Witchcraft. The Opinion of Witchcraft Vindicated. In an Answer to a Book Intituled the Question of Witchcraft debated. Being a Letter to a Friend, by R.T., Licenced November 20, 1669. Roger L'Estrange, London: printed by E.O. for Francis Haley, [1670], 63 pp., title (detached and trimmed affecting some lettering and imprint, other leaves trimmed head and foot shaving headlines and catchwords, and a few leaves with marginalia, some light spotting and soiling, bound with Abrege de l'Histoire de la tres-illustre Abbaye de Repos de Notre-Dame de l'ordre de citeaux a Marquette..., Lille 1772 (last two leaves insect-damaged affecting a few words), text blocks detached, later half-calf, covers detached, spine rubbed and vertically split, some edge wear, 12moQty: (1)NOTESFirst work Wing T50. Rare, only four institutional copies located. The work is a reply to John Wagstaffe's The Question of Witchcraft debated; or a discourse against their opinion that affirm witches, 1669.
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Diderot (Denis, and D'Alembert, Jean) Suite du Recueil de Planches sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, volume 3 only, Geneva: Chez Pellet, 1779, half-title, 133 engraved plates and maps (some folding), spotting (mostly marginal), contemporary ownership inscription to title, corners of some prelims repaired, damp-staining affecting rear prelims, later quarter vellum, chipping to title label extremities, rubbing to boards, 4to,Qty: (1)NOTESWith the rare geographical maps.
Hogg (James). Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801, additional engraved portrait 'The Ettrick Shepherd' bound at front, small later additional portrait by W. Nicholson pasted at front, some light spotting, bookplate of H.D. Colvill-Scott, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and Legendary Tales, by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & London: John Murray, 1807, short closed marginal tears to pp. xvii-xx, some light spotting, title a little toned, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem, 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: John Murray, 1819, etched frontispiece, 2 etched plates (one double-page), some offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with a printed receipt, numbered in manuscript No. 161, signed by James Hogg and dated 1st June 1819, 'Received from John Miller Esq., Alloa, One Guinea, being his subscription for the Queen's Wake', loosely insertedQty: (3)NOTESFirst work rare, only 6 institutional locations recorded. James Hogg (1770-1835) was a self-taught Scottish poet and novelist, widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", and some later publications were published under that nickname. Scottish Pastorals, Hogg's first collection of pastoral ballads was produced entirely from memory after he was delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, without access to his manuscripts, and printed by stationer John Taylor whose premises were opposite the sheep market. His poems contained much energy and were inspired by the pastoral tradition of Allan Ramsay and Robert Burns. He met Sir Walter Scott in 1802 and the two became life-long friends.
Lanchester (Anne). Miroir de la Mode. 1803. To Be Continued Monthly, 1st edition, London: Madame Lanchester, 1803, 25 hand-coloured plates, spotting (mostly marginal, heavier to prelims), plates occasionally toned, marginal damp-staining to some text leaves, offsetting, contemporary quarter morocco, rebacked with original spine skillfully laid on, corners bumped, boards rubbed, floral embellishments to spine with gilt title, 4to, bound with Lanchester (Anne). Miroir de la Mode. 1804. To Be Continued Monthly, 1st edition, London: Madame Lanchester, 1804, 5 hand-coloured plates, spotting (mostly to text leaves), marginal damp-staining to text leaves, offsetting, 4toQty: (1)NOTESTooley 330. A superior copy of a vanishingly scarce fashion colour plate book. The extremely rare fashion periodical published by Madame Lanchester, this volume bound with 5 plates from the even scarcer 2nd volume published in 1804. The first volume has only appeared twice at auction in 80 years. The second volume has only appeared once at auction and then only with the first 3 plates. Institutionally it is also extremely scarce, with Copac listing only the British Library as holding a copy of both the 1st and 2nd volumes (also with 5 plates), however it should be noted that theirs is without the contemporary hand-colouring present in this copy.
* Cromwell (Richard, 1626-1712). Lord Protector, son of Oliver Cromwell. A rare and early autograph document signed, 'R. Cromwell Eng', being a receipt written to the verso of a payment order, 'Receaved [sic] for Sarjeant Major Warren thirty two shill[ing]s', with two similar receipts of money signed by John Bingley and John Morris beneath, the recto being the manuscript order upon the treasurer for payments due to several companies of soldiers, a total of £7 4 shillings, given at Dublin Castle, 10 September 1642, signed at head by William Parsons and John Borlase, Lords Justice of Ireland, and signed at foot by Charles Moore, Gerard Lowther, John Temple, Francis Willoughby, Thomas Lucas, James Ware and Robert Meredith, a little minor spotting and toning to inner margin, two pages, folio (28 x 18 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA rare group of autographs signed at the beginning of the Irish Rebellion, and on the cusp of the English Civil War. The signers to the document are William Parsons (c. 1570-1650), John Borlase (1576-1648), Lords Justice of Ireland, Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda (1603-1643), Sir Gerard Lowther (1689-1660), Irish Judge, John Temple (1600-1677), Irish lawyer and author of The Irish Rebellion (1646), Francis Willoughby (1614-1666), roundhead and royalist, Sir Thomas Lucas (died 1649), royalist, James Ware (1594-1666), Irish historian, and (?)Robert Meredith. A rare and early autograph of Richard Cromwell from the beginnings of the English Civil War and the wars in Ireland.
* Hammond (Robert, 1621-1654). Officer in the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell and Custodian of King Charles I. Document signed, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, 6 October 1648, giving permission for Lord Seymour to visit King Charles I while in custody, 'I admitt the Lord Seymour with his servants and horses to passe your guards into this Isle of Wight...', docketed [by Seymour?], one page with docketed integral blank, a few minor spots and dust soiling and verso where exposed after folding, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAt the end of the First Civil War in 1646, King Charles I was in custody but still had some freedom of movement while he endeavoured to negotiate his political future. However, by November 1647, and with no settlement in prospect, the king slipped away from Hampton Court, fearful that radical soldiers in the New Model Army were in control of Parliament, and went on the run. He soon ended up on the Isle of Wight believing its governor, Robert Hammond, was sympathetic to the royalist cause. Colonel Hammond was troubled by this important charge and wrote immediately to Parliament informing his superiors of the king's presence on the island. Hammond was given instructions to detain the king and instead of being the king's protector, he became his gaoler. Hammond's custody of the king lasted from 13 November 1647 to 29 November 1648. During his incarceration Charles made more than one attempt to escape. Shortly afterwards the king was sentenced to death and beheaded in Whitehall on 30 January 1649. This extraordinary and rare pass, signed by Colonel Hammond, is for William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588-1660) to visit the king towards the end of his imprisonment at Carisbrooke Castle. Seymour was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War. He was the most prominent nobleman (then as Marquess of Hertford) to remain alongside the king throughout his captivity, and was with him until his execution in 1649. He was one of four lords (the others being the Duke of Richmond, and the earls of Lindsey and Southampton) who petitioned the Commons to be allowed to assume responsibility for the King's acions and to suffer death in his place.
* Strafford (Thomas Wentworth, 1593-1641). English Statesman, supporter of King Charles I, and Lord Deputy of Ireland. Document signed, 'Wentworth', 20 September 1635, appointing Sir Edward Osborne Deputy Lieutenant of the County of York, paper seal upper left, countersigned Tho: Edmundes lower right, short closed tear without loss, vertical closed tear without loss near lower centre fold within text, some overall spotting, oblong folio (29 x 39.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA rare autograph of one of King Charles I's most loyal supporters. His fortunes fell with those of Charles in 1641 and he was the first to be tried for the crime of 'cumulative treason', i.e. treason against parliament and the country rather than against the King. When parliament condemned Wentworth to death, Charles reluctantly signed the death warrant and Wentworth was executed on Tower Hill on 12 May 1641 in front of a huge crowd.
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* Wood (Anthony à, 1632-1695). Antiquary and Author. A rare autograph letter signed, 'A. Wood', no place, 17 November [16]84, to Sir William Dugdale, Garter, Principal Knight of Arms, concerning the effects left by Ralph Sheldon, antiquary, referring to books and manuscripts and continuing, 'I brought also up with me a great large chest cram'd with pedigrees of paper and parchment, with other roles of antiquity...', with an additional initialled note written vertically downwards in the left margin, small seal tear with slight marginal paper loss affecting penultimate word of additional note without loss of sense, one page with integral address panel and endorsement, folioQty: (1)NOTESRalph Sheldon (1623-1684) was an English Roman Catholic Royalist and an antiquary, who bequeathed his library of books and manuscripts to the College of Arms. His fine library at Weston in Long Compton, Warwickshire was catalogued by his fellow antiquary Anthony à Wood. Sir William Dugdale (1605-1686) was an English antiquary and herald who wrote an account of his life in his later years at the request of Anthony à Wood.
Beda (Natalis or Noël). Scholastica declaratio sententie & ritus ecclesiae de vnica Magdalena per Natalem Bedam studii Parrhisieri. Artisi & theologie magistru: cotra magistroru Iacobi Fabri & Iudoci Clichto uei contheologi scripta, per additionis modum ad ea, que prius p alios contra eosdem fuere deprompta. Anno dni, 1519. Mensis Nouembe. 25, [Paris}: Venundatur in officina Iodoci Badii Ascensii, [1519], 53 ff., title with woodcut illustration depicting the operation of a hand press, red-ruled throughout, some capital letters with stencilled highlighting in yellow, small damp stain at gutter, foot of title inscribed in an early hand 'Ex libris Capucin Conuntus Sylvanectinsis',. ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, 19th century half calf by Birdsall & Son, Northampton, joints and edges lightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESVery rare. No copies traced at auction. Not in Adams. Leader of the Paris Faculty of Theology (1520-1534), and staunch opposer of the Reformation, Beda wrote five polemics (the present copy is the first) between 1519-1529 in his campaign against the teachings of Martin Luther generally and the humanists Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples in particular.
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Justinian I (Emperor). Institutionu[m] imperialium libri quatuor: queda[m] velut totius Juris Prude[n]tie cleme[n]ta: seu potius compendiu[n]: longe castigatissimi, [Paris], Apud Claudium Chevallon, [1522], title printed in red and black, with woodcut decorative outer border, and large printer's woodcut device, with the name B. Rembolt, and monogram to centre, additional smaller woodcut printer's device of Claude Chevallon to foot of title verso, text printed in red and black throughout, [16], CCLXVIII (plus blank at end), large woodcut illustration to verso of ‡8, early annotation in ink to foot of final leaf of text with early doodles to verso, probably in the same hand, including images of a bird, and two images of a flying fish, 19th century plain endpapers, remains of clasps, contemporary blindstamped full calf, 19th century vellum reback, with red morocco title label, all four outer corners with original metal strengtheners, some marks and minor wear, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Ex libris Clarke Watkins Burton, Rector of Cliborn Church, Westmorland, and canon of Carlisle from 1892 (according to pencil note to front endpaper, and loosely inserted note in ink). BM STC French, 1470-1600, 380. The presence of the printer's devices of both Rembolt and Chevallon indicate an important collaborative venture between Charlotte Guillard, one of the earliest woman printers in Paris, and Claude Chevallon. Guillard had taken over the print shop of her first husband, Berthold Rembolt at the Soleil d'Or, after his death in 1519. In 1521 she married the bookseller Claude Chevallon, a union that was perhaps as much for economic as for personal reasons. The prominence of the Rembolt device on the title page of this edition is thus an indicator of the status of Charlotte, as Rembolt's widow, in this new publishing venture. Rare (only one copy located in the UK at Lambeth Palace Library).
Lucian (of Samosata). I dilettevoli dialogi: le vere narrationi: le facete epistole di Luciano philosopho: di greco in volgare novamente tradotte & historiate, 1st Italian edition, Venice, Nicolo di Aristotile detto Zoppino, September 1525, title printed in red and black, with decorative woodcut border, 28 woodcut illustrations to text, colophon leaf at end, with woodcut illustration, a few minor marks to margins (generally in good condition), title with 19th century ownership stamp Ex Lib. Aureliorum to foot, modern ownership signature to front pastedown of D.L. Cumming, old (probably18th century) mottled full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little wear to upper joint and head and foot of spine, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAdams L1630; Brunet III 1213; Graesse IV, 283; Sander 4038. Rare. Only one copy in the UK (University of Cambridge).
* Glover (Montague Charles, 1898-1983). An interesting and unique personal archive of photographs from circa 1917 to 1950s, including 14 unpublished portraits of his partner Ralph Hall, 1920-1930s, produced as slide-mounted colour positives, 1950s; further portraits including colour positives 1930s/1940s, all unpublished, slide-mounted, 1950s, subjects include 3 of Horse Guards, 2 naval, 3 military men and 2 of civilians; plus 5 similar black and white slides; a small album signed and titled ' Impressions of Italy:', containing 38 window-mounted snapshots of people and scenes, circa December 1917-May 1918, images 3.5 x 6 cm, some captioned by Glover; and 4 loose photographs including one of Montague Glover with friend, circa 1919, 11 x 16.5 cm; a young man with cap, 13.5 x 6 cm; an officer in regimental uniform, 15.5 x 10.5 cm, studio portrait of a young man, 17 x 11.5 cm; from WWI and 1920s a group of approximately 200 celluloid negatives of various subjects, 23 small contact prints and 10 glass negatives (mostly male portraits); plus glass negatives (6 x 8 cm) depicting male boxing subjects (6) and the same boys sitting and posing in athletic poses (7); later mounted colour slides of gardens, travel including Midlands, etc. (56); plus 56 glass lanterns slides of similar subjects, circa 1930s/1950sQty: (a small carton)NOTESMontague Charles Glover (1898-1983) was a British freelance architect and private photographer. He is notable for his depiction of homosexual life in London during the early to mid-20th century through private photographs taken primarily for his own enjoyment. His photographs tend to document 'rough trade', the working class members of the military. He is notable for his depictions of this partnership with his lover, Ralph Edward Hall (1913-1987), a rare documented example of gay long-term relationship prior to the legalisation of homosexuality in Britain in the 1960s Much of Glover's possessions were put up for auction in 1988 by Hall's next of kin. Much of the collection was published in a book in 1992 with text by James Gardiner, A Class Apart - The Private Pictures of Montague Glover. The archive offered here is the remaining part of the original collection.
Hong Kong. Picturesque Hongkong. 24 Views of Hong Kong, Canton & Macao, Hong Kong & Shanghai: W. Brewer & Co., circa 1900, title printed in red, 24 colour-tinted collotype plates from photographs, a few heightened in red, paper guards with printed captions, General View of Hong Kong (plate 1) a little frayed at fore edge, small marginal wormhole at foot of plate 23, some insect predation to lower margin of number 24 paper guard, hinges tender, original silk covered printed boards, spine defective, splitting at joints, some wear at outer margin of upper cover, small oblong 4to, 16 x 21.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESVery rare. No other copies located. Provenance: "Brought home for mother with love. 1900. H.L. Bowerbank", inscription at head of title.AMENDMENT: Plate 1, general view of Hong Kong is defective - it is lacking the outer folding portions
Devon. A Brief Account of the Earthquake, the Solemn Event Which Occurred Near Axmouth, Devonshire, on the 25th December, 1839, 1st edition, James Nisbett, 1840, 12pp., two faint horizontal folds, modern marbled wrappers, printed paper label to front cover, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESRare: only the British Library copy listed on COPAC. The Great Landslip of 1839, as the event at Axmouth on Christmas Day became known, was the first major landslide to be recorded scientifically and the area it created is known today as the 'Undercliff'. With coastguard reports of flashes of fire and the stench of sulphur fumes, it was thought at first that there had been an earthquake. The massive movement of earth left a chasm filled with grotesque peaks and pinnacles extending for three quarters of a mile, with new cliff faces over 150 feet high. As news of the phenomenon spread, thousands of sightseers, scientists, and geologists arrived to view what seemed to be one of the wonders of the world. A dance called the 'Landslips Quadrille' was sold in London and numerous engravings of the scene were made. Queen Victoria sailed to Axmouth in her yacht to view the remarkable scene for herself. Many saw the event as a warning from God, as indeed did the writer of this pamphlet; he quotes from a friend residing in the vicinity of Axmouth who describes the events leading up to the creation of a "monstrous ravine", calling the incident "the remarkable visitation of the Most High God of this land by an earthquake".
British Isles. (Bertelli Ferrando & Lily George), Britania Insula quae duo Regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia Adjacente, Venice [1562], uncoloured engraved map, two engraved tablets containing descriptive text, one very short marginal tear repaired on verso, 480 x 350 mmQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early printed Maps of the British Isles, 70. A scarce 'Lafreri' map, based on George Lily's earlier 1546 publication (Shirley no. 41) and which is widely attributed to the engraver Paolo Forlani (David Woodward). The map has slightly less topographical information and the cathedral towns are no longer highlighted by a cross and the north and south cardinals are placed inside the map borders. Rare.
British Isles. Hondius (Henricus & Le Roy Henry), Novissima Descriptio Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae [with additional imprint] A Paris chez Michael van Lochon graveur et Imprimeur du Roy Henry Le Roy fecit, Paris [1639], hand-coloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkney Islands, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, slight mount staining, margins slightly chipped, 380 x 510 mm, no text on the versoQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 493. A rare map, engraved by Michel von Lochom. The map appears to have been a separate publication and is only occasionally found in composite atlases. We have found records of only two copies, one in the British Library and one in the Bibliothèque Nationale.
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British Isles. Ptolemy (Claudius & Berlinghieri Francesco), Tabula Prima d Europa, Florence [1482], uncoloured engraved map on thick laid paper, a few professional repairs to the verso, largely confined to the margins, size to plate mark 405 x 525 mm, sheet size 430 x 555 mmQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early printed Maps of the British Isles, 3, state 1. "an elegant copperplate engraving originally attributed by Hind to Francesco Roselli, an attribution now questioned in view of Roselli's absences from Italy in the period 1480 - 1482. This is the only edition in which the projection follows Ptolemy's original grid, based on equidistant parallels and meridians. The place names are directly engraved on to the plate in Italian, using a lighter and slightly cursive upper and lower case print, compared to the heavier capitals on the Rome plates and the crude lettering on the first Bologna edition". Rare. One of the first available printed maps of the British Isles.
British Isles. Visscher (Claes Janzoon), Tabula Magnae Britanniae Continens Angliam Scotiam et Hiberniam nupperime edita oer Niccolaum Johannis Visscher, Amsterdam [1623], uncoloured engraved carte-a-figures map with 12 oval vignettes of principal cities along the horizontal margins and 10 pairs of costumed figures to the vertical margins, inset map of the Orkney Islands, trimmed to neatline along the left-hand vertical margin, trimmed with slight loss to the strapwork margin along the upper horizontal margin, thread margins to the remainder, old fold, central fold and old folds strengthened and repaired on the verso with slight loss to the printed image, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 460 x 555 mmQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early printed Maps of the British Isles, 384. A highly decorative and rare map by Claes Visscher (under his Latinised name of Nicolaus Joannis Visscher) and separately published. An example of the first state, engraved by Abraham Goos. It appears in a rare 1623 Mercator atlas, but Shirley suggests that the map may have been issued separately prior to the 1623 atlas.
England & Wales. Hollar (Wenceslaus), The Kingdome of England & Principality of Wales, exactly describe with every Sheere & the small Townes in every one of them, in Six Mappes, Portable for every Mans Pocket..., Useful for all Commanders for Quarteringe of Souldiers & all forts of persons that would be informed, Where the Armies be; never so Commodiously drawne before this..., Described by one that travailed throughout the whole kingdom for its purpose, Sold by Thomas Jenner, 1644, printed title, six (complete) uncoloured engraved folding maps, a few maps with old folds strengthened on verso, map 6 (South East England) torn with the loss of the lower right corner of Kent & Essex, front endpaper with a manuscript monogram 'JR', contemporary calf, with gilt title to the spine, some wear and staining, binding size 220 x 115 mmQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no. 537. The map is often referred to as 'The Quartermaster's Map' and is based upon Christopher Saxton's wall map. It was used widely during the English Civil War, particularly by the Parliamentarians with whom the publisher Thomas Jenner's sympathies lay. Jenner was a print and map seller who set up in business at the White Bear in Cornhill in about 1618. Until the impending Civil War Jenner was not known for cartographic material. Then in 1643, he published a revised edition of the 'Direction for the English Traviller' whose plates he had acquired from his printer Matthew Simmons. Jenner had timed his move perfectly. The demand for maps to help the large numbers of people moving about the country at the time of the Civil War was on the increase. The market for the little atlas clearly proved so great that he was emboldened to do more. He engaged the services of the noted engraver Wenceslaus Hollar to etch a reduction of Christopher Saxton's great wall map of 1583, thereby enabling his customers to have a more detailed and yet still portable map of England and Wales. Its success can be measured by how often it was re-printed - as many as fifteen different states, the last being in 1800 - however, its portability probably resulted in the destruction of most examples and complete copies such as this example are rare. This is a very rare example of the 1st state, variant 1b. The monogram is believed to be that of John Rushworth. Rushworth was a solicitor and was enrolled at Lincoln's Inn in 1640. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he acted as a messenger between Parliament and its committees at Oxford and York. As secretary to Sir Thomas Fairfax, general of the New Model Army, Rushworth was off considerable importance, and thereafter he was employed by the council of state and Parliament. Following the execution of Charles I in 1649, Rushworth became personal secretary to Oliver Cromwell. He began drafting plans for the abolition of the monarchy and the House of Lords, and the establishment of an English Republic under the leadership of Cromwell. When Cromwell became Lord Protector in 1653, Rushworth was promoted to Registrar of the Court of Admiralty. At the Restoration, Rushworth made peace with Charles II and, although called to give information on the activities of the regicides, was not himself implicated. In 1667 he became secretary to the Lord Keeper and, later, agent to the colony of Massachusetts. Despite his many emoluments and an inherited estate, he fell into poverty, probably as a result of a combination of senility and alcoholism, and spent his last years in a lodging in the King’s Bench Prison, Southwark, where he died. A rare map with a remarkable historical provenance. I am grateful to Dr Robert Colley for his research into the monogram and its significance.
London. Meynell (Gerard T. & MacDonald Gill), If you would save your Dog from Distemper send your Pounds & your Pence to the Fund, The Field Distemper Fund, Westminster Press, 1914, decorative pictorial map, old folds strengthened and repaired on the verso, the whole backed with archival tissue, 745 x 930 mmQty: (1)NOTESA rare 'Field Distemper Fund' edition of 'The Wonderground Map' by MacDonald Gill. The map was designed to support a campaign to raise £25,000 against the scourge of distemper and was led by Theodore Cook, the editor of The Field. It was a huge success and eventually raised £33,000 and culminated in the development of a successful vaccine in 1933.
Monmouthshire Saxton (Christopher & Web William), Monumethensis comitatus Regis Henvici quinti natalitiis celeberrimus Ano Dm 1642 uncoloured engraved map, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 395 x 485 mmQty: (1)NOTESA rare 'civil war edition' of Christopher Saxton's map of Monmouth by William Web. Originally published in 'The Maps of All the Shires in England and Wales'.The arms of Elizabeth I have been replaced by those of Charles I, and apart from the change to the date very few other alterations have been made. In very good condition.
* Poland & Lithuania. Gudicanus (Augustinus), Nova Descriptio Totius Regni Polonici nec non Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae cum suis Palatinatibus Castellaniis ac Confinils, Cologne, J. A. Kinkius [1658], engraved zoomorphic map with contemporary outline colouring, which depicts Poland as a crowned eagle, old folds, some worming affecting the image, 310 x 330 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESA rare map of Poland representing Poland in the symbolic form of an eagle. Originally published in Gudicanus's "Augustini Gudicani Borussi Polonia sive Nova Regni Poloniae, in Aquila ejusdem regni insigni, descriptio et chorographia". The white eagle has been a totemic symbol of an independent Poland since its earliest history.
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[Barker, Thomas]. The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening in Three Books... Hereunto is Likewise Added the Art of Angling, 4 parts in one volume, T. Mabb for William Shears, 1654, separate title to each part (parts 2 & 4, A Perfect Platform of a Hop-Garden / The Art of Angling, both dated 1653), parts 3 and 4 with separate pagination and register, some wood engravings to text of first two parts, 22 full-page engravings to third part (The Expert Gardener) and final 4 leaves of this part misbound (pp. 51-54, 47-50), some spotting and light browning throughout but signatures D and K of first part more heavily browned, one and then two pinhead wormholes to lower blank margins not affecting text, beginning signature R of second part and continuing to the end, contemporary marbled boards with calf tips (some wear), old calf reback with leather spine label, 4to (190 x 140mm)Qty: (1)NOTESWestwood & Satchell pp. 66-67; Wing B783, 784, C1700, S946. A rare complete copy of Barker's treatise on garden horticulture, including the important fourth part, a pre-Waltonian section devoted to angling. This is the second edition of that treatise which was first published in 1651 and is of legendary rarity in that edition. Barker, who made a living as an angling tutor, suggested that ‘fishing far surpasses all other recreations in promoting health and pleasure. The text offers much hard practical advice on fish species, tackle and bait, together with recipes, including pike with stewed oysters, and employs a successful formula for angling writing which has been much copied subsequently’ (ODNB).
* Tasmania & Australia. Lycett (Joseph). Distant View of Hobart Town, View of Lake George New South Wales, Mount Dromedary Van Diemen's Land, Rosenheath Ferry near Hobart Town, View on the Macquarie River Van Diemen's Land, The Table Mountain..., Van Diemen's Land, Mount Wellington near Hobart Town, View upon the South Esk River Van Diemen's Land, View of Rosenheath Ferry (Taken from the East Side) [and] View from the Top of Mount Nelson with Hobart Town in the Distance, J. Souter, 1825, ten (of 48) aquatint engravings with contemporary hand-colouring, occasional slight spotting, each approximately 220 x 310 mmQty: (10)NOTESOriginally published in Joseph Lycett's 'Views of Australia or New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land'. Joseph Lycett was the outstanding artist of his period in Australia and his Views in Australia is a landmark in the development of the Australian illustrated book. It is the most celebrated of Australian topographical plate books, and, despite its rarity, must be considered essential to a collection' (Wantrup, Australian Rare Books, pp. 289-92). Abbey Travel 570; Ferguson 974; Tooley 310
Koestler (Arthur). Spanish Testament, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1937, light spotting and toning to pages (mostly marginal), contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust jacket, a couple of faint marks to front board, dust jacket spine toned, spine extremities chipped with loss, spotting to front and rear panel, chipping at folds with loss, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe rare trade edition in the original dust jacket. Extremely scarce, having only once appeared at auction with the original dust jacket. Koestler's first book in English. Koestler firstly went undercover as a Franco sympathiser, infiltrating his Seville headquarters on behalf of the Comintern in order to prove collaboration between Franco and the fascist governments of Italy and Germany. After successfully collecting evidence he had to escape to France after being denounced as a communist. He then travelled to Spain the following year as a war correspondent for the News Chronicle. Upon the fall of Malaga he was imprisoned in Seville and sentenced to death until he was exchanged for another prisoner of "high value". These events form both parts of Spanish Testament, which is one of the earliest books to be written from death row.
Taverner (John). Certaine Experiments Concerning Fish and Fruite, 1st edition, William Ponsonby, 1600, large woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, printed mostly black letter, without first and last blanks, some minor spotting, initial letters of ‘To’ and ‘Reader’ in headline of A4v shaved, morocco gilt book-label of A.R.D. [noted angling book collector Alfred Denison], edges stained red, 19th-century green half morocco over marbled boards, gilt title and decoration to raised bands, a little rubbed, small 4to (165 x 125mm)Qty: (1)NOTESKress 237; STC 23708 (recording 4 copies); Westwood & Satchell, p. 205. Rare first edition of Taverner's only publication, based on his experiments in stocking a fish pond. 'The experiments concern the construction of ponds, the treatment, breeding and feeding of fish therein, and the baits for and nature of pond fish. Of the tench the author says "The tench also is very easilie taken in a Bownet, and whoever hath of them in his ponds, it behooueth him to take great heede that he be not deceived by leud people"' (Westwood & Satchell).
GEORGE BARRINGTON THE PICKPOCKET A rare creamware jug, c.1790, printed in black with a scene of two figures titled 'Barrington picking the Pocket of J. Brown Esqr', the reverse with a ship under sail, with double strap handle issuing from floral terminals, restored, 17.7cm. George Barrington was born George Waldon in County Kildare in 1755. He ran away from school in 1771 after stabbing a fellow pupil. Joining a band of strolling players, he assumed the name Barrington and commenced a life of petty crime as a pickpocket at Limerick Races. Subsequently he fled to London where he was arrested and tried on various occasions and finally convicted and sentenced for deportation to Botany Bay in September 1790. On the convict ship to Australia, he frustrated an attempt by the convicts to seize the ship, thus earning himself favourable consideration and, in 1792, was awarded the first ever warrant of emancipation issued. Famed for his poetry, he also became superintendent of convicts and held the office of high constable in Paramatta in New South Wales, where he died in 1804.
FRENCH REVOLUTION PROPAGANDA A rare pearlware jug, c.1793, printed in brown and decorated in colours with satirical cartoons titled 'English Misery' and 'French Happiness', restoration to the handle, foot and upper section, 20cm. Isaac Cruikshank's cartoon titled 'French Happiness, English Misery', which contrasts the Frenchman's dire situation with that of the Englishman's circumstances, was published by S W Fores on 3rd January 1793.
1793 EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI A large and rare creamware jug, c.1793, printed in black with moving figural scenes titled 'The last interview of Louis the Sixteenth with his family' and 'Death of Louis XVI King of France who was beheaded Jan'y. 21 1793', restoration to the spout and foot, two oversprayed cracks, 23.5cm. Cf. David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, pl.457.
GEORGE III A rare pearlware jug, c.1793, printed in blue with a circular portrait panel titled 'George III King of Great Britain, France and Ireland' above six lines of loyal verse, the reverse with a scene of spectators watching a horse race, the rim banded in yellow and blue, restored, 16.7cm.
PRINCE OF WALES, GRAND MASTER IN THE MASONS A rare cylindrical pearlware mug, c.1793, printed in black with an allegory of Justice holding a portrait of the Prince of Wales attended by Fortitude and Prudence together with Masonic symbols and a book initialled G and inscribed 'VIDE AUDE TACE', a small restuck chip, 14.7cm. As a Masonic Grand Master in 1793 the Prince of Wales was depicted in an engraving after the original by Mather Brown, which formed the inspiration for this cartoon. Cf. Masonic Quarterly Magazine, issue 12, January 2005, referring to the original article of 1793 entitled 'The Six Masonic Sons of George III'. Provenance: with Garry Atkins, June 2006.
18TH JUNE 1793: NAVAL ENGAGEMENT A rare creamware jug, c.1793, printed in black with two ships at battle titled 'The Engagement between the Nymph 32 Guns 250 men and La Cleopatra 40 Guns 320 men 18 June 1793', the reverse with an oval panel containing a typical Sailor's Farewell scene, three small footrim chips, 20.1cm. Upon the dawn encounter between the British ship Nymph and the French Cleopatra off the southern most point of Devon, Captain Edward Pellew ordered his somewhat inexperienced crew to pursue the Cleopatra. In the ensuing action, which lasted but fifty minutes, the English were victorious. Celebration greeted their return to port with this the first major French prize of the conflict and when the news reached George III, whilst he was at the opera, he immediately and spontaneously announced the victory to the auditorium.
STORMING OF VALENCIENNES AND SURRENDER OF TOULON A rare creamware jug, c.1793, printed in black with a panel of three soldiers titled 'Lieut General O'Hara Governor of Toulon', the reverse with a battle scene titled 'Storming and Taking Valenciennes by the British Troops etc', restoration to the spout, handle and foot, 21cm. General Charles O'Hara was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar in 1792, from where he was sent to be Governor of Toulon. At the storming of nearby Fort Mulgrave on the Heights of Arenes on 30th November he was wounded and taken prisoner by the French. Cf. David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, pls.466 and 469, and John & Jennifer May, Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900, pl.33.
SHREWSBURY GENERAL ELECTION A rare blue and white 'John Hill' election jug, Caughley or early John Rose Coalport, dated 1796, the spirally fluted body inscribed 'Honour and Honesty. John Hill for Ever. Prosperity to the House of Hawkstone', beneath the spout with the legend 'Majority of 44 in the Year 1796', restoration to the handle's terminal, 22.1cm. The controversial Shrewsbury election of 1796 did not in fact result in a victory for John Hill, as the inscription on this jug suggests. John Hill's claimed "Majority of 44" was reached by adding spoilt ballot papers to his valid votes, and amounted only to a majority over his younger kinsman, William Hill, rather than to the overall victor, William Pulteney. The confusion regarding attribution of the jug itself lies in the closeness of the two factories and the fact that several moulds exist. It is possible that both factories produced these Election jugs, although it has sometimes been quoted as the earliest known dated Coalport porcelain. Cf. Michael Messenger, Coalport Porcelain, pp.60-64.
1797 SIR JOHN JERVIS AND THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST VINCENT A large and rare creamware jug, c.1797, printed in black with a portrait oval titled 'Sir John Jarvis [sic] KB Admiral of the Blue', bordered by a vignette of a ship detailing the success, and Fame depicted with trumpet holding a ribbon inscribed with previous battle honours above four lines of loyal toast, the reverse with a figural circular panel, a sailing ship in the background, above four lines of verse titled 'Jack Spritsails Frolic', restoration to the rim and foot, 26cm. Knighted in 1782 for action off Gibraltar, Jervis was raised to the Peerage on 23rd August 1797 as Baron Jervis of Meaford and Earl St Vincent, in recognition of his triumph at Cape St. Vincent. Cf. John & Jennifer May, Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900, p.88 for a description of the print of Jervis. Provenance: with Martyn Edgell, December 2016.
WILLIAM PITT (THE YOUNGER) A small and rare creamware mug, c.1801, the cylindrical form printed in black with a portrait contained in an oval panel, titled 'The Right Hon.ble William Pitt' on a banner, restored, 9.7cm. Pitt served as Prime Minister between 19th December 1783 and 14th March 1801, and again from 10th May 1804 until his death on 23rd January 1806. Given the simplicity of the inscription of his name on this piece it seems likely it was made at a time when he was out of office.
BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA A rare creamware mug, c.1801, the cylindrical body printed in black and decorated in colours with a Highlander playing a bagpipe in the form of Bonaparte, inscribed with speech bubble and entitled 'An Old Performer playing a new Instrument or one of the 42nd toutching [sic] the Invincible', 11.5cm. The British were victorious at the Battle of Alexandria on 21st March 1801 and the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment captured the colours of Napoleon's Invincibles. This satire was published by Fores shortly thereafter. Cf. David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, pl. 554. Provenance: Commemorative Wares from a Canadian Collection, sold Christie's, 7th May 1999, lot 583.
1802 PEACE OF AMIENS A rare creamware cylindrical mug, c.1802, printed in black with a scene of Britannia and France each holding the hand of Peace flanked by six figures identified in script below, a putto holding the banner 'Blessed is the Peace Maker', signed Cockburn, a little good restoration to the foot, 11.6cm. Jacques, Marquis de Lauriston, conveyed to England the ratification of peace to which Charles, Marquess Cornwallis was the chief signatory for the British.
LORD BLAKENEY A rare English rectangular enamel plaque, c.1756-61, painted with a monk holding a lantern over an oval portrait, titled 'Ld. Blakeney' on the plinth beneath, mounted in a gilt metal frame, 9.2cm overall. William Blakeney was Member of Parliament for Kilmallock from 1725 to 1757. He took part in the War of Jenkins Ear (see lot 14), being appointed Brigadier-General. Following the disastrous campaign in the West Indies he returned to Britain and was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Stirling Castle in 1742. After the Battle of Culloden (see lot 16) he was promoted Lieutenant General and given command of the Highlands. In 1748 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Menorca. During the early part of the Seven Years War, and despite gallant efforts to defend the island, Blakeney surrendered on 29th June 1756, the Garrison being given free passage to Gibraltar. Absolved of any blame for the defeat, Blakeney was raised to the Irish Peerage the same year and retired from military service to Ireland where he died on 20th September 1761. He is buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. A print published in 1756, engraved by James McArdell after George Chalmers was inspiration for this plaque. Cf. Bernard Watney, EEC Trans, vol 9, part 3, plate 171. Provenance: sold Bonhams, 18th April 2012, lot 97.
NELSON IN MEMORIAM A rare Barr Flight & Barr (Worcester) jug, c.1805, printed in black with a small but finely drawn head and shoulders portrait, signed in the print 'A R Burt' (reversed), the sides with a French eagle standard, the shaft entwined with serpents, and a dove of Peace, impressed mark, 14.8cm. This mirror-image portrait is after the recently discovered sketch of Nelson by Albin Roberts Burt, done in pencil on silk about 1802. Burt's brother, Henry Frederick, was Nelson's secretary and Burt himself was a close friend of both Sir William and Emma Hamilton. He trained initially as an engraver under Robert Threw and Benjamin Smith. Adverts affixed to the reverse of some of his works stated that he had invented a machine by which the most accurate likenesses can be taken. It is likely that in searching for a suitable posthumous portrait of Nelson this very personal likeness was settled upon by Barr Flight & Barr and reproduced, by virtue of Burt's invention, as a mirror image. There is no record of this portrait in either Richard Walker's 1998 seminal or his 1985 Regency Portraits catalogue. The recently discovered original pencil drawing was sold by Charles Miller Ltd in their Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments and Art auction on 8th November 2016 as lot 71 with a provenance described as UK private collection.
MARINE SOCIETY A rare Worcester slop bowl, c.1760, printed in black with four vignettes including a naval engagement, Britannia and inscribed figural scenes of sailors and their families on the exterior, the interior with a heavily worn print of George II, some wear, minor footrim chips, 15.4cm dia. Established in 1756 by Jonas Hanway, the Marine Society offered Naval training to less fortunate boys to equip them to crew on the King's ships and develop a respected career. Cf. National Maritime Museum 'A Celebration of the Sea' by Rina Prentice, page 56. Sold Christie's, South Kensington, 26th September 1996, lot 94.
ADMIRAL BOSCAWEN AND THE CAPTURE OF LOUISBOURG A rare Worcester mug, c.1760, the cylindrical body printed in black with a three-quarter length portrait of the Admiral holding a chart titled 'Louisbourg', the reverse with two warships, centred by the arms of Boscawen, 8.7cm. This portrait of Admiral Edward Boscawen is after the 1747 painting by John Faber, but has been embellished with the inscribed map of Cape Breton. Highly regarded as a fighting Admiral, Boscawen was wounded in the neck in 1747 in action off Cape Finisterre thus earning him the nickname 'Wrynecked Dick'. Boscawen took Louisbourg at the mouth of the St Lawrence River in July 1758, paving the way for the assault on Quebec the following year. Cf. Simon Spero Exhibition 2000, number 8.
GEORGE III A rare rectangular pearlware plaque, c.1810, moulded and painted in Portobello colours with a head and shoulders profile portrait of the monarch at a younger age, each corner with a floral motif, the integral frame lined in green and black, pierced with two suspension holes, restored, 17cm high. This plaque is similar in style to those produced at the Portobello factory in celebration of George IV's visit to Scotland in 1821. Cf. Lincoln Hallinan, British Commemoratives; Royalty, Politics, War and Sport, pl.37 where the author suggests that these youthful depictions may have been paired with contemporary likenesses in celebration of George III's Golden Jubilee, as happened again in 1887 for Victoria.
1812 NAPOLEON'S RUSSIA CAMPAIGN A rare pearlware jug, c.1812, printed in black and well coloured with cartoons titled 'Murat Reviewing the Grand Army' and 'Boney Tir'd of Wars Alarms Flies for the Safety of His Darlings Arms', the rim banded in silver lustre, 14.8cm. On abandoning his army on 5th December, Napoleon entrusted its command to Murat, his brother-in-law. The cartoons here are after two satires, each by Cruikshank and published by Walker & Knight in January 1813. Cf. David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, pls. 680 to 684.
GENERAL JAMES WOLFE A rare Worcester cylindrical mug, c.1760, printed in black with a half-length portrait flanked by prints of Mars and Fame, a putto above with a laurel diadem, 12cm. Following the success at Louisburg in the Seven Years War, William Pitt made Wolfe commander of the force that sailed up the St Lawrence River. On 13th September 1759, in a surprise attack, he took Quebec from the French. Mortally wounded by three musket shots he survived long enough to learn of victory, one that was to lead to the collapse of French power in the new world. For this Wolfe was accorded lasting fame in history. Provenance: ex Pares Wilson Collection, sold Bonhams, 9th Sep 2009, Lot 91; and G W Capell Collection, sold Sotheby's, 16th February 1965, Lot 91. Cyril Cook, Life and Work of Robert Hancock, Item 120.
1813 NAPOLEON'S FAILED RUSSIAN AND PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN A rare pearlware jug, c.1813, printed in black and well coloured with two cartoons, one of Napoleon in an altercation with the Prussian eagle, the other with five figures riding on the back of a long horse, titled 'French post Extraordinary from Moscow to Paris', the neck painted with foliage and red berries, restoration to the spout, 13.8cm. George Cruikshank's satire published by Hannah Humphrey on 26th March 1813, copied from the original Russian engraving, served as the inspiration for this potter's adapted version of Napoleon's homecoming. Cf. David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, pls. 694 and 695. Joseph Bonaparte's defeat at Vittoria on 21st June 1813, his subsequent abdication of the Spanish crown and return to France is here commemorated by use of the earlier published satire by Rowlandson.
1760 ACCESSION OF GEORGE III A rare Longton Hall mug, c.1760, the baluster body printed in black by John Sadler of Liverpool with a half-length portrait of the new monarch, flanked by foliate sprigs and the ribboned inscription 'George III King of Great Britain', signed 'J. Sadler Liverp.', a long rim crack, 10.1cm, Provenance: with Simon Spero, September 2001; formerly E & J (Joseph) Handley Collection, Carmel, California. Paper label for the Betchworth Collection.
14TH FEBRUARY 1813: PRINCE REGENT AND PRINCESS OF WALES A rare pearlware jug, c.1813, printed in black and decorated in colours with figural cartoons titled 'Regent Valentine' and 'Boney sneaking into Paris at Midnight', the rim with a painted red and black foliate band, restoration to the spout and front of body, 15cm. A letter from the Princess of Wales to the Prince Regent, requesting greater access to Charlotte, passed unread between the couple on two occasions until published by Caroline in the Morning Chronicle. An agreed visit for Charlotte to see her mother on 11th February failed to materialise and then, on the 14th, Prime Minister Lord Liverpool advised Caroline that this was on account of her publishing the letter. Cf. John & Jennifer May, Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900, pl.38 and David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, pl.687.
1815 JACK SHAW AND THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO A rare and large creamware mug, c.1815, printed in black with an equestrian battle scene titled 'Shaw the Life Guards Man's Heroic Attack on the French Cuirassiers', restored, 13.6cm. Corporal of the Horse, Jack Shaw, was physically a well-developed young man who achieved great notoriety as an accomplished pugilist and, had it not been for Napoleon, would have had a chance at becoming Pugilist Champion of All England. He saw action in the Peninsular campaign following which, in Paris, whilst involved in the preparations for the Congress of Vienna, he honed his fencing skills, which were to serve him well at Waterloo. Injured at Genappe (but not seriously) on 17th June, Shaw was part of the 2nd Life Guards charge at the French 1st Regiment of Cuirassiers the following day. When challenged by a Frenchman to single combat Shaw despatched him with ease, as he did the further eight Cuirassiers that followed. Flushed with their success in disrupting French commander d'Erlon's attack, but against orders, both brigades of the Heavy Cavalry pressed home their charge. An exhausted Shaw becoming cut off from his troop continued in his slaughter of the French first with sword, then with what remained of its hilt and finally swinging his helmet as a weapon until a pistol shot felled him from his horse. Laid to rest at La Haye Sainte after the battle, Shaw's body was disinterred several years later for re-burial in England. Such was his notoriety that Sir Walter Scott became obsessed with his heroics and the artist Sir John Everett Millais painted a version of the opening round of Shaw's victorious single combat. His name is recorded upon the Waterloo Memorial at Cossall near Nottingham and the historian and politician, Lord Macauley wrote 'Shaw did more to win the battle of Waterloo than did Wellington himself'.
PRINCE FERDINAND OF BRUNSWICK A rare Longton Hall porcelain mug, c.1760, printed in black with a portrait titled 'The Illustrious Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick', flanked by vignettes of military trophies inscribed 'Minden', and a battle scene, a rim crack and filled rim chip, 9.8cm. At the Battle of Minden on 1st August 1759, Field Marshall Ferdinand of Brunswick won a decisive victory against the French, thus ending the imminent threat to Hanover. For this he was awarded the Order of the Garter by George II and a vote of thanks by the British Parliament. Provenance: Simon Spero Exhibition 2000, item 6 and ex Frank Arnold collection.
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