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Click here to subscribeA RARE SPEAR, LATE 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN formed of a long tapering spike of square-section, the base incorporating four stout spikes, conical socket with a pair of roped latten collars, and a single short strap (one strap missing, the base chipped), on a later wooden haft 97.5 cm; 38 3/8 in head
A HIGHLY RARE AND IMPORTANT ENGLISH JACK OF PLATE, CIRCA 1580-90 formed of small overlapping square plates of iron with cropped corners, secured by lines of diagonal, vertical, or in some cases horizontal, stitches of crossbow twine through holes at their centres between the inner and outer layers of a fabric doublet of 'peascod' fashion with a frontal opening situated slightly to the left of centre and originally closed by laces passing through pairs of reinforced holes, an upstanding collar devoid, like the edges of the arm-openings, of plates, and a short skirt, the whole enclose between two outer layers of fine linen canvas covered with modern nylon netting and overlying felted woven wool on the outside and a coarser canvas on the inside of the garment, and decorated with white woollen tufts at the intersections of the stitches (the outer fabric partly discoloured, worn through at points and split at the shoulders and some other points; and the plates in some cases patinated to a green colour) 72.0 cm; 28? in Provenance Sir William ffarindon, Worden Hall, Lancashire (sold by auction 1948) A private English collection Literature Alexander de Cosson & William Burgess, 'Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail', Archaeological Journal, Vol. XXXVII, 1881, p. 591. Ian Eaves, 'On the Remains of a Jack of Plate Excavated from Beeston Castle in Cheshire', Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vo. XIII, no. 2, September 1989, p. 137, n. 29) The jack of plate - sometimes referred to in contemporary documents as a 'steel coat', a 'plate coat' or a 'coat of plate' - was a uniquely British defence first recognisably mentioned in English and Scottish records of the second quarter of the 16th century (Eaves 1989, pp. 85-6 & 144, n. 48), p. 145, n. 52). The inventory of the holdings of the Office of the Armouries taken on the death of Henry VIII in 1547 mentions 'a Northerne Jack covered with lynnen' and three 'Northern Jackes made of Canvas and plate' (Harold A. Dillon, 'Arms and Armour at Westminster, the Tower and Greenwich', Archaeologia, Vol. LI, 1888, pp. 52 & 57). Although defences of this kind ceased to be manufactured towards the end of the 16th century (Eaves 1989, p.86 & 148, n. 60), their use persisted into the early years of the following century. In 1622 some forty examples were issued from the Armouries of the Tower of London for use in America by the Virginia Company (Eaves 1986, p. 86 & 148, n. 61). William Harrison in his description of England first published in 1577, observed that 'Our armour …consisteth of corselets, almaine riverets, shirtes of mayle, Jacke quilted over wyth leather, fustian or canuas ouer thicke plates of yron that are sewed into the same, and of which there is no towne or village that hath not hir conuenient furniture (in Ralph Holinshead, The First Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, London, 1557, f. 86v). Today, however, only sixteen more or less complete jacks of plate are preserved worldwide. Aside from the example offered here, eight (only five of which are complete) can be recorded in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, one in the British Museum, London, one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, one in the Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, one in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, one in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, and one in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich (Eaves 1989, pp. 135-7, n. 22-6 & 2). Of these, only the last two along one of those in the Royal Armouries and that recently acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 7 Dec. 2016, lot 51), have their frontal openings offset to one side of centre as on the present lot. The present lot together with the examples now in the Royal Armouries and the Victoria and Albert Museum formed part of a collection assembled at Worden Hall, Lancashire, by Sir William ffarington (c. 1704-81) sometime after 1765. They are unlikely to have formed part of the Hall's indigenous armoury which was sequestered by Parliament in 1643 (Susan Maria ffarington, The ffarington Papers, Chetham Society, 1856, p. 93), although it was said that one of the three did service, together with a helmet and other pieces, as part of a funeral achievement eventually removed from the ffarington Chapel in Leyland Church in 1816 (De Cosson & Burgess 1881, p. 591). The collection was in due course added to by Miss Susan ffarington in the 19th century. An 18th century inventory of it is preserved in New Zealand while three 19th century ones, dating from 1846 to circa 1870 are privately preserved in England, and refer to '3 Brigandine Jackets (for Bowmen. (Elizn'. A drawing of what is almost certainly one of these jacks is preserved in a manuscript catalogue prepared by the late 18th century Manchester antiquary Thomas Barritt and now preserved in the Manchester City Library (Ancient Armour and Weapons in the Possession of Thos Barrit 1793). The catalogue shows objects both in his own collection and of others that he visited in the north of England. He describes the jack as 'A Bigantine jacket quilted within with square pieces of iron about an inch in diameter and sliding over each other like the scales of fishes, and covered over with strong linen'. One of the Worden jacks (probably that now in the Royal Armouries Museum, inv. No. III.1884) was lent by Miss ffarington to the Exhibition of Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail held in the rooms of the British Archaeological Association in 1881 (De Cosson & Burgess 1881, cat. no. 49, p.591) The collection was sold by a local auctioneer in 1948. The purchaser of the three jacks subsequently lent them to Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire. One of them in due course passed to a private collection in the USA but was in 1982 acquired by the Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London, while that now in the Victoria and Albert Museum and that offered here had from some time before 1981 been sent for conservation to the North Western Museum and Art Gallery Service at Blackburn, Lancashire." At some time before 1981 it was sent for conservation to the North Western Museum and Art Gallery Service at Blackburn, Lancashire, where it was enclosed within protective nylon netting.
THE RARE MAIN PLATE AND PARTIAL POLEYN OF A NORTH ITALIAN 'GOTHIC' CUISSE FOR THE LEFT THIGH AND KNEE, CIRCA 1460 the main plate of gutter-shaped form, medially-ridged, turned outwards at its concave upper edge, fitted at its outer edge with the proximal portion of the upper of two former hinges of iron for the attachment of a side-plate, and overlapped at its lower edge by the uppermost lame of the poleyn (its lower outer corner chipped), the main plate painted internally in red characters with the number '36.449.L??' and its inner edge fitted with a tag stamped with the number L.23.64.1.4.17 (lightly pitted overall) 28.0 cm; 11 in Provenance Sumner Healey, New York Stephen V. Grancsay, New York Christies, London, 26 March 1980, lot 39 Exhibited Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 15 March -14 June 1964, cat. No. 66 The cuisse is of the same form as several in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, deriving from the Venetian Fortress of Chalcis, Euboea, which fell to the Turks in 1470.
A RARE AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL ARM-DEFENCE, FIRST WORLD WAR comprising one-piece spaudler, gutter-shaped upper and lower cannon linked by a one-piece winged couter open at the rear, and a short oval one-piece hand-defence, all connected by internal leathers (severed at several points), and the main edges formed with plain outward turns (oxidised overall) Approx. 73.0 cm; 28¾ in long Provenance Evan Perry, Brighton, Sussex 200 pairs of this experimental arm-defence were sent to France on trial, but were found not to be satisfactory (see Dean 1920, pp. 264-265).
A RARE 15 BORE WHEEL-LOCK MUSKET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR DUTCH with lightly swamped octagonal barrel stamped with a mark (Neue Støckel 7969) at the breech (fore-sight missing light pitting), fitted with moulded brass back-sight, bevelled lock retained by two side-nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a single moulded bracket, angular dog, sliding moulded pan-cover, flat dog (small losses, top-jaw chipped, spring and screw worn), the interior struck with the letters 'IW', blackened hardwood full stock (fore-end cracked at the terminal), flattened on each side of the centre of the fore-end and fitted with a slender transverse arm for a rest, butt of fishtail form, inlaid with an engraved mother-of-pearl oval behind the tang and on the left of the butt decorated with strapwork and foliage, moulded iron trigger-guard, bone forward ramrod-pipe, and wooden ramrod (repaired), perhaps the original 128.5 cm; 50 5/8 in barrel
A RARE 25-BORE FOUR-SHOT FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE, CIRCA 1730, AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN with tapering sighted barrel, rotating octagonal breeches incorporating faceted pans and steels (springs restored), engraved stepped lock decorated with a crested coat-of-arms (worn, unclear, cock screw replaced), figured walnut half-stock moulded over the fore-end, about the lock and mounts (fore-end cracked, small chips), the butt with carved raised cheek-piece on the left, brass mounts comprising solid side-plate finely engraved with scrolling foliage inhabited by an exotic bird, trigger-guard with acanthus finial at the rear and iron forward section acting as breech release, butt-plate decorated with scrolls and with pronounced heel (dented), escutcheon decorated with a bust, and faceted ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing) 103.0 cm; 40 1/2 in barrel The arms appear to be those of the Counts von Spork.
A RARE AMERICAN 40 BORE JENNINGS PATTERN PERCUSSION GUN, CIRCA 1830 converted from flintlock, with octagonal sighted brass barrel stamped '12' beneath the breech and fitted with a broad pierced sleeve fitting over the action, the latter of brass, inscribed 'New York' (rubbed) on top, extending to an iron breech block with six protruding teeth corresponding with the breech apertures, engraved stepped iron lock fitted with engraved side-hammer (screw replaced), brass grip, hardwood butt, brass butt-cap and trigger-guard 83.0 cm; 32 3/4 in barrel Isaiah Jennings invented his all-metal breech-loading rifle in New York in 1818. It would appear that relatively few examples are extant.
A FINE AND RARE CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK PISTOLS OF PRESENTATION QUALITY BY BOUTET ET FILS A VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1800 reconverted from percussion, with lightly swamped octagonal sighted multi-groove rifled barrels decorated along their length with a finely matted pattern sown with minute gold stars, decorated with a gold band at the muzzles and with a broad band at the breech, the latter struck with gold-lined marks comprising the letters, 'LC', 'Boutet', and two further marks (Neue Støckel 95 and 97), engraved burnished steel tangs decorated with neo-classical designs and incorporating the back-sights, signed locks with fluted borders, formed with stepped tails decorated with a batwing design, set triggers, figured walnut full stocks, characteristic finely chequered butts encircled with silver nails around the base, full burnished steel mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guards with baluster terminals decorated with vine fruit and foliage and long foliate terminals involving three ram's heads, butts with oval caps decorated with foliage around the edges, two-piece bat-wing side-plates, rear ramrod-pipe en suite with the trigger-guard, moulded forward ramrod-pipe, early ivory-tipped whale-bone ramrods: in fitted case, perhaps the original, the lid veneered in burrwood (cracked) and with flush-fitting carrying handle, the interior lined in blue velvet, and complete with accessories including lyre-shaped flask, bullet mould, mainspring clamp, turn-screw, wad-cutter and oil bottle 31.0 cm; 12 ¼ in barrels Nicolas-Noël Boutet (1761-1833) the distinguished maker of armes de luxe inherited the position of gunmaker to Louis XIV from his father-in-law, Pierre de Sainte (active 1747-88). In 1792 he became technical Director at the new Versailles Manufactory and in 1800 rose to Directeur Artiste with overall control. He held this position until the closure of the manufactory in 1818. Boutet died fifteen years later in poverty, his career having survived six French Political regimes. His son, Pierre-Nicolas, (1789-1816) worked with him as Boutet et Fils.
A RARE 7.8MM (BERGMANN) BERGMANN NO. 5/1897 SELF-LOADING PISTOL, NO. 396, WITH SHOULDER STOCK NO. 534 with blued round barrel fitted with blued block-mounted pyramidal blade fore-sight, the slide stamped 'Pistolet Bergmann / Patent Brevete S.G.D.G.', frame with blued adjustable open-sights from '100' to '1000' metres, side-safety, associated box magazine (not numbered, probably later, top clip chipped and detached) with circular inspection ports corresponding to its housing, and chequered hard-rubber grips with Bergmann gothic 'B' on each face, with associated leather shoulder-stock holster serial numbered 534, with side pouch and suspension strap, and with some original finish throughout 7.7 cm; 3 in barrel (2) The Bergman model 1897 underwent trials by both the Swiss and British military before being ultimately rejected. The British rejected it as they were looking for a 11mm calibre weapon. Around 800 pistols of this type are believed to have been made most of which went to commercial customers. See Ezell 1981 p. 369.
A RARE 6.5MM (BERGMANN) BERGMANN NO.3/1896 SELF-LOADING PISTOL, NO. 468 with blued sighted barrel, the frame engraved 'Patent Bréveté S.G.D.G.' with German inspection mark and '278' above, side lever-safety on left, Bergman miner mark on the right, sprung downward loading gate with inspection ports on the right, chequered wooden grips, and integral iron lanyard ring 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in barrel
A RARE 8MM (BERGMANN) BERGMANN NO.4/1896 SELF-LOADING PISTOL, NO. 2634 with blued sighted barrel, the frame engraved 'Patent Bréveté S.G.D.G.' with German inspection mark above, side lever-safety on left, Bergman miner mark on the right, sprung downward loading gate with inspection ports on the right, chequered wooden grips, and integral iron lanyard ring 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in barrel
A RARE 8MM (BERGMANN) BERGMANN NO.4/1896 SELF-LOADING PISTOL, NO. 4133 with associated sighted blued barrel, the frame engraved 'Patent Bréveté S.G.D.G.' with German inspection mark above, side lever-safety on left, Bergman miner mark on the right, sprung downward loading gate with inspection ports on the right engraved 'Pistolet Bergmann', chequered hard-rubber grips with Bergmann gothic 'B' on each face, and integral iron lanyard ring 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in barrel
A RARE 8MM (BERGMANN) BERGMANN NO.4/1896 SELF-LOADING PISTOL, NO. 3565 with sighted barrel, the frame engraved 'Patent Bréveté S.G.D.G.' with German inspection mark above and with side lever-safety on left, Bergman miner mark on the right, sprung downward loading gate stamped 'Pistolet Bergmann' and with inspection ports on the right, chequered wooden grips, and integral iron lanyard ring 16.0 cm; 6 1/4 in barrel
A RARE 5MM (BERGMANN) BERGMANN NO.2/1896 SELF-LOADING PISTOL, NO. 1179 with blued sighted barrel, blued frame engraved 'Patent Bréveté S.G.D.G.' with German inspection mark and the number '611' above, Bergman miner mark and side lever-safety on left, sprung downward loading gate with inspection ports on the right, hard rubber grips with Bergmann gothic 'B' on each face, and integral iron lanyard ring 7.5 cm; 3 in barrel
A RARE 9MM FRENCH MODEL 1854 PIN-FIRE RIFLED PISTOL BY TREUILLE DE BEAULIEU FOR THE 'CENT GARDE' OF NAPOLEON III, CIRCA 1854 with sighted barrel rifled with four grooves and moulded at the muzzle, patent action including vertical breech-block operated by a knurled looped lever, regulation figured walnut full stock, spurred trigger-guard, butt-plate with a loop on the left for suspension, and the metal parts chromed throughout 29.0 cm; 11 3/8 in barrel The Cent-Gardes were created by Napoleon III. The contract for their firearms was awarded to Treuille de Beaulieu. Baron Antoine Hector Thésée Treuille de Beaulieu (1809-1886) was a French General and Captain Inspector of the Châtellerault manufactory. He was a similar age to the Emperor, Napoleon III, and they enjoyed a shared a passion for artillery and firearms. Following a period of study at the Bourges Artillery School he presented a paper on breech-loading, barrel rifling and the use of small calibres in 1842. In 1854 he made the pin-fire muskets for the 'Cent-Gardes' of Napoleon III. Three carbines from this group were sold in these rooms, 29th June 2016, lots 437, 438 and 439. Another pistol from this group is preserved in the Musée Art et Industrie, St Etienne. For others see Brooker 2006, pp. 212-213.
A RARE 7MM FRENCH LEFAUCHEUX OVER-AND-UNDER 20-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PIN-FIRE VOLLEY REVOLVER, NO. 1226, CIRCA 1870 with sighted barrels, the upper signed 'E. Lefaucheux Bvte SGDG a Paris' (feint), fluted cylinder formed of two concentric rings each of ten chambers, numbered frame stamped with a mark (Neue Støckel 7770), double hammer with knurled thumb-catch, folding trigger, later chromed finish, figured walnut grips and chromed lanyard ring 12.5 cm; 4 7/8 in barrels
A RARE MATCHED PAIR OF 54 BORE SIX-SHOT FRENCH MODEL 1854 PERCUSSION REVOLVERS BY DEVISME, A PARIS, NOS 1285 AND 1295, CIRCA 1855-60 each with signed octagonal barrel (fore-sight removed), signed and numbered on the right of the barrel lug and fitted with locking lever on the left (one retaining screw incomplete), cylinder struck with the maker's mark and with Thovenin pillars in each chamber, action with internal hammer and knurled spur, figured walnut butt with chequered grip, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard and butt-plate, and the latter with short threaded rammer forming a pommel 16.2 cm; 6 3/8 in barrels (2)
**A FINE AND RARE CASED 54 BORE IRISH SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER BY WILLIAM & JOHN RIGBY, DUBLIN, NO. 10718 FOR 1855 with case-hardened fluted tapering serial numbered barrel group, engraved with foliage ahead of the nipples and behind the muzzle, released by a blued stud on each side of the action, the spindle serving as a ramrod, engraved blued rounded action decorated with characteristic scrolling foliage, signed on a scroll on the left and inscribed 'Dublin' on the right, blued knurled sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, engraved blued trigger-guard, engraved blued back-strap, finely chequered figured walnut butt, retaining much blued finish and in fine, perhaps unfired, condition: in original fitted mahogany case (the lid with a closed crack), lined in green baize, with brass escutcheon on the outside, the interior with trade label for 24 Suffolk Street, complete with its original spare serial numbered barrels, and accessories including brass charger, copper three-way flask, nipple wrench, and turn-screw 9.5 cm; 3 ¾ in barrels Provenance Property of Messrs. John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd., sold Christie's, 7th July 1964, lot 219, £290 to Neal. The catalogue states 'There is a possibility that this pistol has never left the gunmakers' hands….' Literature David Back, Messrs Rigby, 1992, p. 138 'Six-shot pistol and extra barrels, cased'
˜A RARE INDIAN IVORY-MOUNTED DAGGER (PESH-KABZ), 18TH CENTURY with straight single-edged blade formed with a reinforced back-edge, characteristic carved ivory grip, rising to form a down-curved beaked pommel, in its carved ivory scabbard with carved moulded finial, the top and bottom each in imitation of a locket and chape, the former with a small pierced moulding for suspension (small chips and cracks) 18.0 cm; 7 18 in blade
A RARE CAUCASIAN MAIL AND PLATE HEAD-DEFENCE, LATE 17TH CENTURY formed of a dished circular plate pierced at its centre with a single hole for the attachment of a finial, and around its lower edge with numerous smaller holes to which is attached with later wire a deep mail tippet with a face-opening that narrows towards its base, and is formed of small riveted rings of flat-sectioned wire (heavily oxidised overall, with some holing and losses at its edges) A similar head-defence is in the Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest. See Gutowski 1997, cat. No. 28, pp. 53 & 92.
A RARE ENGLISH BACKSWORD WITH BRASS MORTUARY HILT, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad blade double-edged towards the point, cut with three slender fullers of differing length and struck with a pair of celestial masks on each face (pitted), symmetrical brass basket-hilt of characteristic form decorated with a pair of masks on the base, comprising a pair of vestigial langets, scrolling quillon struck 'M' crowned on the inside, knuckle-guard, two frontal bars joined by a vertical bar and fitted with a further scrolling bar, chiselled globular pommel, and later grip bound with plaited wire (losses) between brass collars 85.2 cm; 33 5/8 in blade
Taxidermy: A Pair of American Kestrels (Falco spaverius) by H Murray of Carnforth, circa 1910, both full mount birds perched upon lichen covered branches issuing from faux rockwork, amongst tall grasses ferns moss and fauna, set against a wash painted back board, enclosed within a typical picture frame style five-glass wall hanging display case with oak frame 46cm by 12.5cm by 34cm excluding frame, with hand written label to reverse ''American Sparrowhawk LH male, RH female, from the collection of Dr Stanley Carnforth very rare''
Vergilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica, & Aeneis, commentary of Tiberius Claudius Donatus & Maurus Servius Honoratus, edited by Christoph Casseanus & Matthias Marcus Dabercusius, collation: *6 **4 †-††††6 †††††8 a-b6 c8 a-z6 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Lll6 Mmm8, text in Roman type, commentary in italic type, woodcut decorative initials, a few instances of early ink marginalia (some slightly trimmed), lacking final blank, title repaired at head and lower corner, water-stained to varying degrees, antique style calf, folio (270 x 183 mm.), Basel, [Henricus Petri], [1551].⁂ A rare edition at auction. Literature: Not in Adams; VD!6 V1354.
Chronicle.- Gilles (Nicole) Annales & Croniques de France, depuis la Destruction de Troye iusques au temps du Roy Louis onziéme, edited by Denis Sauvage, 2 vol. in 1, collation: †6 a-x6 y4; aa6 A-Z6 AA-BB6, Roman type, title within ornate woodcut architectural border, woodcuts within text, some full or near full-page, including a handsome full-page representation of the days of creation, woodcut genealogies, small wormhole / trace to lower margins, some ink staining to upper marginal corners (mostly in vol.1), some spotting or light foxing, occasional (water-)staining, 17th century reversed calf, later gilt and leather label to spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio (327 x 205mm.), Paris, [René Avril for] Galliot Du Pré, 1553.⁂ Rare at auction. As well as duties at the court of Louis XI as a lawyer and secretary, Gilles was a book collector associated with the great publisher and bookseller Antoine Verard. Literature: Not in Adams; cf. Mortimer, French, 247.
Bible, Persian.- Novum Testamentum... e Graeca in Persicam Linguam, translated by Henry Martyn, first title in Latin, second in Persian, woodcut cartouche to head of first f. of text, 2 eratta ff. at end, ink library stamp to Latin title and head of first f. of text, light marginal browning at beginning and end, occasional spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, [D&M 7325], 4to, St. Petersburg, Jos. Joannes, 1815.⁂ Rare first edition in Persian of the New Testament. It was translated out the Greek by Henry Martyn, and printed by the Russian Bible Society in St. Petersburg after Martyn's death.
Malta printed Arabic.- Mavor (William Fordyce) and others. [Sharḥ ṭabāyiʻ ʼal-ḥayawān. ʼal-Juzʼ 1, Fī dhawāt ʼal-ʼarbaʻ wa-ʼal-ṭayr], stamps or signature erased from title, causing thinning to paper, spotting or foxing, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, majority of original printed paper label to spine, hinges weak, spine worn, 8vo, Malta, 1841 ⁂ A rare copy of this work printed on Malta. It is a translation of William Fordyce Mavor's Elements of Natural History in the Animal Kingdom, Chiefly Intended for the use of Schools and young Persons, and incorporates Damīrī's Ḥayāt ʼal-ḥayawān., and an original poem by Shidyāq.
Food & drink.- Coffee, tea & chocolate.- Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre) Novi Tractatus de Potu Caphe, de Chinensium The et de Chocolata, title with woodcut ornament, engraved folding frontispiece and 3 plates, water-stained at head, lightly foxed, some spotting, contemporary vellum, [Bitting p.135; Vicaire 294-296], 12mo, Geneva, Cramer & Perachon, 1699.⁂ A good copy of this rare edition at auction.
Food & drink.- Cookery.- La Varenne (François Pierre) Le Cuisinier François enseignant la maniere de bien apprester et assaisonner toutes sortes de viandes grasses & maigres, legumes, Patisseries & autre mets..., engraved frontispiece depicting a kitchen scene with a cook at its centre holding a pie and surrounded by foodstuffs, index f. T6 upper corner torn with loss of several letters, index f. V1 small section cut out, with loss of several letters, occasional spotting or light soiling, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, titled in ink on spine, lightly soiled, creased, [Vicaire 497; Willems 1688; cf. Bitting 275-276], 12mo, The Hague, Adriaen Vlacq, 1664.⁂ A rare edition of this classic work on cookery. The last copy we can trace at auction was that in the fine cookery collection of Leon Lambert, sold Sotheby's 14th February 1966. It looks at meats, vegetables, pastries, eggs, fish and seafood, amongst numerous other foodstuffs.
[Cranmer (Thomas) and others]. Certayne sermons or homilies, appoynted by the kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones, vycars, or curates, euery So[n]day in their churches, where they haue cure, black letter, woodcut criblé initials, [5 par.]4 blank, occasional early ink marginalia, lacking title, C4 little chipped, with loss of a few letters of printed side-notes, some staining and spotting, 20th century speckled calf-backed marbled boards, gilt title to spine, [STC 13641], small 4to, [at the signe of the Sunne, ouer agaynste the Conduyte, by Edwarde Whitchurche], [20 August, 1547]. ⁂ Rare. The first book of homilies, written mostly by Cranmer, in order to develop reformed doctrine within the Church of England.Provenance: 'George Molland, his Book, 1752 [and 1755]'; Agnis Molland, her Book, 1752' (ink inscriptions)
Cranmer (Thomas) Catechismus, that is to say, a shorte instruction into Christian religion for the synguler commoditie and profyte of childre[n] and yong people. Set forth by the mooste reuerende father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, black letter, woodcuts after Hans Holbein, woodcut decorative initials, lacking title and sig. 2K at end (sig. 2K provided in facsimile), some light staining, 20th century half calf, [STC 5993], 8vo, Nycolas Hyll, 1548.⁂ Rare at auction. Provenance: Harold Marshall (bookplate).
Bible, English. [The Newe Testament], Bishops' version of 1572, woodcut historiated initials, lacks title, 22 other preliminary ff, A1-3,7,8, F1,4,7,8, H7,8, I1, K8, L1,2,7,8, S1,8, T1,8, Z1,2,7,8, &4, 2A2,3, 2B5,6, 2G1,8, 2I1-8, 2L1,3,6,8, 2M1, and all after 2M5, many ff. torn or frayed, some with loss of text, a few loose or partly so, fore-edge margins trimmed, touching some side-notes, woodcut (defective) at head of 'A True and Perfect Reckenyng', several large woodcut initials, stained and marked, a few names or notes, mostly in margins, and scribbles, contemporary calf, ruled in blind, worn and scratched, without endpapers or fly-leaves, remains of clasps, [Herbert 134; STC 2875], 8vo, [R. Jugge], [?1573-1575].⁂ Rare early pocket edition of the English New Testament, the text closely following that of the folio Bishops' version published by Jugge in 1572. STC records only 3 copies in the UK (2 imperfect); and one in North America (New York Public Library, also imperfect).
Sternhold (Thomas), John Hopkins, and others. The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 215 ff. only (ff. lacking includes title), black letter, woodcut music and decorative initials, with 10ff. of early ink ms. music bound in, closely trimmed at head, affecting most headlines to varying degrees, final f. trimmed at head and outer margin, with loss of a few letters, water-stained, contemporary calf, worn, but holding firm, [STC 2456.6], 16mo, [Printed by Iohn Daye, dwelling ouer Aldersgate], 1580.⁂ The majority of an exceedingly rare book of psalms. ESTC records only one copy (University of Illinois), which is also defective.
First Folio.- Shakespeare (William) The Winter's Tale, pp.277-303 extracted from the first folio, double column within single filet border, woodcut head-piece, initial and tail-piece, trimmed at head, affecting headlines to varying degrees, and on 2B1 just touching part of a few letters of text, 2A1 (first f.) repair to outer margin, just touching part of the odd letter, 2A6 small repair within text, with loss of a few letters, 2C2 repair to inner margin, just touching the odd letter of the list of actors, also with a repaired tear at foot, modern red morocco-backed marbled boards, housed in modern cloth drop-back box, red morocco label to spine, [STC 22273; Pforzheimer 905; Grolier English 19; PMM 122; Greg, III, p. 1109-12], folio (sheets averaging c.305 x 203mm.), [Isaac Jaggard, and Edward Blount at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley], 1623.⁂ A rare opportunity to acquire this individual play from the First Folio. We can trace only one other copy of The Winters Tale being sold individually at auction (Swann, 2016, for $25,000). Our copy bears evidence of early female ownership. Provenance: 'Elizabeth'; 'Care' (17th century ink inscriptions in different hands to head of first f.); ?'Mear' or 'Merr' (17th century ink inscription to foot of 2B6r).
Brerewood (Edward) Enquiries Touching the Diversity of Languages, and Religions, Through Chiefe Parts of the World, woodcut vignette on title, Y4 small piece of corner torn away, slightly browned, ?engraved bookplate of Sir Kenelm Digby on fly-leaf, contemporary and later signatures on title, pencil inscription at end: "This rare old book was bought at Rector Nash's auction for 15/-", contemporary calf, remains of gilt corner ornament, worn, rebacked, [STC 3621; Sabin 7732], small 4to, Printed by John Norton, for Joyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1635.⁂ Touches on idolatory in America. With an interesting engraved bookplate, the arms unidentified but with a motto, "Vindica Te Tibi", used by Sir kenelm Digby and the crest, a pelican holding a horse shoe, the crest of the Digby family.
America.- Cotton (John, of Boston, New England) A Letter... of Mr John Cottons Teacher of the Church in Boston, in Nevv-England, to Mr. Williams a Preacher there, first edition, 16pp., title within typographical border, slightly browned, old fly-leaf with ink signature of J. Condor, new endpapers, modern half calf, [Wing C6441; Sabin 17069], sm. 4to, Printed at London for Benjamin Allen, 1643.⁂ Cotton's statement in his first controversy with Roger Williams over religious conformity in the New England colonies.Extremely rare, last seen at auction, the Harmsworth copy in 1952, then described as "no copy sold at auction in this country since 1902".
[Coote (Edmund)] [The English-School Master], black letter, lacks all before A1 and all after L3, browned, some staining, corners worn slightly affecting catchwords, ink alphabet and religious inscription on verso of L3 at end, 18th century vellum, soiled and slightly splayed, [Wing C6067E; ESTC lists the BL & private collections copies only], sm. 4to, [Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1656]; sold not subject to return.⁂ Rare.
English Binding.- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, double column, roman letter (Apocrypha in smaller type) engraved titles, NT title slightly creased, lacks printed NT title, OT 2H8 tear in margin affecting side notes, 2X3 small tear in lower margin not affecting text, NT I4 tear with some loss of text, bound with Book of Common Prayer, Oxford, 1678 at beginning and Sternhold & Hopkins Whole Book of Psalms at end, browned, marbled endpapers, contemporary red English panelled morocco, central panels with a hunting scene of harts and hounds, these in black morocco inlays, along with floral motifs, all within a wide floral and foliage border, with large floral corner-pieces, outer borders with various floral (some made up of black morocco inlays) and insect (?bees) motifs, all within a single gilt filet border, lacking claps, rebacked, with a later richly gilt backstrip in compartments (?19th century), [Herbert 745; Madan, III, 3246; Wing B2309], 4to (binding: 207 x 153mm.), At the Theater in Oxford [Moses Pitt and others], 1679.⁂ The second edition printed at Oxford, in a contemporary English binding of a rare design. We have been unable to trace a similar binding at auction.
[Sterne (Laurence)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 variant 2 with "vous" on p.150 and vol.2 variant 1 "who have" on last line of p.133, half-titles, list of subscribers, with the rare loosely inserted advertisement leaf bound after title in vol.1 (usually lacking), engraved coat-of-arms in text, very lightly browned, vol.1 also with engraved portrait of Jens Baggesen bound in as frontispiece and note in pencil "Baggesinian" and another in Danish on front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of Lord Gray, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments with red and tan morocco labels, rubbed, spines a little worn, repairs to joints and spine ends, preserved in modern marbled board slip-case, tan morocco label "Baggesiniana. Yorick's Labyrint" on spine, [Rothschild 1972], small 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1768.⁂ Jens Baggesen (18764-1826), Danish writer who was greatly influenced by Sterne. His poem Labyrinten is reflected in the label "Yorick's Labyrint" on the spine of the slip-case, a delightful obfuscation by the Danish owner combining Baggesen's title with Sterne's.
Saunders (Sarah) The Fountain of Knowledge, or, Complete Family Guide... To which are added, every Lady her own and Family's Physician, first and only edition, engraved frontispiece, a few ff. slightly creased, slightly browned, original calf-backed boards, marbled paper from upper cover mostly rubbed away, [ESTC lists 2 copies only, both in US; not in BL; Maclean p.128], 8vo, Printed by T. Sabine, [c.1781]. ⁂ Extremely rare. "By Sarah Saunders, Mother of Seventeen Children, and brought them through all Diseases incident to Children." - Title-page.Saleroom Notice: We have traced another copy of the first mentioned at the Nat. Library Wales.
Music.- The Singer's Pocket Book, and Reciter's Album, nos.1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9-10, 19, 21-22, 25, 36, 38, and no. 26 (new series), along with a duplicate of no. 22, wood-engraved plates, occasional spotting, original yellow printed wrappers, 12mo, W. Strange, [c.1840]-1841 (15)⁂ Any numbers from this periodical are rare.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) My African Journey, first Colonial paperback edition, maps and plates, occasional scattered spotting, front free endpaper with blind-stamp and ink inscription, upper cover mounted on stub, spine creased and chipped with some loss to lettering at foot, creasing to corners, rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, 1908.⁂ A good example of a rare piece of Churchilliana. Cohen estimates that 903 copies of this edition in the card wrappers (internally identical to the first edition), were printed. Of those copies, due in large part to their delicate nature, as few as half a dozen copies have survived.
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, first issue with 'northern' to p.119, 'it's' to p.165, 'chatter' to p.60, 'sick in tired' to p.206, and 'Union Street station' to p.211, inner gutter tender, contents a little shaken, some light damp-staining and abrasion to endpapers, original cloth, central crease to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, first state dust-jacket rear panel with capital 'J' printed over small 'j', a few small abrasions and repairs with loss to small portion of lettering, remainder of dust-jacket supplied in convincing facsimile, 8vo, New York, 1925.⁂ A good opportunity to own an affordable copy of one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The original rear panel of the first issue jacket has been salvaged but the rest has been supplied to make a convincing and attractive whole.'I think my novel is about the best American novel ever written.' F.Scott FitzgeraldThe rare dust-jacket, designed by Francis Cugat, played an important part in the composition of the novel itself; Fitzgerald wrote to his publisher 'For Christ's sake don't give anyone that jacket you're saving for me. I've written it into the book.' This is most evident in his description of Daisy Buchanan as the 'girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs'.
[Greene (Graham) and Ronald Matthews], "Sheila Cousins". To Beg I am Ashamed, first edition, first issue, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and darkened, dust-jacket, neatly laid down, price-clipped, repairs and restorations to head and foot, jonits and fore-edges repaired, rubbed and surface soiling, 8vo, 1938.⁂ A rare and important work especially so in the dust-jacket. Ostensibly an autobiography of a London prostitute but in fact written by Ronald Matthews with the assistance of Greene. Routledge were pressured to withdraw the book from sale by the Home Secretary (who in turn had been alerted by The Public Morality Council) and only a handful of copies from this edition reached the market. The book was subsequently published the same year in Paris and New York, but the true first edition remains an elusive book.
Joyce (James) Chamber Music, first edition, first issue with thick laid endpapers, pictorial title, small damp-stain to outer margin affecting front free endpaper and first 4 ff., light spotting and browning to endpapers, original first issue bright green cloth, spine rubbed with gilt lettering faded, split to foot of spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marking to lower cover, a very good copy overall, 12mo, 1907.⁂ Joyce's first published volume of poetry, scarce in the first issue, preceded only by the separately published poems Et tu Healy (of which no printed copies are known) and the rare broadside The Holy Office.With the poems on signature C at the same distance from the gutters as signatures D and E, all of which are closer than those of signature B.
Joyce (James) Ulysses, 11 vol., first American appearance in print, as published in Two Worlds Monthly vol.1 no.1 - vol.3 no.3, illustrations, original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and creased, some spine ends a little chapped, 8vo, New York, 1926-27.⁂ The scarce piratical first appearance of Ulysses in America. The unauthorised publication of Ulysses in Two Worlds Monthly by the editor Samuel Roth led to a storm of controversy and ultimately to the publication of the rare broadside International Protest signed by Joyce and over 160 other artists, writers and cultural figures. Joyce eventually obtained an injunction against Roth, but by then Two Worlds Monthly had ceased publication.
Awdry (Rev. W.) [The Railway Series], nos. 1-25, illustrations, some occasional light marking or soiling, a few with ink ownership inscriptions, no.2 with split to upper hinge, original boards, no.2 with damp-stain to spine, all but no.2 with dust-jackets, creasing and chipping to head and foot, some rubbing and surface soiling, 1965-70; and 10 others, duplicates, later printings (2 of which signed), 3 pre-cut model books and 2 painting books in excellent condition, oblong 8vo (35)⁂ Rare to find such a complete set.
Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin books] 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, tenth edition, endpapers a little foxed, 1925; Winnie the Pooh, first edition ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 1926; Now We Are Six, first edition, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, light browning to endpapers, glassine front flap torn, 1928, deluxe editions, illustrations by E.H.Shepard, pictorial endpapers, original limp pictorial morocco, gilt, g.e., fine copies, all but the third with original glassine dust-jackets (some creasing and browning), all in original publisher's card boxes, some browning, a few short splits to lids, 8vo.⁂ A superb set in the deluxe bindings, rare to find complete with the glassine wrappers and with the boxes in such good order.
Dressmaking.- [?Wilson (Maria)] The Workwoman's Guide, containing Instructions to the Inexperienced in Cutting Out and Completing those articles of Wearing Apparel..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 24 plates, light stain to frontispiece and title, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, London and Birmingham, 1838.⁂ Rare and important work on making baby-clothes, baby-linen, cot covers, children's & adults' clothes, bonnets, hats etc., needlework, upholstery, cleaning clothes, knitting and straw-plaiting. The frontispiece depicts young girls in a needlework class and the plates consist mostly of patterns. Only 4 copies on COPAC (BL, Birmingham, Cambridge & Oxford; the National Art Library at the V & A holds only the second edition of 1840); 2 copies only traced at auction (2009 & 1978).
Australia.- Chevalier (Nicolas) N.Chevalier's Album of Chromo Lithographs, first edition, 12 magnificent chromolithographed plates after Chevalier mounted on thin card, all with printer's embossed stamp in lower right corner of mount and printed label on verso, a few plates with very light unobtrusive spotting, mounts a little soiled with a few small stains at edges, loose as issued in original half morocco over cloth folder with ties, titled in gilt on upper cover, old blue label "Henry Franks, Importer of Stationery and Fancy Goods, Agent for Mr. Chevalier, Moorabool and Malop Streets, Geelong" at head of inside board, rubbed and faded, spine reinforced, corners renewed, [Ferguson 17329; Wantrup 256], folio, [Melbourne], Charles Troedel, [1865].⁂ Rare views of Victoria and the first album of chromolithographs published in Australia. "A keystone in any collection of Australian plate books and no collection can be considered complete without it...'' Wantrup.
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Webber (John) Views in the South Seas, from Drawings by the late James Webber, first edition, later issue, 16 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, paper guards, some light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, a little worn, spine and one corner defective, old paper removal label to upper cover, folio, 1808 [most plates watermarked 1820]. ⁂ Rare. John Webber (mistakenly designated "James" on the title) was draughtsman on the Resolution during Cook's third voyage to the South Seas in 1776-80. The plates include views of New Zealand, the Resolution and Discovery in the ice fields, Kamchatka, Macao and Krakatoa.
Turkey.- Newton (Charles Thomas) A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus, & Branchidae, Atlas only (lacking the rare 2 4to parts of text as usual), first edition, tinted lithographed additional pictorial title and 97 plates and plans, many after R.P.Pullan or after photographs by B.Spackman, 3 double-page, 34 tinted, one with partial hand-colouring, many plates with more than one image, some foxing, contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, [Atabey 868; Blackmer 1192, both Atlas only], folio, Day & Son, 1862.⁂ Scarce volume of plates illustrating the excavation of Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum) and other sites along the coast of Asia Minor. The fine tinted plates include many of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus which was one of the Ancient Wonders of the World.
Australia.- [O'Hara (James)] The History of New South Wales, lacks half-title, title torn at head with loss and repaired, last f. of Contents edges chipped, Y2 2 tears 1 with small hole affecting text, Y3 tear, 2E8 - 2G2 small stains at head, some slight soiling to edges, part of imprint crossed out in ink and replaced with "Hatchard", new endpapers, contemporary half calf, repaired, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [Ferguson 690aa], London, Printed for the Author, 1817.⁂ The rare original issue published by the author. "The first true history of the colony... O'Hara provides the best picture of the first half of Macquarie's rule, the Golden Age, that we have between two covers" - Wantrup.
New Zealand.- Brees (S.C.) Guide and Description of the Panorama of New Zealand: Illustrating the Country, Habits of the Colonists, Public Buildings, Houses, Farms, and Clearings, Customs of the Natives...and Life in the Colony, engraved frontispiece of 'View looking down Hawkstone Street Wellington with Mr. Brees' Cottage', title lightly foxed, occasional spotting, original green printed wrappers, repairs to corners of upper wrapper, with loss, spine rather worn, but solid, 8vo, Savill & Edwards, [1849].⁂ Rare guide to New Zealand.
Tennis.- Photographically illustrated.- Fournier (Édouard) and Eugène Chapus. Le Jeu de Paume, half-title and title printed in red and black, 14 albumen prints mounted on grey card, some spotting, occasional foxing (mostly to preliminaries), original red pictorial cloth, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original backstrip, some light staining, a very good copy, 4to, Paris, Didier & Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, 1862.⁂ The rare first photographically illustrated tennis book, and indeed one of the most important early histories of the game. Noel and Clark in their history of the game say of Fournier's preface that 'nothing more valuable as a contribution to the history of tennis in early times has ever been written' (pp.289-291). The photographs include Raymond Masson (paumier to Louis XV); J. Edmond Barre (paumier to Emperor Napoleon III); Charles Delahaye ('Biboche') and England's Edmund Tomkins. Provenance: Alderson Burrell Horne (pencil inscription and a typed article by him loosely inserted), owner of a miniature court at Ditton Place, Balcombe, which was home to the Penthouse Club.
Gabelkover (Oswald) The Boock of Physicke...Most of them selected, and approued remedyes, for all corporall diseases, and sicknesses, which out of manye highe, and common persons written physick-boockes, are compacted, and vnited together, translated by A.M., first and only edition in English, double column, fine engraved pictorial title by B. Dolendo, with large royal arms at head and a view of Dordecht at foot, glossary f. at end, with contemporary ink ms. medical receipts verso for 'plauge', 'crampe' and 'drospy', lacking 2K2 & 5, both supplied in good facsimile from the BL copy, title trimmed at outer and lower edges, just within border, glossary f. little chipped at outer edge, lightly browned, occasional staining, new endpapers, contemporary vellum over later boards, repaired, soiled, [NLM/Durling 1737; Wellcome I, 2488; STC 11513], folio (279 x 179mm.), Dordecht, Isaack Caen, 1599.⁂ First and only edition in English of Gabelkover's Nützlich Artzneybuch für alle des Menschlichen Leibes anliegen und gebrechen, Tübingen, 1595, a domestic medical guide. Includes the illnesses of women and children, fevers, plagues, burns and wounds. Rare at auction. Provenance: 'To E.M. geve this: ex dono ?R G 1614...'; 'Robert Cholmondley' (17th century ink inscriptions to title); 'Ms. Ann Hall hur Boock, the Gueft of my Ant Hall, of 'Esex'; 'Alice Whitfell, her book' (17th century inscriptions cut from a leaf and mounted on new endpapers).
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetorica ad C. Herennium..., commentary by Franciscus Maturantius, Antonius Mancinellus, and C. Marius Victorinus, collation: a-z & A6 B-C8, 164 ff. (of 166, lacking title (provided in facsimile) and final blank), 62 lines commentary surrounding text and headline, Roman type, woodcut decorative letters, initial spaces with guide-letters, early ink marginalia and inter-linear notes, upper corner repaired, affecting a few letters recto and verso, some staining (including ink) and finger-marking, modern binding using an old choir f. and vellum, folio (302 x 204mm.), [Venice], [ Philippus Pincius], [12 September, 1500].⁂ A rare edition at auction. Literature: Goff C-685; HC 5085; Bod-Inc C-220; BSB-Ink A-824.
Duns, Scotus (Johannes) Habes hoc in tantillo candidissime lector Scotice subtilitatis Epidicticon, commentary by Benedictus Benkovich, ff: 248, [4], double column, Gothic letter, title in red and within woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorative letters, woodcut printer's device to foot of ee8r, marginal water-staining, 20th century half vellum, 8vo (165 x 105mm.), Giacomo Pocatela, 1520.⁂ A rare edition at auction of works by this important Scottish philosopher and theologian. Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 17868.
Greek printing.- Anthologia Graeca.- Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in Septem Libros, collation: α-ω8 A-O8 P[1]4, P8, title in Latin and Greek, text in Greek, initial spaces with guide-letters, early ink marginalia and inter-linear notes, lacking final f., occasional staining and spotting, lightly browned, 17th century calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo (158 x 93mm.), Paris, Badius Ascensius, 1531.⁂ A rare and handsomely printed work. Literature: Not in Adams.; Moreau IV, 19; Renouard, Ascensius, II, 444.
Yomut Turkmen ensi of very rare all over design, Turkmenistan, 19th century, 5ft. 9in. X 4ft. 4in. 1.75m. X 1.32m. Overall even wear with corrosion to dark browns in places; holes, damage, missing piece at top end, all now stabilised with fabric patches verso. Prayer arch at the top end; the tree motifs in a varied palette fill the entire field which does not have the dividing bars usually associated with ensis. The sainak border is on all four sides of the rug rather than the usual three. Soft palette and soft handle. Cf. Jourdan, U. Op. Cit. P. 193, pl 149 for a similar example and where two other pieces are quoted.
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