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Lot 203
NGC – George V (1910-36), Crown Wreath 1934, Proof, (S. 4036), toned and a superb example of a rare coin, encapsulated and graded by NGC MS 62, certification number 6674764-014, total graded by NGC in MS 62 is 12 with 30 in higher grade - Ouwehand Collection - with receipt John Welsh dated 1976
Lot 463
RARE MEISSEN ANTHROPOMORPHIC PART TEA SERVICE LATE 18TH CENTURY the cups and saucers of wrythen and basket weave moulded form; each piece painted to the centre with a humorous vignette of an animal engaged in various pursuits, such as a cat washing laundry, a fox carrying two baskets containing ducks and eggs, a kitten playing a lute to dancing mice etc.; all within a trellis border issuing sprays of flowers; with purple scale ground decoration to the gilt edged rims; comprising a teapot with matched cover, five saucers and three tea cups; underglaze blue crossed swords marksDimensions:teapot 11.5cm high, saucers 13.5cm diameter, cups 17cm highProvenance:Provenance: Property of the late Mrs. Jean BogieNote: The anthropomorphic scenes on the porcelain in this group relates to a tradition of decoration inspired by characters in fables by writers such as Aesop and La Fontaine, which had been translated into prose by the 18th century in Germany and which would have circulated widely in educated society. The scenes were intended to point out the foibles of humanity and would have been humorous to an 18th century audience, who would have recognised the references to popular fables. The activities of the animals depicted are quite curious and specific and likely relate to a particular fable source. Anthropomorphic services created at Meissen are rare and few are in existence.
Lot 465
RARE MEISSEN ANTHROPOMORPHIC TEA CANISTER WITH COVER CIRCA 1770-1780 decoration attributed to Johann Georg Loehnig, the body of ovoid form, painted to each side with a humorous vignette, one side depicting a fox in ceremonial dress reading to an assembled group of a cat, cockerel and rat, two of whom carry a weapon; painted to the other side with a finely dressed cat and dog being pulled in a covered carriage by a cockerel and a rabbit; the body and cover with a gilt edged pink ribbon border incorporating small sprays of flowers; the cover with a finial handle in the form of a flower picked out in gilt; crossed swords with dot markDimensions:12cm highProvenance:Provenance: Property of the late Mrs. Jean BogieNote: Note: Johann Georg Loehnig (1743-1806) was a porcelain painter at Meissen who excelled in ‘animalier’ scenes.
Lot 166
Public Image Limited Metal Box 1st Pressing STILL SEAL. A rare opportunity to bid on a sealed 1st Pressing of Public Image Limited 1979's Metal Box. Presented in a metal film canister tin with PIL embossed on lid. Very minor tarnishing to tin where factory wrapping has split. Catalogue Number Metal 1 sticker on rear. Unable to grade contents of tin as this is a sealed unit.
Lot 174
Sex Pistols - The Good Time Music Of The Sex Pistols. Released in 1977, this is the rare 1st Pistols Bootleg recording of the Lesser Free Trade Hall performance in Manchester, June 4, 1976 (not June 6, as the sleeve notes say). Green text on white label PFP No Fun, No Fun 1A/1B etched on runout. Visual grading on vinyl - Very Good Plus/Near Mint. No visible marks/scuffs. Sleeve in Very Good condition - small seem split to opening of sleeve.
Lot 45
Pop/Rock Recent Issue LPs to include Prince - The Versace Experience - Rare 1995 Limited Release; Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions; David Bowie - Tin Machine II - limited edition on silver coloured vinyl; George Michael - Older - 2022 Remastered Reissue. All still sealed so assumed Mint in Mint sleeves. (9)
Lot 560
TWO CHINESE AND ONE ANNAMESE EARLY POTTERY JARS, AND A RARE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER NEOLITHIC, HAN DYNASTY AND LATER One with loop handles and geometric earth pigment decoration, another Cizhou decorated with stylised flowers, the Annamese jar with three loop handles to the shoulder, the incense burner with reticulated sides carved with chrysanthemum, two with paper labels for Bluett, London and two with labels for John Sparks Ltd., 14cm. (5) Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Lot 120
Compton Pottery, possibly by Mary Seton Watts (1849-1938) Rare table lamp modelled as a girl seated, circa 1920 Painted terracotta Unsigned 39cm high Literature Hilary Calvert and Louise Boreham, Mary Seton Watts and the Compton Pottery, page 220, plate D8 for the same model illustrated. Footnote Roseberys would like to thank Watts Gallery for their assistance in the cataloguing of this lot
Lot 109
North America. A Map of the British Empire in America, from the Head of Hudson Bay to the Southern Bounds of Georgia, with the intervention of Canada, Owen's Magazine of Magazines, Novr. 1750, rare uncoloured engraved map, old folds, long closed split along one fold, one marginal closed tear affecting the printed image, slight staining, 260 x 305 mm, together with Plan of ye Town of Quebec, Owen's Magazine of Magazines, Novr. 1750, uncoloured engraved map, key plate to the right-hand margin, old folds, trimmed with very slight loss to the text on the right-hand margin, 200 x 255 mm, with A Map of the Isthmus of Darien whereon is traced the Adventurers Expedition, Owen's Magazine of Magazines [1750], uncoloured engraved map, trimmed with very slight loss to the text of the title, 125 x 180 mm, plus Kitchin (Thomas). A Map of Royal or Cape Breton I. from the best Authorities, circa 1780, uncoloured engraved map, slight dust soiling, 170 x 110 mm, and a small unattributed 18th-century map of a plan of Maastricht, 170 x 110 mmQTY: (5)NOTE:The first described map. David C. Jolly, Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800 number 38 (but described as lacking the imprint at the base of the map). Not recorded in R. V. Tooley's The Mapping of America.
Lot 115
Shropshire. Porter (Benjamin), A New and Correct Map of Shrop-Shire with ye parts Adjacent Containing all ye County Towns, Market Towns & most Considerable Villages within the Graduated Square, 1734, hand-coloured engraved reticulated map with an explanation in both vertical margins, toned overall, trimmed to the plate mark, 310 x 425 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. No institutional copies were found. Benjamin Porter is not recorded by Worms and Baynton Williams or by Tooley.
Lot 204
* Turner (Charles, 1773-1857). Tiger & Crocodile, London: James Daniell & Co. No. 6, Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road, December 7th 1799, mezzotint with etching after James Northcote, printed in colours and finished by hand, occasional marginal closed tears, the margins strengthened and repaired on verso, slight staining, one small wormhole, 485 x 600 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Alfred Whitman, Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Charles Turner (1907), 802. A rare image. The last copy to appear in an auction was at Christie's in 1993.
Lot 229
Actius (Thomas). De Ludo Scacchorum in Legali Methodo Tractatus. Nunc primum in lucem editus cum summariis & indice. Ad serenissimum franciscum mariam II. Ducem Urbini VI, 1st edition, Pesaro: Hieronymum Concordiam, 1583, woodcut vignette to title, woodcut portrait of author, woodcut initials, errata leaf at rear, early notation in brown ink to title, discreet old paper repair to title lower blank margin, small closed tear to A3 outer blank margin, faint old damp-staining to many quires, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, a few small wormholes to spine, lower cover with faint damp-stain, lacking ties, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Brunet VI (suppl.), 635; Graesse I, 17; Zollinger 742.A rare early work on chess, using the game as a metaphor for society.
Lot 231
Saint Gregentius of Taphar. Disputatio cum Herbano Judaeo: nunc primùm Graecè edita, cum interpretatione Nic. Gulonii, carnutis, literarum Graecarum professoris regii, notis illustrata. Hoc dialogo sides Christiana tum diuinorum oraculorum expositione, tum miraculorum effectu confirmatur, Paris: Federic Morell, Federicus Morellus, 1586, book label of C. Lacy Hulbert-Powell to front pastedown, lightly dust-soiled, a few small wormholes to outer blank margin of some quires at rear, hinges reinforced, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked (endpapers renewed), red title label lettered in gilt, corners refurbished, some wear to covers, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams G1081.A rare early Paris edition of the sole surviving work of Saint Gregentius of Taphar. It is a dialogue between Gregentius and Rabbi Herban, the chief representative of the local Himyaritic Jews. It is said that during the debate Christ appeared, spurring mass conversions to Christianity.
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Lot 265
[Gynaecology]. The Ladies Physical Directory. Or, a Treatise of all the Weaknesses, Indispositions, and Diseases peculiar to the Female Sex, from Eleven Years of Age to Fifty or upwards. By which women and maids of the meanest capacity may perfectly understand the symptoms, nature, and true cause of their own illnesses, and readily know how to manage themselves under all infirmities…, by a Physician, 6th edition, with many material alterations and additions, London: printed and sold by the author's appointment, at the Gentlewoman's at the Two Blue Posts in Haydon-Yard, in the Minories, 1736, [8], 96 pp., second title-page for ‘A Practical Discourse on Barrenness...’ at p. [43], old ink ownership name torn away from lower blank margin of main title, spotting throughout, lacks free endpapers, contemporary sheep, worn, upper joint weak, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC locates only the 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th editions of 1716, 1727, 1739 and 1742. First published as A Rational Account of the Natural Weaknesses of Women, all editions are apparently rare, ESTC locating a total of only 9 copies across all 4 editions noted. However, Copac locates two copies of this sixth edition, at Wellcome Library and Royal College of Physicians of London.
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Lot 284
[Dodsley, Robert]. The Oeconomy of Human Life. In Two Parts, Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written by a Chinese Philosopher, Newport [Isle of Wight]: Printed by J. Mallett, 1783, 141, [1] pp., ownership signature of Mary Ford dated 22 December 1811 to front flyleaf, a little minor spotting and soiling, contemporary sheep, rubbed, joints cracked and slight edge wear, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare printing undertaken by James Mallett in Newport on the Isle of Wight. ESTC lists only nine publications as Mallett, Newport, ranging in date from 1767 to 1789. The first part of this work was almost certainly written by Robert Dodsley, but sometimes attributed to P.D. Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; the second part is attributed to John Hill. ESTC T82533 (2 copies; British Library and Bodleian).
Lot 362
Bookbinding & Bibliography Reference - Neale (Albert M.). The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings. A catalogue of an exhibition held at the John Rylands Library, 4 June-18 October 2008, Photographs by Tom Grill, Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 2008, colour illustrations, original red cloth with pictorial panel to upper cover, in original red cloth covered slipcase, oblong 4to, together with:Duncan (Alastair). Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding. The French Masterpieces, 1880-1940, London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, colour and monochrome illustrations, original red cloth in dust and glassine jackets, 4to,Middleton (Bernard). The Restoration of Leather Bindings, 3rd edition, revised & expanded, London: British Library, Oak Knoll Press, 1998, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust and glassine jackets, folio, Middleton (Bernard). A Bookbinder's Miscellany, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books, 2015, 3 copies in original blue cloth, and unopened cellophane wrapping, 8vo,Fahey (Herbert & Peter). Finishing in Hand Bookbinding, reprint in facsimile of the 1951 edition with a new introduction by Alan Isaac and foreword by Maureen Duke, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books, 2014, 3 copies in original plum cloth, and unopened cellophane wrapping, 8vo, plus other bookbinding, book history and bibliography relatedQTY: (2 cartons)
Lot 395
Rare Britannia Series 2 Circa 1907 Air Rifle.177, 22 3/4 inch, blued hinged barrel with rear block hinge section. Front blade sight. Rear adjustable leaf sight. Barrel marked "Britannia" with trade stamp. Rear stirrup operating lever. Blued tubular spring housing. Lower, blued steel trigger guard and cocking mechanism. Polished wooden butt. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 20
Rare Celtic (English ) Woad Grinder 1st century BC-1st century AD A copper alloy grinder horn and mortar used to pulverise vegetable material called woad in the preparation of dyes or make up and skin tattoos. Mortar L48.9mm. Width6.7m. Grinder horn L56mm. These items are only found in UK and are rare to find in such good condition.
Lot 665
Rare 1847 Bronze Medal Commemorating Prince Albert Installed as Chancellor of Cambridge University designed by G.G. Adams minted by Hunt & Roskill. Reverse inscription in Latin ‘Cesissimum Principem Albertum Cancellarium suum Fausto Felicique Omine Inauguratum Laeta Conspicit Academia Cantabrigiensis, Julii VI MDCCCXLVII’.
Lot 134
This Swarovski crystal mother elephant belonged to the Rare Encounters theme group. She flaunts a faceted clear crystal body and Jet crystal eyes. Her legs, trunk, tail and tusks are in unfaceted crystal. A beautiful replica of an African elephant complete with tusks, large ears and flat back. Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box which measures 8"L x 8"W x 4"H. Artist: Heinz TabertshoferIssued: 2005-2011Dimensions: 4.5"L x 2.25"W x 4.25"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 136
This retired Swarovski crystal elephant was part of the Rare Encounters group and is made from clear crystal, with black eyes. Item includes original box measuring 3.25"dia. x 4.75"H. Artist: Heinz TabertshoferIssued: 2005-2007Dimensions: 2.25"L x 1.5"W x 1.5"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 151
This Swarovski crystal zebra was part of the Rare Encounters collection. The eye-catching stripes are achieved with a Crystal Marron coating and are highlighted beautifully by the animal€™s clear crystal body. Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box which measures 8"L x 8"W x 5.25"H. Artist: Elisabeth AdamerIssued: 2011-2012Dimensions: 5.25"L x 2.25"W x 4.25"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 158
Part of the Rare Encounters group. The kangaroo is made from clear crystal, both the kangaroo and joey have black eyes. Crystal clear with black crystal eyes. Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box: 4"L x 3.5"W x 6"H. Artist: Gabriele StameyIssued: 1994-2006Dimensions: 2.25"L x 1.25"W x 2.25"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 167
This Swarovski crystal mother panda is part of the Rare Encounters theme group. The Panda was the first animal produced by Swarovski to use so much black crystal, as up until then black crystal had mainly only been used for eyes/noses. Swarovski etched backstamp. Artist: Adi StockerIssued: 1994-2006Dimensions: 2"L x 1.5"W x 1.75"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 169
This Swarovski crystal baby panda part of the Rare Encounters theme group. To stop the black crystal being viewed through the clear crystal, a mirror coating is used. Please note this item is tiny! Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box which measures 2.5"H x 3.25"dia. Artist: Adi StockerIssued: 1994-2006Dimensions: 1"L x 0.5"W x 0.75"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 119
One Chinese early 19th century Mughal-style jade bowl. A stunning example of Mughal-style jade carving, this is a rare and highly sought after form. This bowl is larger than most. The entire form profusely carved with flower petals. This carving has rendered the entire form extremely thin.Provenance: B. Manheim Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana, purchased 1970; Private Minnesota Collection; Revere Auctions "Fine Asian Art," April 26, 2019, Lot 183; Private California Collection.Height: 1 3/4 in x diameter: 5 1/2 in. Weight: 166.7 grams. />Condition: There are a few small chips along the edges. There is one small hole, possibly original to the carving, along the lower edge. Very light wear including some accretions. Please use the following link to view additional photos of this lot: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7de4ih206uzqo96/AADrqBgT4BejVso1bHzAXTcGa?dl=0
Lot 147
A very fine pair of Chinese Qing dyansty silk seat covers with phoenixes and a foo dog chasing a ball with excellent gold wrapped threads and very delicate embroidery. Excellent quality and rare to find a pair together.Each; length: 53 in x width: 21 in. />Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
Lot 154
A very fine and rare piece of 19th century Vietnamese furniture in a high Chinese style. Carved from a high quality of rosewood. The surface retains some old black varnish or lacquer. The surface needs some oil and care.Height: 38 in x width: 37 in x depth: 22 12 in. />Condition: There is a slight wobble to the table due to drying organic glue. The work has been lacquered a dark brown/black at some point. This lacquer has been poorly removed which has resulted in a streaky coloration throughout. Remnants of this dark lacquer paint visible throughout the work including some dark streaks underneath the table. There is at least one missing applied wooden piece along the skirting along the front of the table. Some pieces are slightly loose. Some seperation along the joints. There is at least one glue repair to a leg along the back, visible from underneath the table (back right leg). There is a small split to the front skirting. Some seperation along the panel of the top of the table. There are waterstains along the top of the table. Wear along the feet as expected. Moderate wear throughout as expected.
Lot 160
A fantastic Japanese 1920s journal or scrapbook filled with letters, mail and numerous photos and pieces of rare ephemera. Much of the subject matter relates to translated poems, schools, and possibly military subjects.Height: 17 in x width: 11 in x depth: 2 1/4 in. />Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
Lot 166
Japanese woodblock print in the manner of Kogawa Hosai Mitsukata (active 1894). Diptych depicting what appears to be a United States civil war battle. A very rare print.(Each) Sight; height: 13 3/4 in x width: 9 in. Matted: 18 in x width: 24 in. />Condition: The colors are bold and bright. Both sheets are toned with some small areas of foxing and staining. Both prints have a horizontal crease through running the width of the print in the center. Wear along the edges including some small fleabite chips. Some light creases throughout. The right print has several small holes, mainly along the center and left margin. The left print has a small hole along the center of the left margin. Both prints area housed between two non-acidic mats with clear acetate corners for mounting; both prints can be easily removed. The prints are not framed.
Lot 28
Chinese Wanli period (1573-1619) porcelain blue and white wine pot with cover. Rare and unusual, the wine pot is decorated along the sides with four cartouches, each depicting a man and attendant in unique settings. The cartouches are separated by a key fret pattern. The shoulder and foot are painted with bands of lotus petals and geometric designs. With two U-shaped metal handles along the shoulder. The cover is surmounted by an unglazed finial pierced with a cash motif. With a marked wooden box.Provenance: Private Japanese Collection, acquired before 1940; Christie's Hong Kong, November 27, 2013, Lot 3517; Private Collection; Christie's New York, "Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art," Sale 16320, March 22, 2019, Lot 1632; Private California Collection.Height: 7 1/2 in x width: 8 in x depth: 6 1/2 in. />Condition: The teapot appears to be in overall good condition with no major chips, cracks, losses, or repairs. There is fritting and minute glaze gaps along the edge of the cover, the mouth rim, and the spout. There is a polished kiln grit to the base. Small firing or glaze flaws throughout. Light wear throughout. Discoloration and some corrosion to the metal handles. Wear to the box.
Lot 44
Large rare Chinese porcelain famille noire "dragon" seal, late Qing dynasty. Of square form with a pair addorsed dragon head finials. The top of the seal with a dragon in relief coiling around a flaming pearl amidst clouds and flames. The four sides with striding dragons. The seal face inscribed with eight characters reading "Kangxi huangdi yulan zhibao (seal for the appreciation of the Kangxi emperor)."Provenance: Collection of George H. Taber (1859-1940); Collection of Graham and Margaret Groves, Coral Gables, FL (by repute); Private Collection; Sotheby's New York, "Important Chinese Art," September 12, 2018, Lot 351; Private California Collection.Exhibition: The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (on loan), 1935-1940.Literature:Berthold Laufer, Copy of a note, "Three Imperial Porcelain Seals," Field Museum of Natural History, September 25, 1933."A Rare Collection of Chinese Art: Porcelains, Jades and Horn Carvings Shown in the Exquisite Examples in the George H. Taber Loan to the Carnegie Institute," Carnegie Magazine, vol. 10 (March 1937), 293. Figs. IV, V.Chao Ming Chen, "Symbolism in Chinese Porcelain Decoration," The Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 20, no. 6 (June 1941), 197.Lot Essay:The seal has been well-documented throughout the early 20th century. The present seal appears to be the mate to an identical example sold at Freeman's, Philadelphia, 12th March 2016, lot 146. That seal was incised with the mark "xiao yi huang hou yu shang zhi bao" referring to the imperial consort, Lady Tunggiya, who was posthumously honored by the Kangxi emperor as Empress Xiao Yi Ren in 1689. Both that seal and the present seal are referenced as a pair in a short description written in 1933 by Berthold Laufer, then serving as the curator of Chinese art at the Field Museum, Chicago and again in an article by Chen Ming Chen in 1941. In his 1933 description, Laufer thanks Chen for the opportunity to view the seals, implying that the pair was with Chen in 1933. However by 1935, the pair of seals are recorded as belonging to the well-known collector and patron of the arts, George Hathaway Taber (1859-1940) and on loan to the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The present seal and seal face are illustrated in an article in the Carnegie Magazine, vol. 10, March 1937. The seal also appears as a hand drawing in "Notes on the Taber Collection of Oriental Art by A. Avinoff after Consultation with Mr. C.T. Loo, Chinese Dealer in the Art Objects, Paris and New York," Carnegie Museum of Art archives, done while the seals were on loan sometime between 1935-40, with a comment that the pair was on display in "Case II" and it was considered to have been made later than the Kangxi period.Height: 5 3/4 in x width: 9 1/2 in x depth: 7 1/2 in. />Condition: There are a couple of minor restorations to the applied dragon heads with a few small losses. The surface with wear throughout consistent with age.
Lot 61
An excellent group of 49 rare early Chinese bronze coins or money objects.Height ranges from 3/4 in to 2 in; width ranges from 3/4 in to 5 in. />Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
Lot 50
Krishen Khanna (B.1925)Untitled (Dhaba) circa 1980pastel and pencil on paper, framed48 x 38cm (18 7/8 x 14 15/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty from a private collection, India.Acquired from the artist;Property from a private collection, India;Acquired from Asta Guru, Modern Indian Art Auction, 19th-20th December 2018, lot 61;Untitled (Dhaba) is a rare and striking example of Khanna's ability to capture the essence of everyday life. This pastel and pencil on paper offers an intimate glimpse into the vibrant and bustling world of a roadside dhaba (an Indian eatery). The turbaned worker is pouring the famed dhaba chai in the quintessential glass that can be found in these establishments whilst the onlooking customer is waiting for his glass to be filled. Khanna's success with this work lies in his ability to convey this narrative using a medium that demands a delicate touch and sensitivity. Devoid of colour, the blended hues of black contribute to the overall dreamlike quality of the work.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 13
MALTACHRISTOPHORO D'AVALOS (FELICE ANTONIO DE) Discorso sopra la riunione definitiva di Malta alla Gran Brettagna, FIRST EDITION, full red straight-grained morocco gilt, sides elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, g.e., extremities of spine rubbed but generally very bright, 8vo, Printed by Cox & Baylis, 1814Footnotes:'Maltesi!... Malta è riunita alla Gran Brettagna'. Finely bound copy of a rare treatise, with no copies traced as selling at auction, celebrating British sovereignty over Malta, as confirmed at the Treaty of Paris in May 1814. It is probable that this specially bound copy belonged to Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), who at the time of the Treaty, held the position of under-secretary for War and Colonies.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 31
BOYLE (ROBERT)The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, touching the Spagyrist's Principles commonly call'd Hypostatical, as they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists, FIRST EDITION, 2 titles printed in red and black (the second additional, bound after D1), R2 a cancel, with the final blank, woodcut ornaments, fore-margins softened with some light damp-stains throughout (with no loss to text, but minor loss of fore-margin at beginning and end, and some old stains touching text to some leaves), contemporary calf, worn and detached from text block [ESTC R37449; Dibner 39; Fulton 33; Norman 299; PMM 141], 8vo (168 x 108mm.), J. Cadwell, for J. Crooke, 1661Footnotes:RARE FIRST EDITION OF A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY, AND BOYLE'S 'MOST FAMOUS BOOK' (ODNB), of which approximately only 35 copies are known.'The importance of Boyle's book must be sought in his combination of chemistry with physics. His corpuscular theory, and Newton's modification of it, gradually led chemists towards an atomic view of matter... His argument was designed to lead chemists away from the pure empiricism of his predecessors and to stress the theoretical, experimental and mechanistic elements of chemical science. The Sceptical Chymist is concerned with the relations between chemical substances rather than transmuting one metal into another or the manufacture of drugs. In this sense the book must be considered one of the most significant milestones on the way to the chemical revolution of Lavoisier in the eighteenth century' (PMM).Provenance: Private UK collection, given to the owner by his grandfather in the 1970s.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 55
ALBUM - WRITERS & SCIENTISTSAlbum of over 150 autograph letters from eighteenth and nineteenth-century writers, scientists, and other notables, from the collection of Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (née Villiers) (1803-1865), to Lady Lewis, Mary Berry and others, some loose, including:Horace Walpole, three autograph poems, the first titled 'To/ My Pen/ on my cessation of our correspondence/ by her...', 10 lines beginning 'Here rest thou faithful servant of my heart!', signed 'O', one page, affixed to an album leaf, 98 x 160mm.; the second 'To Miss Mary Berry', 8 lines beginning 'Thine Beauty, Learning, Eloquence/ With wry Grace of social sense...', one page, affixed to an album leaf, 115 x 165mm.; the third titled 'An Apology for her paleness', 9 lines beginning 'True, on her cheek the damask Rose/ Too seldom, or two faintly blows...', signed beneath 'By the Honble Horace Walpole/ December 1789', one page, loose, 120 x 194mm.Johann Wolfang von Goethe, two-line couplet from Angedenken an das Liebe ('Angedenken an das Liebe/ Glücklich! Wenn's lebendig bliebe!'), signed beneath ('Goethe'), one page, 100 x 170mm., Weimar, March 1826; presented on an album leaf with a printed notice of his death Edward Gibbon, unpublished autograph letter signed ('E.Gibbon') to Horace Walpole, thanking him for his '...elegant and entertaining present...' [Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting] and complimenting him on the contents, 2 pages, 4to (216 x 185mm.), Sheffield Place, 22 October 1780Charles Babbage, two autograph letters signed ('C. Babbage') to Mrs Lister, the first an invitation '...Lady Lovelace, Faraday and a few friends are coming to drink tea with me...', the second on the difficulties of translating his On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacturers into Spanish ('...they have adopted a very curious arithmetic...') and sending her a book, 2 pages, the second letter affixed to the second leaf of the first, 8vo, Dorset Place, 2 May and February/March 1836With many others including: Sheridan (regarding a legacy left by Edward Drakeford); Walter Scott (introducing Major Price Gordon); Sara Coleridge ('I am in sorry and anxiety now about dear Mr Wordsworth' March 1850); Thomas Moore; Thomas Talfourd; George Grote (2); James Mackintosh (3); Macaulay (4); Francois Guizot; Robert Ker Porter (2, regarding collection of rare seeds of the vegetable cow or Palo de Vaca 'when an incision is made in the bark, the milk flows very rapidly'); Joseph Dalton Hooker (2); William Empson (3, 'glad to kill a fatted calf for Macaulay on his return'); Robert Bunsen (2); Alexander Humboldt (autograph envelope addressed to George Cornewall Lewis); William Rowan Hamilton; Humphry Davy ('...The analyses have been made by Mr Faraday the operator of the Royal Institution upon whose accuracy Sir H. Davy can depend...'); John Horne Tooke (receipt for The Diversions of Purley); William Harrison Ainsworth; archaeologist A.H. Layard; the Duke of Wellington; Robert Southey (to Henry Taylor, '...I danced a solo round my room on Saturday upon writing end of the Second Volume...', October 1833); William Wilberforce (2, one sending an autograph); Frederic, Lord Leighton Group of correspondence to and from Mary Berry, including John Wilson Croker (anxious to know why she had not included Horace Walpole's 'Miscellaneous Antiquities' in the Works, '...I presume they were omitted for some good reason which if it lingers in Miss Berry's memory I should be anxious to know...'); R.D. Sharp (regarding the 'charlatan' Dr James Graham, '...he puffs his 'Celestial Bed' as the altar of health...'); Joseph Wolfe (listing places on his travels and wishing to talk about Jesus and the '...restoration of the Jews to their own land...'); Thomas Hope (asking for the return of his notebook); Benjamin Constant (3, in French); William Roscoe (2, discussing the four volumes of Madame du Deffand's letters, his visit to the real Castle of Otranto, offering fulsome praise of Horace Walpole); Mary Berry (2); two-page manuscript account, in French, on reading Mary Berry's works, published in Lady Lewis's Extracts, under the title 'Criticisms by M. Benjamin Constant' (Vol.3, p.375-376), with pencil annotations for the printer, etc.; interspersed with portrait prints and annotations by Lady Lewis, index titled 'Authors' on several loose pages of blue paper at front, c.300 leaves (some blank, some excised), half maroon roan gilt, decorative spine gilt stamped 'Autographs', worn, 4to (235 x 280mm.), [late eighteenth-/nineteenth-century]For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 11
LANGLEY (THOMAS AND BATTY)Ancient Architecture Restored and Improved, by a Great Variety of Grand and Usefull Designs in the Entirley New Gothick Mode for the Ornamenting of Buildings and Gardens, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the plea to subscribers 'to pay 7s-6 on receiving this first part...') on the first title, 2 engraved titles, 64 engraved plates (numbered 1-62, and A-B, signed by one or both of the Langleys and dated 1741 or 1742), letterpress dedications, list of subscribers, and 4pp. of text, modern red half morocco gilt [Berlin Katalog 2278; Harris 409], 4to, 1742Footnotes:RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of the Langley's work, intended 'to restore the Rules of the Ancient Saxon Architecture, (vulgarly, but mistakenly called Gothic) which have been lost to the public for upwards of seven hundred years' (Dedication), which instigated the Gothic Revival movement. The plates include designs for temples, pavilions, windows, doorways and chimneypieces.Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 110
PLATH (SYLVIA)The Colossus. Poems, FIRST EDITION, light spotting, ink correction to one word in the poem 'Sculptor', publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered on spine, dust-jacket (light spotting, mostly to spine and lower cover, slightly frayed at head of spine) [Tabor A2a], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1960Footnotes:Rare first edition of Plath's first major work.Provenance: Frieda Hughes, Sylvia's daughter, ownership inscription. Frieda was born in April, some seven months prior to the publication of Colossus.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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