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Lot 1304
SIR JACOP EPSTEIN (BRITISH, 1880-1959)The Putti, Fifth and Sixth Portraits of Peggy Jean at Two (conceived in 1920) signed with monogram 'JE' (on the back of the neck) bronze 35.5cm wide on a marble base ARR Provenance Private collection, UKVIEWING NOTICEThis work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May4 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London, SW7 2JETuesday 7th May 3pm-6pmWednesday 8th May 9am-4pmPlease click here for more details. LiteratureA. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Jacob Epstein to Arnold Haskell, A Series of Conversations on Art, London, 1931, p. 179 (another cast illustrated);R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York, 1942, no. 88, pl. 11 (another cast illustrated);R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p. 103, pl. 161 (another cast illustrated);E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no. 116, p. 148 (another cast illustrated)
Lot 1254
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)Private, 1st K. A. R. signed with initials 'M. M.' (lower right), inscribed with title (lower centre) and further inscribed (to backboard) watercolour 36.5 x 26.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The artist, thence by descent to her grandson; Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks alongside Gwen and Augustus John. She then set up and ran a small commercial art studio in London. When she married, she moved to Nyasaland (Malawi) with her husband who worked for the Agriculture Department of the Colonial Office. They had a small farm of their own where Metcalfe stayed until moving back to the UK in the early 1960s. Throughout her long life she produced a large and varied body of work, much of it recording the people and landscapes of her beloved African home. She regularly exhibited her work both in Malawi and South Africa.The purpose of this sale of work is to raise money for the charity “Mary’s Meals” so as to provide free lunches for schoolchildren in Malawi.
Lot 223
* Natural History. A mixed collection of approximately 100 prints and engravings, 18th & 19th-century, engravings, etchings and lithographs, many hand coloured, including butterflies, insects, birds, fish, shells, flora and fauna, with examples by or after N Gualtieri, A. Bell, R. Hills, T. Pennant, The Illustrated London News and others, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 100)
Lot 352
Torti (Francesco). Ad criticam dissertationem du abusu Chinae Chinae Mutinensibus medicis perperam objecto a clarissimo quondam viro Bernardino Ramazzino, in Patavinâ Universitate practicae Medicinae Professoren Primario, responsiones jatro-apologeticae, Modena: Bartholomaei Soliani, 1715, damp-stain to outer blank margin of a few gatherings, contemporary quarter vellum, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, recased with new endpapers, 8vo, together with: Cockburn (William). Virulentae Gonorrhoeae, symptomata, natura, causa & curationes, Lyon: Isaacum Severinum, 1716, half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, ownership inscription in brown ink of 'R. Hopwood' dated 1718 to front free endpaper, hinges neatly repaired, lightly spotted, a gathering loose, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, spine lettered in gilt with red morocco title label, some wear, 8vo, plusBlackmore (Richard). A Treatise of Consumption and other Distempers belonging to the Breast and Lungs, 1st edition, London: John Pemberton, 1724, Royal Hospital Salford ink-stamp to title, spotted, disbound with covers missing, spine split in half, 8vo, withCornarius (Janus). Iani Cornarij Medici Physici, De peste Libri duo, Basel: Joannem Heruagium, 1551, spotted, title soiled and strengthened to inner margin, modern vellum, black morocco title label lettered in gilt, 8voQTY: (4)
Lot 30
Markham (Clements R., editor). Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa, 1st edition, Trübner & Co., 1876, engraved portrait frontispiece, four folding maps, 2 lightly foxed (mainly to margins and folds): one with a long split and a short split to one fold, and a second with a short closed tear adjacent to one fold, folding facsimile letter (small loss to blank margin), 6 plates, lightly toned throughout, scarce minor foxing, bookseller's ticket (E. & F.N. Spon) at rear, contemporary maroon half morocco, spine with recent gilt-lettered label, spine and tops of boards a little faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:George Bogle led the first British mission to Tibet in 1774, and Manning was the first Englishman to visit Lhasa in 1811.
Lot 61
Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Wales, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Benjamin White, 1784, 49 engraved plates (of 53, however with 10 supplemental plates), lightly spotted, contemporary tree calf, spine elaborately gilt, contrasting morocco labels, joints cracked, some wear to extremities, 4to, together with:Bingley (William). North Wales; including its Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, and some sketches of its Natural History, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804, engraved frontispieces, 12 engraved pages of music, spotting, modern red half calf gilt, 8vo, plusWarner (Richard). A Walk Through Wales, in August 1797, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1798, half-title, aquatint frontispiece, lightly spotted, endpapers renewed, modern half calf gilt, red morocco title label, 8vo, withWarrington (William). The History of Wales in nine books, 2nd edition, London: J. Johnson, 1788, 2 engraved folding maps, folding genealogy, scattered spotting, light scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, rubbed and marked, 4to, plusBatty (Robert). Welsh Scenery from Drawings, Large Paper copy, London: John Murray, 1823, half-title, 35 engraved plates, light scattered spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary green cloth, rubbed, spine faded, 4to, withRoscoe (Thomas). Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales; including the scenery of the River Wye, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: C. Tilt, [1836], engraved titles, 93 engraved plates, lightly spotted, original publisher's red full morocco gilt, spines faded, lightly marked, 8vo, with 12 other 19th-century volumes on Wales, a majority leatherboundQTY: (23)
Lot 72
Ascham (Roger). Toxophilus, The Schole, or Partitions, of Shooting. Contayned in II Bookes. Written by Roger Ascham, 1544 ... to which is added, a Dedication and Preface, by the Reverend John Walters, Wrexham: reprinted by R. Marsh, 1788, without frontispiece (as most often), light old damp staining to lower margins throughout not affecting text, some minor spotting, uncut, modern antique-style panelled calf with gilt-titled spine label, 8voQTY: (1)
Lot 198
* British Topography. A collection of approximately 80 views, 18th & 19th century, including Illustrated London News (publisher). London in 1842. Taken from the Summit of the Duke of York's Column, 1843, two uncoloured engraved panoramas on one sheet (as published), old folds, small holes where old folds cross, slight spotting, dust soiling and creasing, 830 x 1185 mm, together with Stadler (J. C.). View in Broad Street in Oxford, J. & J. Boydell, June 1st 1793, aquatint after J. Farington, contemporary hand-colouring, with Tombleson (W.). Sixteen Views from the River Thames, circa 1840, uncoloured engraved views with decorative borders, some dust soiling and staining, each approximately 175 x 225 mm, plus Beeverell (James). A collection of approximately 50 engraved views, [Leiden: Pierre Vander Aa, 1727], uncoloured engraved views and prospects (including the map of London) a few plates with fraying to one margin, each approximately 135 x 155 mm, with others similarQTY: (approx.80)
Lot 55
Fletcher (John). A Dreadful Phenomenon described and improved: being a particular account of the sudden stoppage of the River Severn, and of the terrible desolation that happened at the Birches between Coalbrook-Dale and Buildwas Bridge in Shropshire, on Thursday Morning, May the 27th 1773. And the substance of a sermon preached the next day, on the ruins, to a vast concourse of spectators, 2nd edition, Bristol: Printed by W. Pine, 1774, 71 pp., lower margin of title with faint ink stamp with manuscript number, library label to front pastedown, late 19th/early 20th-century half sheep, joints lightly rubbed, slim 12mo, together with: Pennant (Thomas). Tours in Wales, 3 volumes, London: Wilkie and Robinson, J. Nunn, White and Cochrane [et al.], 1810, 44 engraved plates (some folding), few manuscript notes bound in, mid 19th-century green half morocco gilt, light wear at head of spines, 8vo,Gilpin (William). Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales..., made in the Summer of the Year 1770, 3rd edition, London: R. Blamire, 1792, 17 tinted aquatint plates, modern brown morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, Harral (Thomas). Picturesque Views of the Severn..., 2 volumes, London: G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824, numerous lithograph plates, titles, some text and foot of plates with library ink stamps, some spotting and dust-soiling, old library bookplate to upper pastedowns, original cloth-backed boards, later title labels, library number at foot of each spine, upper board of 1st volume near detached, some wear, 8vo, plus other Wales and River Wye topography and guides etc., mostly 19th-century publications QTY: (22)
Lot 371
* Shakespeare (William). An English treen snuff box made by John Marshall, mid-19th century, small circular box made of mulberry wood, the lid bearing an ornamental 'S' initial and the inscription 'Shakespeare's Mulberry Wood' around the edge, the inside of the lid stamped 'J. M.', diameter approximately 6 cm acrossQTY: (1)NOTE:Shakespeare’s mulberry was felled around 1756, in what the biographer and diarist James Boswell described as an act of ‘gothick barbarity’ by the then owner of New Place, the Reverend Francis Gastrell. John Marshall was a carver and antiquarian in Stratford-on-Avon who, after the felling used the wood to create carved artefacts for his shop. Marshall's 1887 obituary reads: 'Mr. Marshall ... had many opportunities of acquiring wood that was in different ways associated with Shakespeare, which he occasionally made into such articles as boxes &c., and many are now possessed by eminent persons in all parts of the world'. For a discussion of the snuff boxes and other commemorative objects produced from the celebrated mulberry tree felled in Shakespeare's garden at New Place, see Helen R. Smith, David Garrick 1717-1779 (British Library, 1979), pp.24-30.
Lot 113
British Isles. Jansson (Jan), Pascaart Vant Canaal Tusschen Engelandt en Vrancryck alsmede geheel Ierlant en Schotlant..., Amsterdam [1650], engraved sea chart with contemporary outline colouring, orientated to the east, cartouche supported by the figures of Neptune and Salacia, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, very slight spotting, 435 x 550 mm, French text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, Jansson 1 State 1. Originally published in Jansson's 'Atlantis Majoris Quinta Pars Orbem Martitimum...' printed as volume 5 of the Atlas Novus.
Lot 145
Ireland. Van Loon (Hermanus.), Carte Generale des Costes D'Irlande et des Costes Occidentales D'Angleterre avec une Partie de celles D'Ecosse, [1661 or later], large hand-coloured sea chart of Ireland and the west coast of England & Wales, inset map of the River Dee and Chester, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, good margins, 610 x 860 mm, together with Seale (R. W.). A Correct of St George's Channel and the Irish Sea..., published for Mr Tindal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History, circa 1750, hand-coloured sea chart of Ireland and the west coast of England & Wales, old folds, 485 x 380 mmQTY: (2)
Lot 127
Devon. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of Devon Shire, Divided into its Hundreds, Drawn from the best Authorities..., John Bowles & Sons, Messrs Bakewell & Parker, T. Bowles, H. Overton, T. Kitchin, R. Sayer and J. Ryall, 1762, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, originally published in 'The Royal English Atlas', large uncoloured allegorical cartouche and vignette of Exeter Cathedral Church, slight overall toning, 415 x 500 mm, together with Greenwood (C. & J.). Map of the County of Devon, from an Actual Survey made in the years 1825 & 1826..., Greenwood & Co. July 4th 1829, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, inset map of Lundy Island, large calligraphic cartouche, uncoloured vignette of Exeter Cathedral, reference to the hundreds and a compass rose, very slight spotting, 620 x 710 mm, with Cary (John). A New Map of Devonshire Divided into Hundreds Exhibiting its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. 1807, engraved map with wash outline colouring, oval cartouche, very slight staining, slight creasing along the central fold, old ink library stamp to the lower margin not affecting printed image, 500 x 550 mm, plus Stockdale (John). A Map of Devonshire from the best Authorities, 1805, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, old folds, some offsetting, 435 x 485 mm, and Weller (Edward). Devonshire (North Division) & Devonshire (South Division), circa 1860, two lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, each sheet approximately 315 x 440 mm, supplied with two sheets of descriptive text, with Fisher Son & Co. (publishers). Devonshire [1832 - 45], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some dust soiling and offsetting, 365 x 515 mmQTY: (7)
Lot 193
* Australia. Preston (W.). Sydney from Bennelong Point, New South Wales, R. Ackermann, September 1st 1820, uncoloured engraving after Capt. Wallis 46th Regt. large margins, central fold, one repaired closed tear to the lower margin, 380 x 500 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Walter Preston was a convict engraver whose ability came to the attention of Captain Wallis, who, as well as being the commanding officer of the Newcastle Convict Settlement, was a talented amateur artist. Their relationship resulted in a collection of views which were published by Ackermanns in 1821 called 'An Historical Account of the Colony of New South Wales'. Newcastle had a fearsome reputation as a place for secondary punishment and was described by a contemporary officer as 'the Hell of New South Wales'; which makes the collaboration and artistic achievement all the more extraordinary. It should be remembered that high-grade copper suitable for engraving was not available, so the copper sheets were manufactured from old sheathing plates from ship's hulls. This marine copper was much softer and more difficult to cut with precision and this accounts for the somewhat 'open' appearance of the engraving. Ultimately Preston was pardoned - on the recommendation of Wallis - in no small part because of his work on producing the plates for the book. Bennelong Point is now the site of the Sydney Opera House.
Lot 338
Dalton (Michael). The Countrey Justice, containing the Practice of the Justices of the Peace out of their Sessions: Gathered for the better help of such Justices of Peace as have not been much conversant in the study of the Laws of this Realm: now again enlarged, with many Precedents and Resolutions of the Quaere's contained in the former impressions..., London: Company of Stationers, 1655, title within decorative woodcut border (faint adhesive tape residue at gutter with light paper skinning slightly affecting left-hand edge of woodcut border), without A1 (blank), leaves 2C3 and 2C4 loosening, torn to lower outer corner with slight text loss, with repaired short closed tear and frayed to margins, woodcut device to final leaf, light toning and occasional scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked and board corners neatly repaired, folio (28.9 x 19 cm), together with:Dalton (Michael). Officium Vicecomitum. The Office and Authority of Sheriffs: gathered out of the Statutes, and Books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom..., To which is added an Appendix or Supplement..., London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard Atkins, and Edward Atkins, 1682, early signature to title, browning and spotting throughout, endpapers renewed with hinges cracked, upper pastedown with inscription 'Presented to Sheriff John R. Irwin of Mecklenburg County N C by Thos. W. Alexander Alty Charlotte N C July 30 - 1935, With the hope that he will read it carefully', contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, folio (30.6 x 18.9 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Wing D144 and D153.
Lot 448
Brooke (Rupert). The Collected Poems, London: Philip Lee Warner, Riccardi Books Press, 1919, woodcut portrait frontispiece and illustration to title, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original vellum, 8vo (limited edition 465/1000), together with:Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, A Poem, 2nd edition, London: R. Ackermann, 1812, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, title and plates, some toning and few marks, later 19th-century half calf, with green morocco title label, light wear to extremities, 8vo, Benson (Stella). Christmas Formula and other stories..., being no. 11 of the Furnival Books, London: William Jackson, 1932, wood engraved frontispiece by Clare Leighton, top edge gilt, original cloth in glassine wrapper, slim 8vo (limited edition 453/550 signed by the author), plus other miscellaneous, illustrated books, including several early editions illustrated and by Robert Gibbings, and several Folio Society volumes etc.QTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 358
Binding. Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of our Lord God, 1738...., With Notes of Husbandry, Fairs, Marts, and Tables for many necessary uses. Compiled for his Country's Benefit, by Cardanus Rider, London: Printed by R. Nutt, for the Company of Stationers, [1738], title in red and black, contents interleaved with few blanks (some discarded), Dutch gilt endpapers incorporating wallet style pocket to each pastedown (pocket folding side material renewed), all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with elaborate 'cottage roof' style gilt decoration, with fore-edge flap (flap hinges neatly repaired) and ornate metal clasp, upper cover lightly faded, lightly cracked at head and foot of spine, 12moQTY: (1)
Lot 452
Hayes (J. Gordon). The Conquest of the North Pole, recent Arctic exploration, 1st edition, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1934, frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs, 11 maps (2 double-page), contemporary ink gift inscriptions to front free endpaper, original green cloth gilt, dust jacket, a few chips to extremities with a few closed tears, 8vo, together with:Lindsay (Martin). Sledge, The British Trans-Greenland Expedition 1934, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1935, frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs, 5 maps, edges spotted, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, dust jacket, 8vo, withGlen (A. R.). Under The Pole Star, The Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-6, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1937, frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, dust jacket, a few small closed tears, 8vo, plusWright (Noel). Quest for Franklin, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1959, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original black cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, with 6 shelves of 20th-century polar works, many in dust jacketQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 370
Smith (John Thomas). A Book for a Rainy Day: or Recollections of the Events of the last sixty-six years..., 3 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1845, extra-illustrated with engravings, etchings, mezzotints and lithographs including approximately 67 London views (3 folding), 138 portraits and 86 others including musical scores, British or foreign topographical views, satirical prints, theatre interest and others, most all 18th and 19th-century, a few with hand colouring, most window mounted but a few tipped in or laid on later paper, original text pages (8vo) window mounted, light spotting, damp staining, trimming or offsetting to a few leaves of text and prints, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, 20th-century purple morocco, double morocco title labels to spine, upper panels inlaid with a closed umbrella design, joints rubbed, corners a little bumped, 4to, together with; Thackeray (William Makepeace). The Orphan of Pimlico and other Sketches, Fragments and Drawings...., with some notes by Anne-Isabella-Thackeray, 1st edition thus, London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1876, 3 engraved portrait frontispieces (2 black and white, 1 coloured duplicate), title in red and black, numerous plates with hand-coloured duplicates, original upper cover bound to front, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, bookplate of Charles Plumptre Johnson and ink signature to front pastedown, gilt turn-ins, 20th-century deep purple gilt morocco by Zaensdorf, spine faded to brown, some scuff marks to boards, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, plus Helwig (Christoph). Theatrum Historicum et Chronologicum..., 5th edition, Francofurti: Christian Kleinius, 1666, title in red & black, bookplate of James Frampton to front pastedown, contemporary calf rebacked preserving spine, folio, plus Bacon (Francis). Bacon's Essays, Sydney Edition edited by Sydney Humphries, limited to 30 editions in vellum, London: A. & C. Black, 1912, engraved frontispiece, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, ownership inscription of John Burns dated 1917 to front free endpaper, spotting to front and rear endpapers, untrimmed edges, printed letters from the publisher to the librarian from the publishers loosely inserted, original full vellum gilt, yapp fore-edges, minor soiling, 4to, plusBu?chner (Gottfried). Biblische Real- und Verbal- Hand-Concordanz Oder Exegetisch-Homiletisches Lexicon Darinne, 1st edition, Georg Adam Bonacker, Esslingen, 1747, slip printed 'Christian Freiderich Schall, 1747' pasted over publishes imprint on title page (partially lifting), contemporary vellum, rebacked preserving board and manuscript title section of original spine, 8vo, with a collection of others including; Beattie (William). Scotland illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by Messers. T. Allom, W. H. Bartlett..., 1838, numerous steel engraved plates plus folding map (some spotting), hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original red gilt morocco spine with relief buckram boards, a little worn, 4to, Little Books edited by Charles Whibley (2 volumes) London: Peter Davies, 1927, Forget me not; A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1831, London: Published by R. Ackermann, 1831, many plates, original paper boards and slipcase, 6mo, plus others including those in leather gilt bindings and mother-of-pearl boards, various sizes and conditionQTY: (18)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates)
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Lot 251
[Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence]. [Summa Theologica Prima, Venice: Per Lazarum de Soardis, 1503], title-page 'Tabula Nuper Diligente correcta Totius Summe beati Antonini Archiepiscopi florentini ordinis predicatorum...' with large woodcut title, CXXVIII leaves, woodcut initials, black letter, double column, light spotting, closed tear at foot of title, some old damp staning at foot of early leaves, endpapers and blanks renewed, rebound in modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt title label 'Tabula Nuper Diligenter' laid onto spine, 4to (205 x 150 mm)QTY: (1)NOTES:This copy lacks 2 leaves before the title, and 26 leaves at rear. This copy has leaves I - CXXVIII, (signatures a1 - q8). There are two entries on KIT (Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog) which show 2 unnumbered preliminary leaves prior to the title which are lacking in this copy. The entry also shows this lot is lacking leaves r - s 8 and t 1-6, and also [+] 4 at the end of the volume. The text at the end of leaf q 8 in this copy ends with the word 'finis'.
Lot 87
Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1885-1897, photogravure portrait frontispiece to first volume, 421 chromolithograph plates after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, all leaves and plates mounted on linen guards, occasional light toning, marbled endpapers with evidence of bookplate removal from upper pastedowns (with some consequent paper skinning), top edges gilt, near contemporary dark green half morocco by Bickers & Son, each volume neatly rebacked preserving original spines, large 8voQTY: (7)
Lot 165
New Zealand. Stanford's Atlas of New Zealand, the Provinces of Nelson and Malbrough with the adjacent parts of Wellington and Canterbury..., London, published by Edward Stanford..., 2nd of May 1864, large scale engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalized and laid on linen, minor spotting to a few areas, folded into original brown cloth boards (a little water stained and faded), 660 x 970 mm, plusGeorge Philip & Son (Publisher). New Zealand, London, Philip-Stanford Authentic Reference Maps, 1957, colour printed folding map in original printed paper wrappers, a few minute holes to folds, 710 x 560 mm and 3 other large colour printed folding maps including; South Island, New Zealand, 1st Jan 1957, Map of Christchurch and Environs, 1957 and Map of Wellington and Environs, 1960, all published by the Lands & Survey Dept, under the authority of R. G. Dick, Surveyor-General, with light dust soiling and minute holes to folds, various sizes, together with: Hewitt (Nathaniel Rogers). A collection of maps of engraved maps printed for Grant & Griffith (successors to J. Harris), circa. 1848 with original hand-colouring consisting of; Map of the World (folding, long closed tear, sheet size 220 x 380 mm), fictional map providing examples of topographical features, Europe (with contemporary ink manuscript annotations), Asia, Africa, North America, South America, England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, each approximately 220 x 280 mm (sheet size), most maps with a little dust soiling and a few ink spots, all loosely stitched together QTY: (6)NOTE:It is highly likely that the collection of Hewitt maps were the exercise sheets to accompany William Butler's Geographical and Biographical exercises, designed for the use of young ladies, Grant & Griffith, 1848.
Lot 247
Epistolae Graecae. Epistolae diversorum philosophorum, 2 volumes in 1, Editio Princeps, Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1499, part 2 bound before part 1, 138 unnumbered leaves, (lacking blank 6 2); 266 unnumbered leaves (lacking blank 8), Greek letter, some Roman, capital spaces with guide-letters, bookplate of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica on front pastedown, all edges gilt and richly gauffered, early 19th-century ‘Romantic’ straight-grain purple morocco by Brooks (his printed ticket on flyleaf), bound for George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, covers blind and gilt-ruled to a panel design, outer panel with blind dentelle border, middle panel with blind fleurons to corners and sides, large blind-tooled finely worked lozenge at centre, the arms of the 1st Duke of Sutherland gilt on upper cover, spine with blind and gilt-ruled double raised bands, blind tooled in compartments, gilt tooled at head and tail, inner dentelles and turn-ins gilt, 4to (leaf size 20.5 x 13.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), (bookplate).BMC V-560; GKW 9367; Goff E-6; Brunet 2, 1021; Renouard 18:1; "Cette édition est rare". Hain-Copinger, 6659.A fine, crisp copy of a rare Aldine incunable edited by Marcus Musurus. From 1493, Musurus was associated with Aldus Manutius and belonged to the Aldine Academy of Hellenists, a society founded by Manutius and other learned men for the promotion of Greek studies. Many of the Aldine classics were published under Musurus’ supervision, and he is credited with the first editions of the scholia of Aristophanes (1498), Athenaeus (1514), Hesychius of Alexandria (1514) and Pausanias (1516). Musuros’ handwriting reportedly formed the model of Aldus’ Greek type. Musurus here brings together 26 Greek authors including letters by Plato and the first printing of any of his writings in the original Greek as well Isocrates, Aeschines, Synesius, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, St. Basil, Phalaridis Tyranni, Bruti Romani, Apollonius of Tyana, and Julian Apostate. The Aldine Epistolae Graecae ‘was not replaced by an equally useful collection until 1873, the date of R. Hercher’s Epistolographi graeci’ (Wilson, Byzantium to Italy, p.150).The book is printed in Aldus’s second and better Greek type (2:114), designed by Francesco Griffo da Bologna. Letter-writing was an art and study allied to rhetoric which formed part of a humanistic education, and compendia of letters circulated as model precedents. The letters published in this volume however are of interest far beyond mere examples of letter-writing. An example is Plato’s seventh letter, the longest and most important. It is addressed to the associates and companions of Dion, most likely after his assassination in 353 BCE, in the form of an open letter, and contains a defence of Plato’s political activities in Syracuse as well as a long digression concerning the nature of philosophy, the theory of the forms, and the problems inherent to teaching. Toward the end of the letter he gives an explanation of the perfect circle as an existing, unchanging, and eternal form, and explains how any reproduction of a circle is impossible. He suggests that the form of a perfect circle cannot even be discussed, because language and definition are inadequate. This important edition was hightly influential; Copernicus taught himself Greek using this work with the help of a Greek-Latin dictionary; the manuscript of his De Revolutionibus contains a suppressed passage from Lysis’s letter to Hipparchus found in this collection. Introducing the text of the letter Copernicus mentions 'Philolaus believed in the earth’s motion.. (and) Aristarchus of Samos too held the same view'.
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