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Click here to subscribeMr Smiles a Chad Valley Smiler teddy bear 1920s, with rare brown mohair, orange and black glass eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, light brown stitched triangular nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with black cloth pads and inoperative squeaker ”18in. (45.5cm.) high (home recovered pads, slight wear and fading)
Andy and Teddy a Chad Valley teddy bear 1950s, with golden mohair mixed plush, orange and black plastic eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs with brown pads, inoperative squeaker, original ribbon and rare card swing tag ”12 1/2in. (32cm.) high; a printed cloth Andy Pandy, probably Chad Valley (fading) and an Andy Pandy childs leatherette pouffe, the top stencilled with Andy Pandy, Looby Lou and Teddy ”7 1/2in. (19cm.) high (slight wear)
Horace an early Chad Valley teddy bear 1915 1920, with golden mohair, clear and black oily glass eyes with brown painted backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with cloth pads and card lined feet, solidly cork stuffed, rare pink map of England button and knitted green jumper ”18in. (46cm.) high (balding to upper back and front, general wear and thinning, three pads replaced and some black stitching replaced)
A rare and fine Steiff Record Teddy circa 1915, with blonde mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, the legs bent at the knee, FF underscored button with remains of white tag behind, on metal framed cart with squeaker and eccentric wooden wheels stamped STEIFF ”10 1/2in. (27cm.) high (excellent condition)
Bruin a rare and fine 1940s Steiff teddy bear with blank button, with brown mohair, brown backed glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, rounded hump, large inoperative squeaker and rare blank button ”12in. (30.5cm.) high (excellent condition)
Ruskin a rare Steiff teddy bear with head movement, with beige mohair, brown backed glass eyes, brown stitched nose, mouth and claws, tail operated rotating head mechanism, cream mohair front, jointed limbs with felt pads ”10in. (25.5cm.) high (slight wear) this bear was made only in 1955 1956 in 7 and 10 inches, 3539 examples were made during this time
Acton Golden Boy an interesting Acton Toycraft Ltd teddy bear 1950s, with golden mohair, orange and black plastic eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs with suedette pads, rounded hump, squeaker, original ribbon and rare square card tag ”19in. (48cm.) high
Sam a rare British black and grey teddy bear 1920s, possibly Teddy Toy Company with an extremely unusual plush which appears to be black cotton pile on black backing cloth with a long silvery grey mohair woven through it, clear and black glass eyes with brown backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with ribbed cloth pads, hump, squeaker and soft stuffing ”18in. (46cm.) high (a few small bald spots, slight general wear and missing some nose stitching)
Mr T T a rare British black and grey teddy bear 1920s, possibly Teddy Toy Company with an extremely unusual plush which appears to be black cotton pile on black backing cloth with a long silvery grey mohair woven through it, clear and black glass eyes with brown backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with ribbed cloth pads, hump, squeaker and soft stuffing ”22 1/2in. (57cm.) high (balding to body and arms, general wear and thinning)
Little Fellow a rare small Harwin teddy bear circa 1915, with blonde mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, w shaped mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs, hump and pale yellow knitted cardigan ”10in. (25.5cm.) high (balding, general wear and thinning and pads replaced)
Quizzy a rare Harwin teddy bear circa 1915 20, with blonde mohair, large clear and black glass with remains of brown painted backs, pronounced muzzle, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs, card lined feet, broad hips, hump and growler ”17 1/2in. (44.5cm.) high (muzzle heavily patched and darned, replaced black stitching, darn to back of head, balding to face, back of head and arms, general wear and thinning)
Little Lord a British United Toy Manufacturing Co Ltd Omega teddy bear 1920s, with rare cinnamon mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, card lined feet, hump and inoperative growler ”15in. (38cm.) high (some bald spots, general wear and thinning)
Bear Coaster a rare British United Toy Manufacturing Co Ltd Omega teddy bear coaster circa 1915, with blonde mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, pronounced muzzle, restitched black nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt feet pads, hump, seated on wooden seat with metal framed coaster with wooden wheels ”11 1/2in. (29cm.) high (some thinning and wear, dusty and right ear loose)
Othello a rare British United Toy Manufacturing Co Ltd Omega teddy bear with rare frosted black mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, brown stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, card lined feet, hump and inoperative growler ”17 1/2in. (44.5cm.) high (some slight thinning and wear, a few small bald spots, damage to pads and right ear needs reattaching)
Stroller a rare Chiltern Panurge Pets polar bear on wheels 1920s, with long white mohair, clear and black glass eyes with remains of pink painted backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, open felt mouth, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, black felt pads, pull cord voice, metal frame with supporting handle, metal wheels with rubber tyres, when pushed the bear slides backwards and forwards on his frame and metal Panurge plaque to front bar ”28in. (71cm.) long (hole in muzzle, patched hole in felt mouth, some wear to back, the odd small bald spot, one wheel loosed and general wear)
Mrs Stone a rare and excellent Chiltern musical mother teddy bear with baby, with brown and golden synthetic plush, orange and black plastic eyes, seated, velvet feet pads, keywind mechanisms causing the baby to be rocked whilst playing a tune, cloth label in side seam and card chest tag, in original plain card box with end label 1 Only MUSICAL BEAR 447M ”9 1/2in. (24cm.) high
Fadduz a rare FADAP teddy bear circa 1920, with short white mohair, yellow and black glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, brown stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, hump, inoperative squeaker and rare metal button in left ear with embossed F.A (top line) D.A.P (bottom line) ”13in. (33cm.) high (balding between eyes, other small bald spots, general wear and thinning, slight holes to pads)
Rider a rare FADAP coaster teddy bear 1952 55, with white artificial silk plush, clear and black glass eyes with remains of brown painted backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose with nostrils and mouth, swivel head, bright pink artificial silk plush integral jacket and hat over one ear, jointed limbs with bent leg, original ribbon stitched to chest, on pale blue painted frame with four wheels with black rubber tyres, when pulled along the bear rocks backwards and forwards ”11 1/2in. (29.5cm.) high (damage to pads, dusty and matted, metal work worn and a little surface rust)
Monkey a rare FADAP coaster monkey circa 1952 55, with brown mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, white mohair chin, felt face, ears, hands and feet, swivel head, bright pink artificial silk plush integral jacket and felt hat on one side of head, jointed limbs with bent leg, on pale blue painted frame with four wheels with black rubber tyres, when pulled along the monkey rocks backwards and forwards ”11in. (28cm.) high (repairs to felt hands and foot, some general wear and fading, metal work a little worn)
An unusual paktong fire fender, late 18th/ early 19th century, possibly Chinese Export, in the manner of designs by Robert Adam, the pierced frieze centred by a stylised patera terminal, flanked on each side by a large flowerhead patera, surmounted overall by four urn finials, on a stepped plinth base, 28cm high, 121cm wide, 34cm deep Paktong, a name derived from the Chinese word meaning white copper, is a rare non-tarnishing alloy of copper, nickel and tin or zinc. Also knownas 'Tutenag' or 'India metal' on account of its importation by the East India Trading Companies, it originated in China and although it first arrivedin London in the 1720s, it was developed by the Chinese much earlier. The principal advantage of paktong is that whilst resembling silver, unlike silver it isunaffected by atmospheric conditions, and can be easily cast, hammered and polished. Its unusual qualities were especially suited to such purposesas chimney-furniture, a fact well recognised in 18th Century Europe (A.Bonnin, op. cit. 1924, pp.18-51) and from about 1750, a limited number ofarticles including grates are known to have been made in England from this material. Condition Report: The fender bears the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall commensurate with age and use. The surface is slightly tarnished and there are possible minor traces of lacquer or varnish, though overall the casting is crisp and well preserved.Most of the bolts to the rear of the fender have been replaced, and the corners have been later strengthened with steel brackets. There is some slight movement between the frieze and sides, and the sides are positioned at a slightly inward angle (likely due to design).There is some polish residue to the rear, particularly inside the recesses of the beading. The rear panel of sheet metal is slightly bowed between the bolts.The top and bottom rails have an iron core, presumably to weight the sheet metal.Condition Report Disclaimer
A George III padouk Pembroke table, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1760, referred to also as a 'Breakfaste' or Supper table, the twin hinged rectangular top with moulded edge, above a frieze drawer mounted with 'axe head' handles, the recessed gilt wire-work panel inset compartment beneath, fronted by a hinged and folding door, on square section legs, terminating in casters, 71cm high, 106cm wide (when open), 61cm deep Provenance: Earl of Perth, Stobhall Castle. Supplied to him by Ronald A. Lee (Works of Art, TheManor House, Byfleet, Surrey) 29th June 1965 (£450). Ronald A. Lee sold an astonishingly wide range of objects, to important collectors and museums all over the world. A key driver for him appears to have been the historical significance and beauty of objects.This table relates directly to a design for a 'Breakfaste Table' in Thomas Chippendales 1st Edition of the Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director, (1754), plate XXXIII, and included again in the 3rd Edition of 1762 (Plate LIII). A comparable table was supplied to William, 5th Earl of Dumfries for Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland. (See C. Gilbert, The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol.I, p.131, vol. II, fig. 401). The distinctive 'axe- head' handles of the current table are characteristic of Chippendale's output during the 1750's and 60's and feature on both a shaving table the comparable 'Breakfaste' or supper table at Dumfries House. For closely related examples see Christie's, London, 'Living with Art, a Private Collection' 10th Feb 2012, Lot 757 (£46,850) and Christie's London, The Mermaid House Collection, Important English Furniture 12th November 1998, Lot 20 (£44,400). Both examples were executed in mahogany rather than the rare use of exotic padouk that the present example is constructed using. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Old chips and splits. Three splits running across top (see images for extent). 'Butterfly' repairs made to the underside of the top to secure these splits. These splits with very neatly applied slender fillet of additional timber to help disguise. The timber is very well matched. A later stretcher has also been applied to centre of the underside of the top. One hinged leaf with similar hair line split and 'butterfly' repair to underside. The edges of the top with sections of very well matched patches of timber adjacent to the hinged leaves (see images). Two keys present. One operates the the drawer, the other the door beneath. Some wear to the gilding of the metal panels and wirework. No major faults or losses to wirework. A very small number of old matched repairs using similar wire. All metalware original including locks and handles. No breaks or slices to the legs. Drawer lining is solid padouk. Some minor evidence of old worm to supports beneath leaves. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
A pair of fine late George III Blue John solid ornamental urns in Neoclassical style, late 18th/early 19th century, the ovoid bodies with domed integral covers and ball finials, on square section slate bases, 21.5cm highProvenance: Private Collection, LondonBlue John, a rare and precious colour banded form of fluorspar, is mined in Castleton, Derbyshire. The mineral's unusual name is said to derive from the French 'bleu jaune' which translates to 'blue yellow' - referring to its lustrous jewel tones. Another, more vernacular theory is that the term 'Blue John' was used by miners to distinguish it from zinc ore, known as 'Black Jack'. Though prized for their rarity and decorative appeal, fluorspars such as Blue John have long been appreciated for their more functional qualities. The Roman poet Martial, writing towards the end of the first century AD, for example claimed that wine tasted better when consumed from a 'murrine' cup. 'Murra' has been identified with fluorspar, and was introduced to the Romans by Pompey the Great after his expeditions in the East (possibly a variety found in Persia, present day Iran) circa 62 AD. Due to its fragility, fluorspar is often heated with a coating of (pine) resin, in order to stabilise the crystals after the mineral is mined. This longstanding manufacturing process may have accounted for the added aroma referred to by Martial. The mineral was so popular in Ancient Rome that, as naturalist and historian Pliny tells us, Emperor Nero himself apparently paid one million sesterces for a cup. Two Roman drinking vessels made of similar fluorspars are held in the collection of the British Museum (the Barber Cup and the Crawford Cup).The present urns date from a time when Blue John was at the height of its popularity, with makers such as Matthew Boulton and Robert Adam incorporating the fluorspar into their decadent works of art and society commissions.A vase of similar shape and with comparable arrangement of banding was sold at Christie's New York, 28 April 2010, Lot 109.Condition Report: These urns bear the usual very minor marks, knocks and scratches overall consistent with age.One of the the urns has an old restoration of circa 0.5-1cm to the edge of the body, and an area of shallow chipping/nibbling of circa 2cm wide on the opposite side.The other also has one shallow chip to the shoulder of the body (circa 0.5-1cm), and a possible restoration to the upper rim.One has an old repair to the socle.One urn has detached from its slate base, though this is a clean separation and it could presumably be easily reattached.Overall these are well preserved, and the colouring of the purple banding is very vibrant.Condition Report Disclaimer
A pair of fine and rare French banded amethyst quartz and ormolu mounted pot pourri urns and covers, 19th century, each domed cover with a pierced guilloche rim cast with flowerheads, descending to ovoid bodies festooned with fruiting vine and cast with twin satyr mask handles, above a waisted socle and square section plinth cast with imbricated laurel, 37cm high, 15cm wideProvenance: Private Collection, LancashireWith its striking colours and intricate figuring, amethyst quartz has been used by the finest bronziers and furniture makers throughout the late 18th and 19th centuries. A pair of vases by Matthew Boulton cut from the same, rare material, from the collection of the Earls of Portalington, was offered at Bonhams, 20 November 2007, lot 77 (£96,000). While the material was evidently used by important makers in England, the present lot is more likely French in origin. The model, with its fine fruiting garland in the style of Duplessis, and its distinctive wreath finials, has appeared at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 16 April 2007, lot 339, only the bodies were executed in white marble.Interestingly, the wreath finial and pierced rim adorned with flowerheads share distinct similarities with Meissen shapes of the late 19th century. Note for example the pair of cobalt-ground urns sold at Christie's New York, 9 June 2014, lot 286.An amethyst quartz topped gueridon by Maison Millet offered at Christie's London, 10 September 2013, lot 150 (£49,875), is a testament to this fine material's enduring popularity with renowned makers of the late 19th century.Condition Report: Each of the urns bears the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age and use, and the gilding is a little rubbed overall. It has a warm, slightly coppery colour in places.Both covers bear old chips and restorations (one of which with a lacking section of circa 1cm and old adhesive residue to the underside), and two of the corners on the bases are chipped on each urn (circa 0.5cm chips).The stone is naturally veined and variegated, with quartz inclusions, however there are areas of stabilisation and filling (in dark red) to the bodies where the stone may have chipped or was naturally irregular.One of the vases in particular has a horizontal split, which stretches approximately half way around the body, though it is not possible to ascertain how deep this fissure is. This being said, both urns are entirely stable overall.The protruding knops to the centre of the bows may have once suspended chains, though this is not certain. Condition Report Disclaimer
An Irish George II mahogany console or side table, circa 1730, the moulded frieze centred by a carved mask of a bearded man, above a carved shell terminal, each corner of the frieze carved with a stylised 'gargoyle' mask above tapering cabriole shaped legs, terminating in stylised pad feet, 73cm high, 189cm wide, 71cm deepProvenance: Purchased by the current owner from the private collection of a country estate, Ireland.For related forms of table, see The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, Yale University Press, 2007, pages 64-65 and 221 - 228. There is great variety to the main carved terminals of such tables, however the presence of those adopted for the current table appear to be rare. It seems possible that the main central bearded mask represent a religious figure such as an Apostle. The 'gargoyle' masks to the corners of the frieze certainly relate closely to those adorning churches or cathedrals of a much earlier date during medieval times. It seems likely that the two types of terminal together reflect the faith of the person commissioning the table to be made originally. Condition Report: Please note, as stated in the cataloguing there is no marble top present for this lot.Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions commensurate with age and use.Old chips, splits and small loses.Good original surface and patina.Some old repairs. Some vacant dowel holes to the interior of the carcass.Some old nails to the frieze, possibly associated.Old nail repair to split through backboard.Small section of veneer to one side detached but present.Structurally solid overall.Please refer to individual images for overall condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Snow (D. W. & C. M. Perrins) . The Birds of the Western Palearctic, 2 volumes, Concise Edition, Oxford University Press, 1998, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets in slipcase, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with; Christopher Helm, publisher , Helm Identifications Guides, 8 volumes, Sunbirds..., by Robert A. Cheke & Clive F. Mann, 1st edition, 2001, Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers, by Simon Harrap, 1st edition, 1996, Starlings and Mynas, by Chris Feare & Adrian Craig, 1st edition, 1998, Crows and Jays..., by Steve Madge & Hilary Burn, reprinted 1994, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters & Rollers, by C. Hilary Fry & Kathie Fry, 1st edition, 1992, Swallows and Martins of the World, by Angela Turner, 1st edition, 1989. Birdwatching In Britain..., by Nigel Redman & Simon Harrap, reprinted, 1988, Shorebirds...., by Peter Hayman, John Marchant & Tony Prater, 1st edition, 1986, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Dymond (J. N., P. A. Fraser & S. J. M. Gantlett) , Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland, T & A D Poyser, 1st edition, 1989, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, plus other modern ornithology reference, including publications by Princeton, Sibley, Oxford, Collins, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to
Graves (George). Ovarium Britannicum; being a Correct Delination of the Eggs of such Birds as are Natives of, or Domesticated in Great Britain, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1816, [2] vi pp., half-title, 15 engraved plates, original wrappers with gilt title-label bound in, contemporary ownership inscription (Joseph Noble Beasley) to title-page, bookplate of the North Devon Athenaeum, Barnstaple to front pastedown, related ink-stamps to versos of plates and to text, bookplate of Hugh Fattorini to front free endpaper, later cloth, 8vo (23.2 x 14 cm), together with: Saunders (Howard). An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, 2nd edition ('revised and enlarged'), London: Gurney and Jackson, 1899, half-title, 3 double-page colour maps, inscribed 'The property of Rowland Ward, my own copy ...' with his ink-stamp to title-page, extra-illustrated with specimen plate from Witherby's Practical Handbook tipped to title-page, a original cloth, inner hinges cracked, worn, 8vo, Seebohm (Henry). Classification of Birds, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1890, original cloth, large 8vo, Eyton (Thomas Campbell). A History of the Rare British Birds, 1st edition, London: Longman [et al.], 1836, 2 errata leaves, wood-engraved vignettes, ownership inscription and ink-stamp of O. V. Aplin (1858-1940), author of The Birds of Oxfordshire (1889), original cloth, some wear, strip of cockling to front board and related crack to front pastedown, 8vo, Harting (James Edmund). A Handbook of British Birds, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1872, ownership inscriptions and ink-stamps of O. V. Aplin, his profuse marginalia throughout, further manuscript notes laid in, original cloth, recased, 8vo, Atkinson (John). A Compendium of the Ornithology of Great Britain with a Reference to the Anatomy and Physiology of Birds, 1st edition, London: for Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1820, edges untrimmed, later leatherette, 8vo, and 2 others (including Selby, A History of British Forest Trees, 1st edition, 1842)Qty: (8)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Mullens & Swann pp. 246 (Graves), 509 (Saunders) 203 (Eyton), 274 (Harting), 29 (Atkinson); Nissen IVB 386 (Graves), 306 (Eyton), 413 (Harting); Wood pp. 367 (Graves), 551 (Saunders), 561 (Seebohm), 336 (Eyton), 378 (Harting); Zimmer pp. 266 (Graves), 547-8 (Saunders), 569 (Seebohm), 213 (Eyton), 206 (Atkinson). All published of Graves's work, which Wood describes as 'rather rare and well-illustrated'.
Mosley (Seth Lister & Frederick Ormrod). An Account of the Birds of the Huddersfield District, parts 1-12 and 15-20 of 20 original parts in 10 volumes as issued, 1st editions, Huddersfield: S. L. Mosley, [1912-15], pp. 1-54 [2] 55-60 69-88 [8] 89-103 (i.e. lacking pp. 61-68), 35 hand-coloured lithographic plates (of 40), 33 hand-coloured lithographic maps (of 40), halftone photographic portrait plate, author's printed advertisement slip laid in to part 7/8, each volume in original printed paper wrappers, part 1 wrappers slightly nicked and marked, part 7 spine split at foot, parts 3/4, 9/10, 11/12, 15/16 spines splitting and contents working loose, parts 17/18 and 19/20 spines split and contents loose, part 7/8 with ownership inscription 'W. Storrs Fox' to front wrapper, parts 15/16, 17/18 and 19/20 with ink-stamp of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Oxford to front wrapper, 8vo (22.4 x 14.4 cm)Qty: (10)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Ballance p. 341; Nissen IVB 651; Wood p. 473; not in Mullens & Swann or Zimmer. 'This rare work was printed by the authors on a hand-press and issued in 20 parts, the 40 "crayon-watercolour plates" being prepared by a "new hand-process". The maps show the distributional areas of certain species - altogether a creditable and useful treatise on local ornithology' (Wood). It is described on the front wrapper of each part as 'issued privately to subscribers only', and there is no record of any complete copy (with the full advertised complement of 40 plates and 40 maps) appearing at auction. S. L. Mosley made contributions to entomology as well as ornithology, and was the first curator of the Tolson Museum in his native Huddersfield , having previously been lecturer and curator at Huddersfield Technical College.
Syme (Patrick). A Treatise on British Song-Birds, 1st edition, Edinburgh: John Anderson, Jun., 1823, half-title, 15 hand-coloured engraved plates, plates variably marked and offset, without the advertisement leaf (mentioned in Zimmer), later half morocco, 8vo (21.3 x 12.5 cm), [Sealy, Alfred Forbes]. A Classified List of the Names and Latin Synonyms of the British Birds, 1st edition, Cambridge: for the author by J. Webb, 1853, vi + 29 pp. (not 27 pp. as in Mullens & Swann), printed on rectos only, interleaved throughout, pencil annotations to text, bookplate of ornithologist Frederick Ducane Godman (1834-1919), contemporary reddish-brown calf, 8vo (21 x 13.2 cm), Irby (L. Howard). British Birds: Key List, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1888, interleaved throughout, annotations to interleaves and text, ownership inscription of Savile G. Reid (author of The Birds of the Bermudas, 1883) dated 1888 to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, 8vo (22 x 13.2 cm), Whitlock (F. B.). The Migration of Birds. A Consideration of Herr Gätke's Views, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1897, errata slip, bookplate of Scottish ornithologist J. M. McWilliam, edges dyed red (occasionally bleeding into margins), contemporary blind-stamped calf over bevelled boards, 8vo (21.9 x 13.5 cm), Seebohm (Henry). Geographical Distribution of British Birds, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1893, pp. [6] 39 [145] (collation unknown), title-page spotted and with section excised from, original front wrapper bound in, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, 8vo (24.6 x 14.8 cm), and 3 others similarQty: (8)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Mullens & Swann pp. 572 (Syme), 513-14 (Sealy), 307-8 (Irby); Nissen IVB 920 (Syme); Wood pp. 590 (Syme), 560 (Sealy); Zimmer, p. 621 (Syme: 'scarce'); cf. Wood p. 561 for another issue of Seebohm's work, with 36 pp. only ('This paper appears to have been printed for private distribution'). Wood describes Syme's work as 'a rather rare, well-written account of 33 species, with excellent plates'. In this copy the backgrounds to the plates are coloured: other copies are known with the backgrounds uncoloured, or with the plates entirely plain.
Palmer (Henry). Indian Life Sketches, 1816-1866, 1st edition, Mussoorie: Mafasilite Printing Works, [1888], [iv], 67 pp., 6 mounted albumen print photographs including 2 after drawings, errata leaf tipped in before title, Lucknow Regimental red, blue and gilt label pasted to upper margin of preface leaf recto, some spotting and scattered minor soiling, original limp cloth lettered in black, rubbed and slightly soiled, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESThis privately printed memoir by General Henry Palmer of the Bengal Staff Corps includes his reminiscences of the siege of Lucknow. The photographs of Baillie Guard Gate, Lucknow residency, city of Kandahar, Bala Hissar (Kabul), Ghuznee Fortress and Kot (Kangra), the last two not from life. Very rare with no other institutional copies traced.
Bowles (John, publisher). Ogilby's Travellers Guide: or Gentleman's Pocket Companion through all the Direct and principal Cross Roads in England and Wales..., Printed for John Bowles in Cornhill & Carington Bowles next the Chapter House..., circa 1732 - 52, hand coloured engraved map with a decorative cartouche and a separate strapwork cartouche with an explanation, old folds and slight overall toning, 330 x 285 mmQty: (1)NOTESA diagrammatic road map, with a title that matches R. W. Shirley, Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 -1750, Bowles 5, but the publication line is different. It is also similar to Shirley's Anon.6 but with a different cartouche and lacking the explanatory text below the map, and again it has similarities with Moll 2 but the title does not match. A similar map is illustrated in Francis Bennet's 'The Roads of Devon and Cornwall' but it has a compass rose in the Bristol Channel, lacking on this version. It is possible that the map was published for an edition of Moll's atlas but this is supposition. Undoubtedly rare if somewhat elusive.
Northern Europe. Lange (Johann Elias), Neue Karte den gegenwartigen Kriegs-Schauplatze zwischen den Russisch. Kayserl: und Königl: Schwedischen Armeen und Flotten,welche vorzu?gl. ganz Finland, Liefland, Estland, Ingermanland, ein Theil von Pohlen und Rusland, Ost- und West-Preussen,die Ost See, Dännemark, Schweden, Norwegen, und ein Theil von Deutschland, nebst denen bisherigen Stellungen gedachter Armeen enthält, Leipzig,1788, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, three inset maps of the eastern Gulf of Finland, Savonlinna (Plan von Nyslot) and Vyborg (Wyborg), inset text describing the Russo-Swedish war (1788 - 1790), slight overall toning, very slight creasing, 415 x 480 mmQty: (1)NOTESA rare historical-military map published during the Russo-Swedish War (1788 - 1790) giving detailed information concerning the war.
Lyndwood (William). Constitutiones provinciales ecclesiae Anglica[na]e, Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 15 April 1499, signatures A-S8, 142 leaves (of 144: lacking K1 and S8, the latter blank except for printer's device verso) , black letter, 21 lines and headline, woodcut of a bishop to a1 recto, occasional light soiling and damp-staining, a1 more strongly marked and dust-soiled, and with restored loss to fore corners touching a few letters of title recto and headline and initial capital verso, frequent contemporary marginalia and corrections in black ink (often trimmed), later ink annotations to title and colophon, later vellum, small square 8vo (12.9 x 8.9 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) St Mary's Seminary, Oscott, Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom, without library markings, but deaccessioned sometime in the 1960s-70s and acquired by John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller, who traded (as E. M. Lawson) in Sutton Coldfield until 1968. St Mary's sold about a quarter of their rare-book collection the 1960s-70s, and these books have no library markings; in the late 1980s and early 1990s St Mary's sold off further books from their collections, and these usually are marked. The lot is sold with the express permission of St Mary's Seminary. 2) Thence by descent. Beale T402; Bod-Inc-L208; Duff 280 (citing this copy); ESTC S104884; Goff L-415; ISTC il00415000; STC 17104. Second Wynkyn de Worde edition, an English incunable, one of seven copies known. The remaining copies are held by Lambeth Palace, Corpus Christi (Oxford), the Bodleian Library and the John Rylands Library in the United Kingdom, and the Folger Library and the Grolier Glub in the United States. Written between 1422 and 1432, the Provinciale is the classic account of English canon law, collecting the most important ecclesiastical degrees enacted by the archbishops of Canterbury between the Council of Oxford in 1222 and the archiepiscopate of Henry Chichele, at whose encouragement the book was written. 'The Reformation did not curtail its currency in England. Because the scope of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England was not fundamentally changed during the sixteenth century, ecclesiastical lawyers continued to use the Provinciale . Its influence has been quite long-lasting. Edmund Gibson testified to its influence upon later generations in his Codex juris ecclesiastici Anglicani (1713), and in the twentieth century it was used in the draft revision of English canon law of 1947 produced by the Vaisey Commission . The relevance of its treatment of English ecclesiastical practice recommended it even to English common lawyers. Their citation of the glosses of the Provinciale when questions of ecclesiastical law arose in the royal courts is a continuing feature in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reports' (R. H. Helmholz in ODNB ). In the nineteenth century it was the subject of a now legendary debate between F. W. Maitland and William Stubbs on the authority of provincial versus papal legislation in the medieval period. The work was first printed at Oxford in 1483 by Theodoric Rood, and by Wynkyn in 1496. A copy of the 1496 edition was sold at Sotheby's in 1987 (23 October); four copies of Rood's edition (all imperfect) were sold there between 1913 and 1947. Wynkyn's 1499 edition is noteworthy as one of the last books he printed before leaving his Westminster premises for London in 1500/01, a move which has been identified with a new publishing policy by which Wynkyn 'turned away from the courtly material favoured by Caxton , which had led him to settle at Westminster, to religious, popular, and educational books, which were better distributed from London' (N. F. Blake in ODNB ). We trace no copy of the 1499 edition in auction records.
Sabundus (Raimundus). Theologia naturalis, sive liber creaturarum specialiter de homine et de natura eius inquantum homo. Et de his quae sunt ei necessaria ad conoscendum seipsum et deum, et omne debitum ad quod homo tenetur et obligatur tam deo quam primo, Strassburg: Martin Flach, 7 February 1501, 162 leaves, signatures [pi]6 a8 b-y6 z8 zeta6 antisigma8, text in double column, 50 lines and headline, gothic types, printed guide letters, contents toned, small intercolumnar worm-track throughout, frequently touching text to loss of a letter from quire h, similar worm-tracks in right-hand column of leaves pi1-3 and quires z-antisigma and in fore margins from signature s5 occasionally touching side-notes, tide-marks to head of gutter in quire f, upper fore corners of quires i-l and t, and fore margin of quire antisigma (with shallow area of loss to final leaf not affecting text), tide-mark touching text in signature antisigma 1, contemporary marginalia to t1 verso, t3 and x5 recto, and y4 recto and verso, free endpapers excised, contemporary manuscript catch-title to top edge, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, top spine compartment restored in vellum, folio (28.2 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Adam Haussman (ownership inscriptions dated 1516 to front pastedowns); Couvent Notre-Dame de Nazareth des pénitents réformés du tiers-ordre de Saint-François, Paris (ink-stamp 'Conv. Nazar' and inscriptions to title-page and second leaf) VD16 R 173; this edition not in Adams (Koberger's 1502 edition being the earliest there listed). Rare post-incunable edition of the first work of natural theology to be named as such, first printed c.1484/5 (see Blum, Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism , p. 92). An important elaboration of the 'book of nature' metaphor, the work was an influence on Montaigne, whose French translation appeared in 1569. Raimundus Sabundus, also Ramon Sibiuda (d.1436), was a Catalan Franciscan scholar who taught medicine, philosophy and theology at the university of Toulouse, where during the 1430s he held the position of rector.
Aleman (Mateo). Primera y Segunda Parte de Guzman de Alfarache, Burgos: Iuan Bautista Varesio, 1619, title with typographical borders and central ornaments, woodcut initials, a little damage with loss to imprint on title and somewhat soiled and detached, 7 further preliminary leaves torn away with very minor loss of text, some staining and spotting throughout, occasional worm tracks including one longer running worm track affecting lower lines of final three signatures, contemporary vellum soiled 4to (19.5 x 14 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESPalau I, 6699. A slightly defective copy of this rare early edition of Aleman's famous picaresque romance, and one of the few 17th-century editions in quarto. The first English translation appeared in 1622.
[Kenrick, William]. The Whole Duty of Woman. By a Lady. Written at the Desire of a Noble Lord. The Fifth Edition, Corrected, London: for S. Crowder and R. Baldwin, 1774, small tear to lower inner corner of B12 just touching catch-word verso, light worming to corners of last few leaves not affecting text, front free endpaper excised, title page and subsequent leaf spotted and soiled, contemporary annotations to pastedowns, slightly later ownership inscription to title-page verso, contemporary sheep, unlettered, fillet and scallop rolls to sides in blind, 12mo (14.2 x 8 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 'Ann Froggatt's book, the gift of Francis Marples, Staveley' (contemporary ownership inscription to rear free endpaper; similar inscription dated 1775 to rear pastedown) ESTC N25757. 'In February 1753 Kenrick published his most popular work, The Whole Duty of Woman . Resurrecting a late seventeenth-century title to capitalize on the success of Dodsley's Oeconomy of Human Life , Kenrick's guide to female conduct went through at least five editions in his lifetime and remained popular well into the next century. This uncharacteristic work may have been a purely commercial venture undertaken to support his new family' (ODNB). All editions are rare: ESTC traces one copy only for this edition, at the University of Toronto.
Peña Montenegro ( Alonso de la ) . Itinerario Para Parochos de Indios, en que se tratan las materias mas particulares, tocantes a ellos, para su buena adminis-tracion, 1st edition, Madrid: Por Joseph Fernandez de Buendia, 1668, [2], [28] ff., 563 pp., 39 ff., woodcut end-pieces, some staining to bottom outer margin of preliminary and end leaves, lacks rear endpapers, gilt embossed edges, contemporary calf gilt with fan (Abanico) design to both covers, rubbed and worn at extremities, minor worming and rodent damage to base of spine, some small holes to both covers, 4to (31 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESPalau 217 532. This edition not in CCPBE or COPAC. Not in Porrua. An important ABANICO (fan) binding on this rare first edition of a work of great importance for the guidance given to Jesuits on the treatment of the indigenous populations of the Americas. Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro (1596-1687) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito from 1653 until his death. 'Ouvrage trés important et d'un usage trés frequent aux Indes’, Leclerc, Biblioteca Americana . 'Documents perspectives of native cultures in Mexico held by those who had arrived in order to exploit native populations, while destroying traditional cultural systems through the spread of western beliefs. Written by a prelate of the Catholic Church, it contains much praise of Catholicism, and also provides valuable insight into the perspective of the Spanish State and Clergy a century after the Spanish conquest of Mexico.' Among the many matters discussed are: De la Embriaguez (es vicio tan ordinario en los Indios), (p. 202); De la Fe que han de tener los Indios, y la Doctrina que han de saber, (p. 212); De los Mineros, y sus obligaciones. Si es licito obligar al los Indios a que trabajen en las minas, (p. 259); Del Matrimonio de Infieles, (p. 389); De los Preceptos de la Iglesia, y la Ley natural, que deben guardar los Indios, (p. 416). For Abanico bindings see Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Ocho Siglos de Encuadernación Española , 1985, No. 25; Biblioteca Nacional, Encuadernaciónes Españolas en la Biblioteca Nacional, 1992, Nos. 92-96 (pp. 111-115).
Memorial Ajustado. Hecho con Citacion… de los Autos que siguen... sobre la Herencia del nominado D. Diego Antonio Marrero, y la nulidad, ó validación de cierta Memoria Testamentaria, que se dice de este, Madrid: Por D. Joachin Ibarra, Impresor de Cámara de S.M., 1775, [1], 412 ff., contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, 4to (30.5 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESNot in Palau or Trelles, Bibliografia Cubana . A rare book giving details of an inheritance dispute amongst the elite society of La Habana. Diego Marrero was Presidente de la Compañía de la Habana which initially enjoyed monopolies in tobacco and other products of Cuba. The inheritance was valued at more than a million pesos and was disputed by members of his family: Marcos Marrera Valenzuela (son), Joseph de Laguardia (accused of altering the will) and Manuel Antonio Marrero (nephew).
Papeles Varios . A pair of sammelbands of 32 papers (28 manuscript and 4 printed) relating to the Philippines and China, bound as 2 volumes, c. 1775-1832, contemporary vellum, lettered on spines, 8voQty: (2)NOTESA full short-title list is available on request. The collection includes: Volume I: 1. (J.M.G.) Carta que el habitador del desierto dirige al Abate Monti, encargado por el Gobierno Frances para escribir la historia de Napoleon 1º, Cadiz, c. 1808, 11 pp., small stain to lower outer corners A pamphlet critical of Napoleon: 'Hecho el abominable contrato entre Bonaparte y Godoy, se principaron á suavizar los resortes que habian de poner en movimiento esta maquina infernal.' 2. Carta de Manuel Delgado sobre la Libranza de la plata, 1775, 1 folio 3. Carta de Manuel Delgado (written vertically over the page for economy of space) pleading for funds after being detained in Manila, no date, 1 folio 4. Carta de Manuel Delgado, 1775, 1 folio [concerning a further request for funds after 43 days of detention] 5. Carta de Josef Villanueva from Macao, 1784, 4 ff. [on Chinese matters] 9. Carta de Fr. Gaspar de S. Agustin [author of Compendio de la Arte de la Lengua Tagala , 1787] á un amigo suyo en España, quenta el natural, y genio de los Indios Naturales de las Islas Philipinas, no date, 50 ff. Includes: Descripcion en Copla de las Indias Philipinas, y de los naturales por el Padre Sr. Ascarate del Orden de Predicadores, a su Amigo Sr. Julian Dias. 10. Del modo de curar la Colera, no date, c. 1820, 22 ff. 11. Panusuc qño colinipan a pami asal à tulidnang pacayngaton ning tan palagyuan Consejoz…, no date, 22 ff. [on religious instruction in Tagalog] 19. Arte de la Lengua que vulgarmente se llama Mandarin compuesto por el R.P. Fr. Juan Rodrigues del Orden de N.P. S. Augustin, no date, 62 ff. 20. Breve Metodo de oir Confesiones en lengua Mandarina, 40 ff., [parallel text in Spanish and phonetical Mandarin] Items 19 & 20 have minor worm damage with loss of some letters. 21. Experimentos sobre la conservación de las Carnes. Por el Dr. Don José de Flores Médico del Reyno de Guatemala, Cadiz: Imprenta Tormentaria, 1811, 25 pp. Note: 19-25 advise that this pamphlet was also published in Manila for general use there and that the instructions call for the use of an 'Areometro, ó pesa-licor' not commonly available in the Philippines. Rare. The CCPBE records only one copy, lacking pp. 19-25. Vol ume II : 23. Relacion un Franciscano de la Persecucion de China, no date, 12 ff. 25. Confesion en Lengua China... incompleto, 11 ff. [Chinese in phonetical text over the Spanish] 26. Yurami (Antonio Miguel). Demostracion de las Falsedades y Calumnias con que pretende desacreditar las religiones el Autor del Papel intitulado Sevilla Libre. Reimpreso en Manila: En la Imprenta de Manuel Memije, 1815, 44 pp. First published in Sevilla in 1801 this Manila edition is rare; the CCPBE records only one copy and WorldCat 3 copies. 27. Tres Sermones en Chino del Rv.P. Villanueva, 6 ff. [Chinese text is written phonetically] 29. Ars Linguae Mandarina de Fr. Joanne Rodriguez Ordinis S.Agustini, 20 ff., one page of musical notation, small traces of worm damage, [Chinese text, where used, is written phonetically] 30. Diccion[ario] Portuguese-Chino, incompleto con otras obras pertenecientes a China, no date, 68 ff., small tear with some text loss affecting first two leaves, [Chinese translation in phonetical text]
Papeles Varios . A sammelband of 16 pamphlets on Religion, the Philippines and China, 1811-1840, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, 8voQty: (1)NOTESA full short-title list is available on request. The collection includes: 1. La Christianidad del partido de Fogán en la Gran China, Viña predelicta de los sudores y desvelos de la provincia del Ssmo. Rosario de Filipinas, ha sufrido desde Noviembre de 1836 una furiosa persecución, tanto mas terrible, cuanto menos esperada, 1838, 9pp. 2. Hermosilla (Geronimo), Carta en que se refieren varios Martirios, y Persecuciones de la Mision, que la Provincia del Santisimo Rosario del orden de Predicadores de estas Islas, tiene en el Reyno de Tunkin, Manila: En la Imprenta del Real Colegio de Santo Tomas, por D.Candido Lopez, 1839, [2], 86 pp. Not in CCPBE or Copac. WorlCat locates 5 copies. 3. Marti (Domingo), Carta en que se refieren varios Martirios y persecucion de la Mission, que la Provincia del Santissimo Rosario del Orden de Predicadores de estas Islas tiene en el Reyno de Tunkin; y es prosecucion esta de la que se imprimió en el año pasado. En Sto. Thomas de Manila por D. Candido Lopez, 1840, 71 pp. Copac locates one copy (BL) and WorldCat 3 copies. 5. El Obispo de Cadiz a sus Diocesanos exhortándolos á que contribuyan por su parte al cumplimiento de los deseos manifestados por N.Smo Padre el Papa Gregorio XVI en su carta encíclica dirigida á todos los Patriarcas, Primados, Arzobispos y Obispos, su fecha en Roma á 15 de Agosto del presente año, Cadiz: Imprenta de Niel Hijo, 1840, 18 pp. Relates to the Catholic martyrs in China. 8. Obra de la Progacion de la FÉ en favor de las Misiones Catolicas. Reimpreso en Sto. Tomas de Manila por D. Candido Lopez, 1840, 25 pp. Table of the sums of money raised for missionary purposes. 9. Sucinta Memoria que contiene el Estado Actual de las ISLAS FILIPINAS, sur ricas producciones, su agricultura, industria y comercio; mejores que pueden hacerse, medios faciles de realizarlas, y cuanto puede cooperar á la prosperidad de la Nacion Española esta tan preciosa parte de sus dominios. Valladolid: En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Roldan, 1838, 63 pp. 10. PAPELES INTERESANTES á los Regulares que el las ISLAS FILIPINAS administran la Cura de Almas. Valladolid: En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Roldan, 1838, 62 pp., [index leaf] 14. Reglamento de Policia. Mexico: Imprenta Dearizpe, 1811, 22 pp., [errata leaf] 16. Pellicer (Mariano), Arte de la Lengua Pangasinana ó Cabolòan corregido, aumentado, y llevando en si mismo el compendio. Sto. Thomas de Manila por D. Candido Lopez, 1840, 198 pp. Rare. WorldCat lists only 1862 edition, although the CCPBE records one copy in Girona. The Prologo indicates that only one copy of the 1690 edition is known to exist, and that on poor quality Chinese paper.
Historia General de los Viages ó Nueva Coleccion de Todas las Relaciones de los que se han hecho por Mar, y Tierra, y se han publicado hasta ahora en diferentes Lenguas de todas las Naciones conocidas: Donde se contiene los Notable, Util y mas Cierto de los Paises, adonde han penetrado los Viageros, con las Costumbres, Religion, Usos, Artes, Ciencias, Comercio y Manufacturas de sus Habitantes. Obra traducida del Inglès al Francès por el Abate Antonio Francisco Prevost; Y al Castellano por Don Miguel Terracina. Aumentada con la Relaciones de los ultimos Viages, que se han hecho en este Siglo, 28 volumes, Madrid: Don Juan Antonio Lozano, (volumes 1-20), 1763-1780; Consejo de Indias, (volumes 21-25), 1780-1785; Manuel González, (volumes 26-28), 1788-91, tinted edges, contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt fleurons, large 8voQty: (28)NOTESSummary of contents: Africa, volumes 1-7; East Indies, volumes 8-19 Americas, volumes 20-28: Volume 1. Viages de portugueses. Primeros viages de los Ingleses a Guinea y a las Indias Orientales, 1763, 416 pp. Volume 2. Primeros Viages de los Ingleses á las Indias Orientales, hechos por una Compañía de Comerciantes, 1763, 432 pp. Volume 3. Viages en las Diferentes partes del Africa y en las Islas adyacentes, 1763, 443 pp. Volume 4. Viages a lo largo de las Costas Occidentales del Africa, desde Cabo Blanca, hasta Sierra Leona.1764, 398 pp. Volume 5. Viages a Guinea, Apenin, y sobre toda la Costa, desde Sierra Leona hasta el Cabo de Lope Consalvo. Descripción de la Guinea, 1765, 422 pp. Volume 6. Descripción de la Guinea. Descripción de las Costas desde Río da Volta hasta el Cabo Lopez Consalvo, 1766, 422 pp. Volume 7. Descripción de los Reynos de Loango, de Congo, de Angola, de Benguela y los Países vecinos. Descripción de los Paises que están en la Orillas de la Costa Oriental de Africa, desde el Cabo de Buena Esperanza, 1784, 400 pp. Volume 8. Viages al Imperio de la China, 1784, 384 pp. Volume 9. Descripción de China, continuación. Geografía é Historia Civil y Natural, 1785, 418 pp. Volume 10. Descripción de la China. Descripción de la Corea, de la Tartaria Oriental, y del Tibet, 1770, 434 pp. Volume 11. Descripción de la Corea, etc continuación. Viages a la Tartaria, al Tibet, a la Bukkaria, y à la China, 1771, 338 pp. Volume 12. Viages a la Tartaria, etc continuación. Viages de los Holandeses à las Indias Orientales, 1772, 416 pp. Volume 13. Viages de los Holandeses, continuación. Van Warwick, Vander Hagen, Islas Molucas, Isla de Amboyna, Van Caerden, Willemsz Verhoeven Viage a Japon, Isbrantsz Bontekoe, Vanden Broeck, Sitio de Batavia, Knox, Isla de Ceylan, 1773, 480 pp. Volume 14. Viages de los Franceses à las Indias Orientales. Madagascar, Carré, Golfo Bengala, Reyno Arrakan, Descripción de Tonquin, Tachard a Siam, Descripción del Reyno de Siam, 1774, 416 pp. Volume 15 Viages de los Franceses, continuación. Costumbres de Siam, Bealieu a Sumatra, Mendez Pinto en China y Tartaria, Conde de Forbin, Reynos de Laos y de Camboya, Costa de Malabar, Methold, Tavernier, Reynos de Boutan, Tipra & Asem, Reyno de Golkonda, 1775, 402 pp. Volume 16. Viages de los Franceses, continuación. Golfo de Bengala. Indostan, 1776, 413 pp. Volume 17. Viajes de los Franceses à la Arabia Feliz, Islas Marianas, Filipinas, Islas Palaos, Isla de Celebes. Otros viages a Japon, 1777, 405 pp. Medina, Filipinas 501. Volume 18. Japon. Viages de Drake, Sarmiento, Narborough, Froger, Woodes Rogers, Frezier & Anson. Estrecho de Magalllanes, 1778, 397 pp . Medina, Filipinas 501. Volume 19. Tierras Australes. Viages de Schouten & Dampier; Careri lá la China, 1779, 407 pp. Volume 20. Continuación de los Viages de Gemelli Careri por Mexico, Indias Orientales & Japon. Primeros Viages, Descubrimientos, y Establecimientos de los Europeos en América, 1780, 418 pp; 1 leaf Volume 21. Primeros Viages, continuación: Perú, Florida, Jamayca, Isla Española, Yucatán, México, 1781, 394 pp, 1 leaf Volume 22. Primeros Viages, continuación: Nueva España. América Septentrional. América del Sur. Chile. Perú. Viajes de Pizarro, Almagro, Vaca de Castro y Blasco Núñez Vela, 1781, 383 pp. Volume 23. Continuación de la Conquista del Perú. Tierra Firme, Cartagena, Portovelo, Panamá, Paraguay & Chile, 1783, 388 pp. Volume 24. Continuación de la Descripción del Perú. Marañón, Río de la Plata, Guayaquil, viages al Brasil, 1784, 383 pp. Volume 25. Continúan los viages, descubrimientos y establecimientos en al América Meridional. Brasil, Isla de Maragnan, Surinam, Orinoco, Guiana, Nuevo Reyno de Granada, Virginia, Maryland, Nueva Inglaterra, Nueva York, 1785, 373 pp. Volume 26. Continúan los Viages en la América Meridional. Nueva York, Pensilvania, Carolina, Nueva Georgia, Cabo Breton, Canada, 1788, 398 pp. Volume 27. Siguen los Viages en la América Septentrional, 1790, 426 pp; 1 leaf Volume 28. Viages y Establecimientos en las Antillas, 1791, 344 pp; 1 leaf Medina, Biblioteca Hispano-Americana 4051; Palau 115 169 (27 volumes and citing an Atlas volumen, not present here); Vindel, Biblioteca Filipina II 2323; Sabin 65 407. Copac locates only one copy (National Library of Scotland, 26 volumes); CCPBE locates individual volumes held by various institutions in Spain. The extremely rare complete collection of the Spanish edition. This includes all the important 15th- & 16th-century voyages of travel and exploration to Africa, the Far East and the Americas. 'Es muy difícil reunir los 28 vols de que consta esta obra. La Librería de García Rico y Cia es la única que ofreció los 28 tomos [sin Atlas] por 500.- Ptas en 1933', Palau. 'Esta importante obra fue publicada la dirección de D. Miguel Terracina. Es, por consiguiente, un título que no debe faltar en una buena biblioteca filipina, por cuanto se ocupa muy extensamente del Archipiélago descubierto por Magallanes... también interesa esta obra grandemente á los que quieran estudiar la historia y costumbres de las regiones que hoy constituyen los Estados Unidos de la América del Norte´, Vindel. Please note that this lot is not part of the Albizu Collection.
[Austin, William]. A Specimen of Sketching Landscapes, in a Free and Masterly Manner; exemplifed in Thirty-eight [sic] Etchings, from the Original Drawings of Lucatelli [sic], after Nature, in and about Rome, London: for T. Simpson, 1781, 6 pp., 30 etched plates by Austin after Andrea Locatelli, without the medial blank mentioned in ESTC, the word 'eight' in the title-page lightly blacked out, small stains to plates 8-9, contemporary comb-marbled paper wrappers, backstrip perished, oblong 4to (23.5 x 30 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC N67507. Rare contemporary piracy of this series of etchings after Andrea Locatelli (1695-1741). ESTC traces one copy only (their record calling for 29 plates), and three for the authorised edition, which was undated.
Smith (John). The Art of Painting in Oyl. Wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to that art and mystery. Containing the best and most approved rules for preparing, mixing, and working of oyl-colours, 2nd edition, with some alterations, and many useful additions, London: Samuel Crouch, 1687, [12],100pp., early signature 'Nic. Wallis' to title and B1, F7, G4 (verso), lower outer blank corner of G3 torn, occasional light dust-soiling, early inscription to rear free endpaper, rear board inner inscribed 'Daniell Floresher his Book Ann. Dom. 1691 cost 12', contemporary sheep, paper label to spine, light wear at head & foot of spine, 12moQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller; 2) By descent. ESTC 40616; Wing S4100. The first edition was published in 1676; all editions are rare. Smith (1647/8–1727) was also a noted maker of clocks and dials.
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