coloured), original front wrapper bound-in, contemporary half calf by J.W. Jackman of Leeds, rubbed and scuffed, slim 8vo, and Kidson (Joseph R., & Kidson, Frank), Historical Notices of the Leeds Old Pottery with a Description of its Wares..., Leeds: J.R. Kidson, 1892, engraved portrait frontispiece, photogravure plates, edges rough-trimmed, original cloth gilt, spine slightly rubbed, 4to (limited edition 132/250), plus other Leeds related, 19th & 20th century publications (80)
Lot 150
Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 1791, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents list, forty-three (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, printed back-to-back, text block detached, contemporary calf, crudely repaired with sellotape, rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with Bowen (Emanuel), A Corrected Map of the County of Stafford divided into Hundreds..., published H. Overton, J. Bowles, H. Parker, Carington Bowles, J. Ryall & R. Sayer and T. Kitchin, circa 1750, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 525 x 410 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, with another twenty-two folding county, touring and regional maps including examples by Cruchley, Hall, Bacon, J & C Walker, Philips, Bartholomew and Ordnance Survey, plus two Ordnance Survey maps of parts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire (dated 1834 & 1862 respectively), each sectionalised and laid on linen and each contained in contemporary green morocco slipcases with envelope style lids, each approximately 630 x 715 mm, plus seven guide and road books, including examples by Cary, Fraser and Blacks, various sizes and conditon Sold as a collection of maps and plates, not subject to return. (approx.35)
Lot 167
England & Wales. Bellin (Jacques Nicolas), Carte R‚duite des Isles Britanniques en cinq feuilles..., Premiere Feuille [together with] Carte R‚duite des Isles Britanniques..., Seconde Feuille, 1757, two hand coloured engraved sea charts, large ornate cartouche to each sheet, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, slight fraying at base of central fold on sheet one, each approximately 560 x 870 mm Originally published in the 'Neptune Francois'. (2)
![London. Environs of London - Windsor Castle to Gravesend, published 'The Illustrated London News', [1855], uncoloured engrave](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b5b00720-e986-4bfc-98da-a78501119e93/aa04331d-8fa0-432b-e8ff-9e6274c523f6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 205
London. Environs of London - Windsor Castle to Gravesend, published 'The Illustrated London News', [1855], uncoloured engraved map by John Dower, decorated with approximately 100 topographical vignettes, old folds, occasional marginal closed tears, 535 x 780 mm, together with Warburton (John), A New and Correct mapp of Middlesex, Essex and Hertfordshire..., [1725], one sheet from Warburton's monumental map of South east England, this being the top left corner, including the cartouche, ninety heraldic shields to left hand margin and showing the North east of Hertfordshire including St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Watford and Tring, old folds, slight creasing, some repaired marginal closed tears, 540 x 625 mm, with Metcalf (R.), Plan and Elevation of London Bridge in its present state..., by Mr Dance, 1799, large engraved plan with contemporary outline colouring, old folds, slight dust soiling and marginal fraying, 630 x 2510 mm, with another two single sheet plans from the same series, with another single sheet from a larger (possibly Dutch) plan of east London around the Isle of Dogs, and three engraved topographical views of London, various sizes and condition (10)
Lot 215
*Monmouthshire. Saxton (Christopher & Hole William), Monumethensis comitatus quem olim incoluerunt silures, circa 1610, hand coloured engraved map, decorative strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, 275 x 340 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Bowen (Emanuel), Herefordshire divided into hundreds..., [1767], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, originally published in the 'Atlas Anglicanus', 230 x 325 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Kitchin (Thomas), An Accurate Map of the County of Radnor..., published R. Baldwin in 'The London Magazine', [1747 - 1760], hand coloured engraved map, old folds, toned overall, 170 x 220 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Kitchin (Thomas), Middlesex drawn from an accurate survey, circa 1760, uncoloured engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 185 x 195 mm (4)
Lot 276
*British topographical views. A good mixed collection of approximately forty-five prints and engravings, 18th & 19th century, engravings, lithographs and aquatints including Green (V. & Jukes F.), View near Black Friers Bridge [and] View near Westminster Bridge, published J.Boydell, 1777, pair of uncoloured oval aquatints after W.Marlow, some creasing and several repaired marginal closed tears, 440 x 520 mm, together with Gauci (W.), Exeter from Haven Banks, circa 1840, uncoloured lithograph after C. F. Williams, slight dust soiling, 220 x 310 mm, with Smith (Frederick), View of Brighton with the Chain Pier, published Colnaghi Son & Co., 1829, uncoloured engraving after John Constable, some spotting largely confined to margins, 260 x 350 mm, plus Horner (John), A View of Halifax from the S.E., published N. Whitley, Halifax, 1822, uncoloured lithograph, slight dust soiling and marginal toning, some marginal closed tears not affecting image, 340 x 480 mm, and Smith (J. R.), Silver Street Halifax, published Scott Bros. 1868, tinted lithograph, 355 x 370 mm, with Wells (J.G.), To the King's most excellent Majesty this print representing A South View of the Gateway Tower of Lancaster Castle..., is most humbly dedicated..., published R.Freebairn, 1802, aquatint with contemporary hand colouring after R. Freebairn, slight marginal creasing and toning, occasional marginal closed tears, 500 x 600 mm, and Jukes (F.), Skiddaw..., published W.Burgess, 1793, uncoloured aquatint after W. Burgess, thread margins, occasional marginal closed tears, 455 x 520 mm, with others similar including examples by Swarbrech, De Loutherbourg, Joseph Smith, Vertue, Basire, Catton and Buck, various sizes and condition (approx.45)
Lot 293
*Kip (Joannes). Berkley Castle the Seat of the Earle of Berkley; Alveston the seat of Edward Hill; Kingsweston the seat of Edward Southwell Esq; Boughton Court the seat of Sr. Barnham Rider Kt.; [and] Amney the Seat of Robert Pleydell Esq., circa 1720, together five engraved views, Alveston view with later hand colouring, each approximately 355 x 435mm, initial four views mounted, framed and glazed, Amney unframed, plus Gardner (Thomas), The Road from Oxford to Chichester; The Road from Tinmouth in Northumberld., to ye City of Carlisle in Cumberld., [1719], together two hand-coloured engraved strip road maps, 'The Road from Tinmouth..., with one worm hole, each approximately 185 x 270mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Sayer (R. & Bennett J.), The Road from Dartmouth to Minehead in Somersetshire, circa 1775, hand-coloured engraved strip road map, with 'The Road from St David's to Holywell..., printed to the verso (map on verso uncoloured), 160 x 215 mm, mounted, framed and double glazed (8)
Lot 295
*London. Stadler (J.C.), East India House, published R. Ackermann, 1817, hand coloured aquatint on wove after T.H.Shepherd, repaired marginal closed tears, backed with archival tissue, 410 x 500 mm, together with Havell (D.), A View of the Royal Exchange Cornhill, published R.Ackermann, 1816, hand coloured aquatint on wove after T.H.Shepherd, several repaired closed tears affecting image, backed with later linen, 415 x 500 mm, together with Fearnside (William Gray, editor,), The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster, 1838, additional decorative title and twenty-nine (complete) uncoloured engraved views, some plates with stitch holes to upper margin but not affecting image, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, 8vo, with approximately 400 topographical engravings, decorative prints and excised scrapbook pages, various sizes and condition (approx.400)
Lot 354
New Zealand Maori Rugby Team. An autograph team sheet for the team touring New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, France, England, Wales and Canada, 1926-27, signed on board the ship carrying them to Canada, 10 January 1927, a total of 29 signatures and 1 set of initials 'S.J.', including autographs of the Captain M.P. Barclay, Vice Captain R. Bell and manager H. Harris, signed in three slightly uneven rows on a sheet of light blue paper and pasted into an autograph album of the period, containing unidentified autographs and watercolours on 10 further pages, a further 14 autographs of Japanese naval officers signed and identified on HIMS Katori letterhead, 4 pp., 8vo, loosely inserted, contemporary decorative synthetic boards, oblong 8vo Now called the Maori All Blacks, they began playing in 1888 as the New Zealand Natives, recording their first national win against Ireland (13-4) later that year in Dublin. They were the first team to wear the famous black jersey and the side was originally conceived as an all-Maori selection. The team has beaten many international sides, including the British and Irish Lions, England and Ireland. (1)
Lot 356
*Plimer (Andrew & Nathaniel). A scrap book of letters, biographical notes and reproductions of illustrations relating to the miniature painters Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer, compiled by a biographer, George Charles Williamson, Mount Manor House, Guildford, circa 1900-1903, comprising approximately 100 leaves with tipped-in letters to Williamson concerning his project, captions for reproductions of portraits, further notes, etc., a total of approximately 100 leaves (versos blank), bookplate of George Charles Williamson to front pastedown, contemporary quarter buckram over marbled boards, slightly rubbed, some spotting and soiling, 4to, together with a small group of other autograph letters and related concerning art and collecting, including autograph letters signed from John Sheepshanks (1784-1863), Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878), Dawson Turner (to the portrait painter, Thomas Phillips), George James Welbore Agar Ellis, Sir Francis Chantrey, Edward Hodges Baily, Linley Sambourne, Francis Schenk, Sir John Fleming Leicester, Felix Topolski (postcard), James Wyatt (signature), etc., plus a quantity of engraved portraits and prints Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (a carton)
Lot 373
Coote (Charles, 1st Earl of Bellomont, KB PC(I), 1738-1800). Statutes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, reprinted 1772, some spotting and soiling throughout, lower outer blank corner of final leaf repaired, additional contemporary original watercolour drawing of the arms of Coote bound in as frontispiece, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated red straight-grain morocco, gilt border of flowers and birds, rubbed, 4to Bound for Lord Charles Coote on the occasion of his installation as Knight of the Bath on 15 June 1772. Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener (purchased from Bernard Quaritch, 1972). (1)
![*Dugdale (William, 1605-1686). Autograph letter signed 'Wm Dug[dale], RougeCroix', 29 June 1640, to an unnamed recipient, re](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b5b00720-e986-4bfc-98da-a78501119e93/63918689-b359-4e8a-da21-89f41989c422/468x382.jpg)
Lot 374
*Dugdale (William, 1605-1686). Autograph letter signed 'Wm Dug[dale], RougeCroix', 29 June 1640, to an unnamed recipient, returning rolls of arms which Sir Christopher Hatton [1540-1591, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England] had borrowed [for his Book of Seals which was being compiled at that time] and asking for the loan (for the same purpose) or Sir Henry Spelman's 'booke of Armorye' and also for a sight of any of his deeds relating to the families of Manwaring of Cheshire [for whom Dugdale compiled their pedigree and family history] and Darcy of Yorkshire or Lincolnshire, and expressing the hope that he has finished the ordinary and the analysis of arms which he had formerly begun, signature wormed with loss of last four letters of surname, paper somewhat browned, 1 page, folio Provenance: Sotheby's, 12 October 1976, lot 462; Major Anthony R. Tavener. Included with the lot are several photocopies and two letters to Major Tavener from the Bodleian Library and the British Library, the latter of which proposes Sir Edward Dering and the heralds of Sir Henry St George and Sir William Le Neve as possible candidates for the recipient of this letter. (1)
Lot 376
Genealogical Papers. A miscellaneous collection of 50 manuscript items relating to genealogy, heraldry, etc., mostly late 18th and early 19th century, including collateral representations of the Plantagenets and Tudors, genealogy of the Ayscoughs of Skeusby, genealogy of Atkyns of Gloucestershire, genealogy of the family of Barne, pedigree of the family of Caldwell, of the family of Chadwick, note respecting the descent of the family of Collingwood, pedigree of the family of Cordell, and its alliance to that of Firebrace, descent of the family of Edge, note relating to the pedigree of Galway, letters respecting the pedigree of Sir Ar. Jones, note respecting the descendants of Bishop Muse, genealogy of the family of Peshall, family of Radcliff, family of Vaughan, various notes and papers respecting arms, pedigrees, etc., addressed to Ralph Bigland, Herald, various sizes, all neatly mounted on guards, a few repairs, 19th-century half calf, rubbed and soiled, folio Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)
Lot 378
Heraldic Manuscript. A Roll of Arms, copied by Thomas Digby, 1640, brown ink on laid paper, the shields arranged in two rows of five on each page, the majority with family name neatly written in cell above each shield, a total of 13 leaves, the first page with the ownership name of the copyist 'Tho: Digby, 1640' in upper margin, the penultimate and last identified coat of arms being that of three "Luces" (Pike) for Thomas Lucy's family of Charlecote Park near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, the second leaf neatly rehinged, the ninth leaf with conjugate stub between folios 6 & 7, a little dust-soiling throughout, uncut edges, modern quarter morocco and marbled boards with vellum tips [by Douglas Cockerell & Son, 1979], title label lettered in gilt 'Lucy Roll: Copy of Thos Digby 1640', oblong 8vo (155 x 210 mm) Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)
Lot 379
Heraldic Manuscript. The Visitation of Westmorland, 1575, and Visitation of Cumberland, 1615, manuscript, circa 1635, containing about 80 pen and ink coats of arms on 23 folios, some soiling and old stains to inner margins of early leaves affecting text and images but without loss of legibility, followed by 8 leaves containing approximately 200 coats of arms of Kentish families and compiled at a similar date, some spotting and soiling, a few scattered pencil marks, Thomas Phillipps ownership numbers at foot of first leaf with later ownership motif 'E17' at centre, book ticket of Bretherton and large armorial bookplate of W. Harry Rylands to front pastedown, 19th-century half calf and cloth, rubbed and a little chipped at head of spine, folio (330 x 208 mm) Provenance: Phillipps MS. 26645; Sotheby's, 23 June 1952, lot 116 (bought by Walford for E. [Edward Elmhirst]); Major Anthony R. Tavener (purchased from Stanley Crow, 1975). (1)
Lot 380
Heraldic Notebook. A manuscript heraldic notebook compiled by Sir Richard St George, circa 1625, neatly written in brown ink on laid paper, a total of 153 numbered folios including some blanks, but mostly written to rectos and versos and including occasional sketches of coats of arms, folio 12 headed 'Liber Ricardi St Georgii' with coat of arms beneath, further coat of arms to folio 13v and long prayer of Richard St George written to folios 14 and 15, 3 unnumbered leaves of index in a neat and near-contemporary hand at rear, some dust-soiling and a few minor paper repairs, ownership signature and armorial bookplate of Charles George Young to front pastedown, contemporary vellum gilt with the St George arms to both covers and Young's monogram to upper cover and at foot of spine, indistinct old ink library shelf number 'A 58' at head of spine, rubbed and slightly soiled, small 8vo (145 x 102 mm) An interesting notebook of a practising herald, containing information relating to the pedigrees, arms and raising to the nobility of notable families; also notes of arms in some churches, orders of procedure, etc. Sir Richard St George (circa 1550-1635) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London which he joined in 1602. He became Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and then Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. He secured an appointment as Norroy in 1604 and was knighted in 1616. He attained the position of Clarenceux King of Arms in 1623, carried out numerous visitations and was a noted scholar and antiquarian. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch (£50, 24 July 1972); Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)
Lot 381
*Heraldry, etc. A group of approximately 40 letters and mostly manuscript documents, mostly 18th and 19th century, including autograph letters signed from George J. Spencer, 1828; Frances, Duchess of Marlborough (x2); Burrs Howard, Duke of Norfolk; Edward Harding, 1817; J.B. Burke (1814-1892, editor of Burke's Peerage), Dublin, 14 January 1880, to Captain White regarding the difficulty of finding a complete set of 'the Visitation of Seats and Arms'; John Charles Brooke, Somerset herald, 1791; Duke of Devonshire (x3) and Edward Cavendish (x4); Sir Henry Hardinge (third person) and Lord Fitzalan, plus a fragment signed by Robert Walpole, letters signed from Edward Duke of Kent to Lord Sydney concerning keys to gates and bars at Hyde, St James's and Green Park, part of a treasury document signed by the Duke of Somerset, 1709, a manuscript concerning seals, 1696, document signed by Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, a letter from Routledge, Greenwood & Keane concerning the price of chimney shafts requested by R.S. Streatfield, 1840, 4 vellum deeds including 3 signed by the Earl of Shrewsbury, etc., various sizes Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (40)
Lot 382
Heraldry manuscript. Coates and Creasts of severall of the Nobillitie, circa 1578, 31 pages manuscript, neatly written in brown ink on laid paper and displaying coats of arms, crests and one hatchment, in trick or in painted emblazonry, the coat armour on shields or lozenges, lists of coats martialled and two chronologies of English monarchs down to 20 Elizabeth [1578], 4 pages with uncharged lozenges, plus 3 blanks, some soiling and marks throughout, a few leaves rehinged or repaired, old tape repairs to 2 leaves, contemporary manuscript title cut and pasted on flyleaf (with number '58' in the hand of Sir Henry St George, the Younger, Garter), partly uncut, Middle Hill boards with printed Phillipps 13108 at foot of spine, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo (205 x 145 mm), modern slipcase with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover Provenance: From a collection of St George manuscripts sold by Sotheby's in their sale of Biblioteca Phillippica, New Series, Seventh Part, 15 June 1971, lot 1606 (Quaritch); Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)
Lot 383
Heraldry Manuscript. Collection of Names and Description of the Arms of Different Families of various English Counties, in the Autograph of Samuel Todde, late 16th century, 100 numbered leaves with 9 unnumbered leaves alphabetical index at front, bookplates of the Shirley Library at Ettington Park and later bookplate of Edward Elmhirst to front pastedown, manuscript note about the work and its provenance by Elmhirst pasted to rear pastedown and his monogrammed elm leaf library number E2 to margin of first page, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling and wear, folio, purpose-made quarter morocco gilt slipcase by Zaehnsdorf Provenance: Reverend Dr Wellesley; Shirley Library at Ettington Park; Edward Elmhirst; Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)
Lot 384
Heraldry Manuscript. An album containing heraldic watercolours on 26 sheets, 17th-20th century, mostly pen and ink and watercolour, some gold and gouache, including one signed Dalton, three signed Thorold, seven of Orders of the Garter, one on acetate and one on graph paper, the earliest depicting sixteen coats of arms back to back on two strips of 17th-century paper, various sizes, a few additional printed heraldic items, some with additional watercolour, various sizes, the largest approximately 29 x 20 cm, some on thick paper or card and mostly mounted back to back on album leaves without additional notes or marginalia, hinges split, 20th-century cloth, rubbed, 4to Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener, purchased from Heraldry Today, 1974. (1)
Lot 386
Heraldry manuscripts. The Manner and Creation of Hereaulds and Pursuivants, together with the Oaths Administered, the Orders to be Observed and the Grants of Privileges made by them by various Kings and Queens of England, 4 to XVII Century, written in an 18th-century hand to rectos of 33 leaves, some soiling and spotting, tear with loss to lower margin of first leaf, Phillipps MSS18521 provenance to upper margin of first leaf, later boards with modern calf reback, folio, together with a neatly-written account of Monmouth's, Extracts from Parish Registers, etc., Parish of Bardwell, Suffolk, compiled in February 1852 by G.E. Adams [later G.E. Cokayne, the genealogist and Clarenceux King of Arms], 46 pp. including a few pen and ink illustrations, contemporary sewn marbled wrappers, rubbed on spine, small 4to, a scrap album containing 19th and 20th-century watercolour, pen and ink and pencil coats of arms, and 2 related lithographically printed books, various sizes Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (6)
Lot 387
The Parliamentary Roll. Original roll of arms from the papers of Sir John Fastolf, KG (1380-1459), possibly by his Secretary and Herald William Botoner (William of Worcester, circa 1415-circa 1482), circa 1475, comprising a total of 8 leaves of laid paper with a watermark showing a hand with a five-rayed star, with numerous pen and ink coats of arms in trick, some damp staining, soiling and repairs with loss, the pages numbered 193-208, all rehinged with a later flyleaf tipped in with inscription at head in an 18th-century hand 'Quare [queer] if these heraldical sketches were not done by William Botoner, otherwise called de Worcester, for they were found amongst the famous Sr. John Fastolfs writings from Castre [Caister] in Norfolk', and inscribed beneath in another hand 'Wm Botoner, Herald to Sir John Falstaff', later blanks supplied at rear, modern mottled calf with gilt title to upper cover and spine, joints slightly cracked, folio (295 x 195 mm) Typed notes supplied by A.R. Wagner, Portcullis (Garter later) in 1937 suggest a possible earlier date of circa 1450, and suggests that it is perhaps a copy of an earlier roll. He identifies this as a version of the Great or Parliamentary Roll, dating to about 1312 (MS. Cotton, Caligula A.XVIII, ff.3-21b), edited by Sir Harris Nicolas as 'A Roll of Arms of the Reign of Edward II' (1829). Wagner further correlates the blazons on the leaves in the present copy as relating to folios 1-6 & 9-14 in the Nicolas edition. He notes that pages 197-198 & 203-204 in the present copy do not belong to this Roll, but are doubtless from some other early Roll. William of Worcester, sometimes called William Botoner was an English chronicler and antiquary, educated at Oxford, who became secretary to Sir John Fastolf. When Fastolf died in 1459 Worcester found that nothing had been bequeathed to him although he was one of the executors. He disputed the validity of the will and by amicable arrangement he obtained some lands near Norwich and Southwark. Sir John Fastolf has become lastingly famous as the possible prototype, in some part, of Shakespeare's comic character Sir John Falstaff. However, the real Fastolf was a noted soldier, patron on literature and writer on strategy. The upper cover of the present work has the gilt title 'Original Roll of Arms from the Papers of Sir John Falstaff (1415-1482)'; the date with a typed paper overslip suggesting '1378?-1459'. Provenance: Purchased by Major Anthony R. Tavener from Bernard Quaritch in 1976. (1)
Lot 389
Birkenruth (Johanna). Rembrandt, Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre et Son Temps..., by Emile Michel, Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1893, half-title, portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations, marbled free endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, contemporary olive green crushed morocco by Johanna Birkenruth, with her ink stamp to preliminary blank, faded (especially to spine and upper cover), a trifle rubbed in places, raised bands, gilt panelled compartments with tulip tools, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, date lettered at foot, covers with gilt double fillet border, and inner double fillet panel with tulip cornerpieces, enclosing repeated double 'r' monogram between small sunburst tool, red morocco doublures with gilt border of hound's tooth roll and fleur-de-lys roll, and inner border of scrolling seedhead roll between triple fillets, enclosing a triangular panel filled with tulip sprays and dots and roundels, terminating in a palmette tool, large 4to Johanna Birkenruth was an early and eminent member of the Guild of Women Binders. She produced jewelled bindings which possibly inspired Sangorski and Sutcliffe to follow suit. She offered classes in bookbinding in South Kensington, and some of her bindings were exhibited in Chicago in 1893. (1)
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Charles II period binding. The Whole Duty of Man, Laid down In a Plain and Familiar Way for the Use of All, but especially the Meanest Reader. Divided into XVII. Chapters... with Private Devotions For several Occasions, [by Richard Allestree], printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, 1680, additional engraved title, engraved frontispiece bearing the royal arms of Charles II, occasional marks, first and last few leaves with dampstaining to head and foremargin, frontispiece and title each with short closed tear and small loss to foremargin, I12 with closed tear, U6 with small excision to foremargin, affecting a few letters on verso, front flyleaf (defective) with early ink ownership names of Ann Butler and 'Martha Eyre Her Book 1729' to verso, all edges gilt, contemporary elaborately gilt-decorated red morocco, incorporating coloured infills to design, some wear to extremities, spine with raised bands, tools include drawer handle, four-petalled flower, and tulip, gilt roll on edges, 12mo, unrelated autograph letter signed from the bookbinder Sidney Cockerell loosely inserted Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon. The tools used are typical of the period, similar tools being used by the Queen's Binders and others. (1)
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Continental binding. L. Ann‘us Florus. Cl. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium, E cod. MS. nunquam antehac editum, Leiden: Elsevier, 1638, engraved title, engraved head- and tail-pieces, including the 'black siren' at the head of the dedicatory epistle, title with small ink inscription 'W. Bateman Hague 1716' at head, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges and remnants of green silk ties, spine with manuscript title at head, covers with gilt armorial stamp to centre, front cover with faint early manuscript shelfmark to head, a couple of marks, contained in a marbled slipcase, 12mo, together with Patrick (Simon), The Christian Sacrifice, A Treatise Shewing the Necessity, End and Manner of Receiving the Holy Communion..., in four parts, 3rd edition, printed for R. Royston, 1675, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title relaid (both loose), three-quarter page engraving in text, A2 with loss at head, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed and spine faded, spine with gilt decorated raised bands and panels, covers with decorative gilt panel design and central gilt armorial stamp of Anne Bayning, Viscountess Bayning of Foxley (1619-1678), Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon. First item: Willems 467. (2)
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