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Lot 284
World Zionist Organization. Statement of the Zionist Organisation regarding Palestine, Strictly Confidential, Paris: Paul Dupont, 1919, 14 pp., stitched printed wrappers as issued, manuscript(?) library number to upper wrapper, horizontal crease where folded, final page dust-soiled, slim folio Very rare Zionist Organization Statement on Palestine presented at the Paris Peace Conference on 3 February 1919. The printed names of the signatories to the proposal found at the end of the document include Nahum Sokolow and Chaim Weizmann. WorldCat locates only four copies, one each in UK, France, Germany and Israel. (1)
![[Menon, active 18th century]. The French Family Cook: Being a Complete System of French Cookery. Adapted to the Tables not on](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/5760b1f6-f4c0-4ae2-9954-ccb32c31fe3d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 387
[Menon, active 18th century]. The French Family Cook: Being a Complete System of French Cookery. Adapted to the Tables not only of the Opulent, but of Persons of Moderate Fortune and Condition... , Translated from the French, 1st English edition, 1793, advert leaf at rear, some browning, spotting and old dampstaining throughout, title-page archivally re-lined, recent antique-style half calf gilt, 8vo Rare. (1)
Lot 472
Golf. Golfer's Guide Vol. IV, Edinburgh & London, 1897, black and white plates from photographs (several more than listed), golf course map illustrations to text, commercial adverts (15 pages in total) at front and rear including endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription to upper margin of page ix 'Ludlow Golf Club from WHHG', some spotting, old water stain to lower margins of leaves at rear, inner hinges weak and contents shaken, lacks folding map of British Isles with golf courses marked in red, original red cloth gilt with pictorial design in black to upper cover and golf ball advert to rear board, spine faded and frayed, a little rubbed and marked, 8vo The directory entries include name, location, offices, number of members, year of founding and other information regarding the golf course. Very rare, with only one other copy located at Trinity College Library, Dublin. Donovan & Murdoch 1440: 'Fourth ed. not located'. (1)
![Prostitution. Blue Book. [Directory and Guide to Prostitutes in the Sporting District of New Orleans], [New Orleans, circa 19](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/1fb5819e-b0c1-4a84-f63f-3c1cbdd4e65c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 483
Prostitution. Blue Book. [Directory and Guide to Prostitutes in the Sporting District of New Orleans], [New Orleans, circa 1912], [96]pp., containing lists of ladies names and address, divided by skin colour (white, octoroon, colored), black & white illustrations and advertisements for spirits, tobacco etc., original blue printed wrappers, upper wrapper slightly creased, ink stamp to lower wrapper for New Orleans Jazz Museum, yellowing to spine, minor marks and light soiling, small 8vo, 15.1 x 11.2cm (6 x 4.5 inches), with loosely inserted card with annotation "This very rare item was bought by me at the Jazz Museum, Dumaine St., New Orleans LA: on 5th November 1966, H. Gihise[?]" The volume comprises a directory of the prostitutes of the city of New Orleans, who worked in a defined area called the Tenderloin District or Storyville. "This is the boundary in which the women are compelled to live, according to law." The women are categorized by their race - white, coloured or octoroon - then listed alphabetically. Including descriptions of various establishments e.g. "The Little Annex..., Lizette Smith, the Jolly and popular mistress of the 'Little Annex,' is certainly a lovely woman.... She has some of the most beautiful and select girls in the district, who know how to do things as you like 'em". The listings are supplemented by pages advertising restaurants, nightclubs, cigars and spirits. The Blue Book in this format was produced from 1909-1915 by Billy Struve on the 2nd floor of Lulu White's Saloon. (1)
Lot 490
Walker (George). The Battle of Waterloo. A Poem, 1st edition, G. Walker, 1815, 77pp., adverts to final leaf verso, title and final leaf chipped at edges with loss not affecting text, some browning and finger soiling throughout, lacks final advert leaf, modern marbled boards with manuscript paper label to spine, small 8vo (A rare copy of a poem written soon after the event, to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo, and preceded by a short description of the battle itself. WorldCat locates 7 copies, 3 in the UK and 4 in the USA), together with Houssaye (Henry), 1815 Waterloo, Translated... by Arthur Emile Mann and edited by A. Euan-Smith, A. & C. Black, 1900, extra-illustrated with 23 early 19th-century prints and engravings and one hand-coloured battlefield map, including a finely hand-coloured frontispiece of Napoleon plus folding print of Duke of Wellington, etc., top edge gilt, modern three-quarter brown morocco gilt by Bayntun, 8vo (2)
![Babcock (Sidney, publisher). The Little Keepsake: or Easy Lessons, in Words of One Syllable, New Haven, [cover-title], circa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/784e17db-ae8d-4b31-a1a2-dbe28a9e4099/468x382.jpg)
Lot 602
Babcock (Sidney, publisher). The Little Keepsake: or Easy Lessons, in Words of One Syllable, New Haven, [cover-title], circa 1830, vignette title-page, five full-page wood engravings, including one of cricket (some pencil marks to lower blank margin), toned and a little stained to upper margin throughout, corners curled or trimmed, original printed wrappers, slightly soiled and frayed, with old stitched repair to spine (and upper cover partially detached), ex libris ink stamp on inside front cover of Gail G. Hales and A. Arnold, 87 x 56mm (3.5 x 2.25ins) Extremely rare little chapbook, with an engraving of young boys playing cricket. Not in Osborne or Gumuchian. ()
Lot 609
Games and pastimes. Youthful Sports, a new edition, Wm. Darton and Josh. Harvey, July 11th, 1804, vignette title-page, and thirty engravings on letterpress, some light spotting and toning, two facing pages with some juvenile colouring, disbound and loosely inserted into later marbled wrappers, 12 x 8cm (4.75 x 3ins), together with The Book of Sports, Games, and Athletic Exercises, by William Martin, new edition, Darton and Clark, circa 1840, thirteen etched plates, including frontispiece, one or two early annotations, hinges strengthened, book ticket of Lawrence Darton on front pastedown, original gilt decorated brown cloth, faded and gilt rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine, corners showing, small 8vo Provenance: from the library of a descendant of the publisher William Darton. Darton G1074(3): the first edition of 'Youthful Sports' was published in 1801, and all editions are rare. It contains descriptions of such games as: Battledore and Shuttlecock; Quoits; Blindman's Buff; Flying the Kite; Bow and Arrow; Stilts; Marbles, Peg Top; Trap Ball; Air Balloons, Dressing Dolls; Bird Nesting; Whip Top; and Badger the Bull, or Bait the Bear. (2)
![Mills (Alfred). [A Miniature Historic Library in 8 volumes]: Pictures of Roman History, 1809; Natural History of 48 Quadruped](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/c4a80953-9c66-4357-c032-7de49a5ffd4f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 612
Mills (Alfred). [A Miniature Historic Library in 8 volumes]: Pictures of Roman History, 1809; Natural History of 48 Quadrupeds, 1810; Natural History of 48 Birds, 1810; Pictures of Grecian History, 1810; Costumes of Different Nations, 1811; A Short History of the Bible and New Testament, 1811; Pictures of English History, 2 volumes, 1811, 1st edition, printed for Darton, Harvey & Darton, each volume with forty-eight engraved plates, except Costumes with forty-seven plates (complete), Birds with forty-five plates (of 48) and Quadrupeds with forty-six plates (of 48), some light spotting and minor dust-soiling, one or two carefully repaired closed tears, a few leaves starting and a little edge-creased, Roman History with first and final leaves partially browned, marbled endpapers, uniformly bound in contemporary straight-grained brown calf, spines gilt lettered and decorated, extremities lightly rubbed, each approximately 60 x 55mm (2.5 x 2.25ins), contained together in a modern cloth slipcase Provenance: from the library of a descendant of the publisher William Darton. Darton G649 (noting the original pine box, but listing later editions of three of the volumes: Birds, Quadrupeds, and Roman History, all 1812). A rare set. 'Natural History of 48 Birds' includes an engraving of a Dodo. (8)
![*Jigsaw. Prince Lee Boo, [James Izzard, 1818?], hand-coloured engraved wooden jigsaw puzzle, with thirty-six pieces forming](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/aa32c352-136b-402e-8afd-f3fb6bd794ae/468x382.jpg)
Lot 627
*Jigsaw. Prince Lee Boo, [James Izzard, 1818?], hand-coloured engraved wooden jigsaw puzzle, with thirty-six pieces forming twelve scenes, each with printed caption below image, lightly dust-soiled, three lugs lacking and one piece supplied in facsimile, 26 x 19cm (10.25 x 7.5ins), together with a new edition of The History of Prince Lee Boo, published by Wetton, circa 1828, disbound, 12mo Hannas, pp.129-30. Extremely rare early jigsaw. The only other copy we have traced is that in the private collection of Linda Hannas; her copy is housed in the original box, which carries the (partially erased) imprint on the label. The National Library of Australia holds a similar puzzle telling the story of Prince Lee Boo, published by William Darton in 1822 (with three replacement pieces). The Harry R. Beard print collection in the V & A has an uncoloured undissected engraving by Izzard in the same format, titled 'Gulliver or the Island of Laputa', published in 1818. (1)
Lot 629
*Jigsaw. [Bowles's Moral Pictures, or Poor Richard Illustrated. Being Lessons for the Young and the Old, on Industry, Temperance, Frugality, etc. by the late Dr. Benj. Franklin, printed for and sold by Bowles and Carver... Published as the Act directs, 29 Sepr. 1795], engraved wooden jigsaw puzzle after Robert Dighton, twenty-four (of 25) pieces each with oval scene illustrating a proverb (except one with portrait of Benjamin Franklin), lacking edge pieces and fourth oval from left on second horizontal row, toned and slightly rubbed, with some minor surface loss, each piece 11.5 x 9cm (4.5 x 3.5ins), divided into four groups (one of ten pieces, two of five, and one of four), each in matching frames, glazed Hannas, pp.114-15 (plate 10): 'The varied and detailed scenes of town and country life make this an exceptionally interesting puzzle'. Rare: whilst copies of this engraving as a broadside, or mounted on linen and folded into cloth boards, appear at auction occasionally, the only other copy we have traced in the form of a jigsaw is that in the collection of Linda Hannas. (1)
Lot 640
*Wain (Louis). Frolics in Fairyland, As Seen by Louis Wain, The New Double Dissected Puzzles, Making Six Pictures Dissected..., n.p., circa 1910, three double-sided colour lithographed jigsaw puzzles, each side with a captioned illustration of a classic children's tale featuring anthropomorphic cats as the characters, printed titles to upper margin: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp/Robin Hood; The Forty Thieves/Beauty and the Beast; Sindbad the Sailor/Cinderella, occasional minor surface loss, several lugs broken or chipped, and one lug missing, each 33 x 23.5cm (13 x 9.25ins), without instructions, contained in original wooden box, mounted colour lithograph on sliding lid, lid rubbed and with vertical break Rare Louis Wain jigsaw set; we have been unable to locate another. (1)
Lot 680
*Bath. South Parade Promenade, Spring Gardens, Bath, Publish'd by J. Pinchbeck According to Act of Parliament, circa 1734, folding paper fan, the hand-coloured etched leaf showing figures promenading along a river, with an angler and a pleasure boat, and classical buildings on the right, browned and some staining, a few short splits to folds and one small hole, mounted on wooden sticks, guard sticks with carved chevron design, 25cm (10ins) Rare. Not in the Schreiber Collection. The only other copy we have traced is an uncoloured, unmounted fan leaf in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (1)
Lot 687
*Irish Home Rule. The Home Rule Procession Broken Up, 1893, folding paper fan, the leaf chromolithographed by William Mecham ("Tom Merry") depicting a brawl in a crowded street, a cat with 'Home Rule' label attached and turnip flying through the air towards the occupants of a two-horse open carriage, and banner on left 'Let Tories Quake', trimmed to fan shape and embellished with hand-painted gilt border, a trifle rubbed in places, mounted on hand-painted ivory-backed mother-of-pearl sticks, 35cm (13.75ins), contained in gilt-decorated cardboard fan box, rubbed and a little worn Rare chromolithograph: the only copy we have traced is that held in the British Museum. We have found no other example in the form of a fan. (1)
Lot 688
*Map fan. A New and Correct Plan of London, including all ye New Buildings &c., n.p., circa 1760, folding paper fan, the hand-coloured leaf engraved by Richard Bennett with a plan of London, and insets showing the Rates of Hackney Coaches, toned and with splits to a number of folds (old paper and vellum repairs on verso and evidence of earlier stitching), mounted on wooden sticks, with ivory guard sticks carved with chinoiserie decoration (lower guard stick with old 2" repair just above pivot), 30cm (12ins) Rare. Not in the Schreiber Collection. (1)
Lot 704
Bannerman (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo, 1st edition, Grant Richards, 1899, twenty-seven full-page colour illustrations, some minor spotting and finger-soiling, a few minor splits to lower gutter margins, endpapers slightly spotted and browned at turn-ins, text block spine skilfully strengthened, original light green striped cloth, a little rubbed, 16mo (129 x 79mm) A good copy of the rare first edition of this classic, published as Number 4 in The Dumpy Books for Children series. (1)
Lot 709
Blyton (Enid). The Naughtiest Girl in the School, Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable, 1st edition, George Newnes, 1940, letterpress illustrations, ownership name partly obliterated from front free endpaper, edges spotted, original orange cloth, partially faded and some light marks, 8vo, together with The Naughtiest Girl Again, 1st edition, George Newnes, 1942, letterpress illustrations, contemporary ownership name on front pastedown, original red cloth, gilt to spine dulled, in dustjacket, edges slightly rubbed and chipped, spine ends with repairs to tears on verso, 8vo, plus The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor, 1st edition, George Newnes, 1945, letterpress illustrations, contemporary inscription on front pastedown, original orange cloth in price-clipped dustjacket, rubbed and torn, with some loss to spine ends, 8vo, plus another copy without the dustjacket 'The Naughtiest Girl in the School' is a particularly rare Blyton title. (4)
![Miles (John, publisher). Ten Little Nigger Boys in Rhyme and Picture, [1936], ten thick paper leaves, each with a full-page c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/57d2a7e3-a0e9-4e75-9a32-c4437f7e136d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 736
Miles (John, publisher). Ten Little Nigger Boys in Rhyme and Picture, [1936], ten thick paper leaves, each with a full-page colour illustration on recto, and a black & white illustration on verso, each leaf with a cut-out head of a negro boy at the top, with varying comical expressions, first page lightly toned, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, cut-out for faces on upper cover with minor repair on verso, oblong 4to Rare: we have only traced three other copies in institutions (British Library, Oxford University, National Library of Scotland). (1)
Lot 75
Symes (Michael). An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, sent by the Governor-General of India in the year 1795, printed by W. Bulmer & Co., 1800, initial blank & half-title, dedication leaf, two folding engraved maps (larger with repaired short closed handling tear), twenty-five engraved plates (some folding), one or two plates a little close trimmed, overall toning and some damp-staining, presentation inscription 'from the author to Ed. Paul Pilcher, 1805', to half title, 20th century ownership inscription to front free endpaper, slightly later half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Cordier, Indosinica 445. One of the best eighteenth-century accounts of Burma (Myanmar) giving authentic details of the Burmese Empire, which was then an almost unknown land. Symes's account is rich in topographical, historical and anecdotal detail. The first 288 pages provide a valuable historical account of the Ava Empire, and the final part of the work includes descriptions and illustrations of rare and curious plants. (1)
![Wain (Louis). Louis Wain's Merry Mascot, Postcard Painting Book, Father Tuck's "Little Artists" Series, [cover-title], circa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/e277b9ff-7b31-4b7a-ae2f-d16eeedc390d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 780
Wain (Louis). Louis Wain's Merry Mascot, Postcard Painting Book, Father Tuck's "Little Artists" Series, [cover-title], circa 1910, eight leaves each with three perforated postcards to colour in and detach (each illustration coloured in a juvenile hand), with corresponding colour illustrations on facing versos (including pastedowns), tissue guards (some fraying), contemporary manuscript inscription at head of front pastedown, original pictorial card wrappers, front cover slightly dusty, small slim folio Dale 136. Extremely rare Louis Wain item, with all the postcards still intact. (1)
Lot 826
Chatwin (Bruce, 1940-1989). In Patagonia, unbound proof copy with author's manuscript corrections, Jonathan Cape, 1977, 13 loose octavo quires, Chatwin's correction and amendments in brown ink and pencil throughout, mostly minor typos, punctuation amendments and notes to check spellings, but also occasional sentence rewrites, deletions and word substitutions, a note about libellous comments concerning Archie at the end of Chapter 46, etc., half-title (with numerous brown ink manuscript notes in Chatwin's hand) and final page (204) slightly toned and dusty, 8vo A rare Chatwin association item and the author's first book. (1)
Lot 1000
Die Raumkunst, Halbmonatshefte für Kritik und Gestaltung in der Baukunst und verwandten Gebieten. Unter Mitwirkung von Richard Berndl, German Bestelmeyer, Theodor Fischer, Franz Geiger, Max Läuger, Richard Riemerschmid herausgegeben von Walter Riezler, Munich: Vereinigte Kunstanstalten A.-G., 1908, all published, black & white illustrations and diagrams, light toning, decorative endpapers, original cloth gilt, slight fraying to extremities, 4to Rare. Die Raumkunst only survived one year as an independent publication. From 1909, it combined with the Darmstadt publication Wohnungskunst to form Wohnungskunst - Das Bürgerliche Heim. (1)
Lot 138
T. & A.D. Poyser publications, 15 volumes, circa 1976-2000, including Bird Observatories in Britain and Ireland, by Roger Durman, 1st edition, 1976, Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland, by J.T.R. & E.M. Sharrock, 1st edition, 1976, Wild Geese, by M.A. Ogilvie, 1st edition, 1978, Birds new to Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, 1982, Enjoying Ornithology, 1st edition, 1983, Weather and bird behaviour, by Norman Elkins, 1st edition, 1983, Birds in Scotland, by Valerie M. Thom, 1st edition, 1986, Rare Birds Day by Day, by Steve Dudley et al, 1st edition, 1996, Scotland's Nature in Trust, by J. Laughton Johnston, 1st edition, 2000, together with 6 further volumes, some mixed editions, numerous black and white illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, some dust jackets price clipped, some covers slightly rubbed, VG, 8vo (15)
Lot 1390
A rare lacquer tray, circa 1870, the rounded rectangular body dressed in brown and applied with lotus leaves and morning glory surrounding a gourd, a praying mantis to one side, all in tones of green, copper, aventurine and silver, signed in gold, stress, cracks and scratches, the underside basket weave slightly distressed, 24 x 29.5cm
![143 [Milano]. Gruppo di 7 album di fotografie di una certa Milano degli anni che vanno dal 1920 alla fine degli anni Cinquan](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/846c05cf-ea56-4a7b-9ea4-a55c00f8a07a/21240982-1dbc-4044-b670-ddfd63937fb5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 143
143 [Milano]. Gruppo di 7 album di fotografie di una certa Milano degli anni che vanno dal 1920 alla fine degli anni Cinquanta del Novecento. Si tratta di ricordi di vacanze e gite, sport invernali ed estivi, tra Forte dei Marmi, Cernobbio, Cervinia, Capri, Cortina, Salsomaggiore e Sankt Moritz e molti sono i volti che si riconoscono negli scatti familiari e personali di questa raccolta, con membri delle famiglie Borletti, Vimercati, Dubini, Leone, Ricordi, Crespi, Casati, Borghi, Besana, Visconti, Locatelli, Etro, Fiocchi, Ponti. Nel lotto anche due rare copie di un volume con le caricature dei 26 tra aristocratici e grandi borghesi che fondarono il Circolo dei Dadi, stampato nel decennale della sua fondazione, circolo che successivamente si fuse col Clubino. Bell’insieme che ha il fascino discreto della Milano migliore, la Milano “bene”. (7 volumi) € 200,00
![213 [Astrologia]. Vaticinia, sive Prophetiae abbatis Ioachimi, & Anselmi episcopi Marsicani. Venezia, Giorgio Angelieri e Gi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/846c05cf-ea56-4a7b-9ea4-a55c00f8a07a/5195a0aa-708b-45a6-f216-c134fd2c9fcc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 213
213 [Astrologia]. Vaticinia, sive Prophetiae abbatis Ioachimi, & Anselmi episcopi Marsicani. Venezia, Giorgio Angelieri e Giovanni Battista Bertoni, 1600. In 4° (193 x 138 mm); [71] carte. Frontespizio figurato inciso, numerose tavole raffiguranti i diversi vaticini opera di Girolamo Porro, testo entro bordura decorativa xilografica, testo in latino ed italiano (manca l’ultima carta bianca, macchie al frontespizio, qualche brunitura.) Legatura in piena pergamena con tracce di due bindelle, titolo manoscritto al dorso, entro custodia (abile piccolo restauro ad un angolo). Esemplare fresco. Biblioteca Esoterica, 2279: “Edition très rare, avec texte bilingue, surtout intéressante pour son illustration qui comporte un titre-frontispice et 34 figures [...] toute forte curieuses et servant d’emblèmes et d’explications aux diverses prophéties de Joachim de Flore sur les Papes, parmi lesquelles la 19e Confusio et error viciabitur semble faire allusion à la Révolution française”. € 250,00
![225 Brancaccio, Lelio. I carichi militari. Milano, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1620 [1619]. In 8° (155 x 108 mm); [52], 282,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/846c05cf-ea56-4a7b-9ea4-a55c00f8a07a/85f11ddf-6788-4fa8-cea0-d723e9f4d5be/468x382.jpg)
Lot 225
225 Brancaccio, Lelio. I carichi militari. Milano, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1620 [1619]. In 8° (155 x 108 mm); [52], 282, [4] pagine. Frontespizio allegorico e 5 tavole ripiegate incise (fioriture, piccoli strappi alle tavole, frontespizio corto in calce.) Legatura coeva in pergamena con titolo manoscritto al dorso e al taglio inferiore (mancanza al dorso). Ex libris nobiliare. Seconda edizione, la prima fu pubblicata ad Anversa nel 1610. Olschki, Choix, 6201: “Ouvrage assez rare et très important. Les planches en grand format représentent les ordres de bataille, la manière de l’attaque des fortifications etc.”. € 100,00
Lot 461
461 Fabre, Pierre-Jean. Myrothecium spagyricum; sive, Pharmacopoea chymica, occultis naturae arcanis, ex hermeticorum medicorum. Tolosa, Pierre Bosc, 1627-28. Legato con: Fabre, Pierre-Jean. Chirurgia spagyrica. Tolosa, Pierre Bosc, 1638. Legato con: Fabre, Pierre-Jean. Hydrographum spagyricum. Tolosa, Pierre Bosc, 1639. In 8° (173 x 112 mm). Prima opera: 448, [24] pagine. Marca tipografica la frontespizio; seconda opera: 132, [4] pagine. Marca tipografica al frontespizio; terza opera: [8], 260, [10] pagine. Marca tipografica al frontespizio (piccoli difetti, bruniture.) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena floscia con titolo manoscritto in verticale al dorso liscio (sciupata). Bella miscellanea che unisce tre opere rare di Fabre, considerato tra i più celebri alchimisti del secolo XVII, con Myrothecium spagyricum in prima edizione. Krivatsy 3793 (prima opera). € 300,00
Lot 475
475 Guericke, Otto von. Experimenta nova (ut vocantur) Magdesburgica de vacuo spatio primùm à R.P. Gaspare Schotto, è Societate Jesu, & Herbipolitanae academiae matheseos professore. Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, 1672. In 2° (300 x 194 mm); [16], 244, [6] pagine. Antiporta figurata, ritratto entro ovale fuori testo, 20 figure incise nel testo e parzialmente a piena pagina, 2 tavole incise e ripiegate fuori testo (prima tavola leggermente corta in testa, leggere sporadiche bruniture.) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena rigida con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Bell’esemplare di questa prima edizione. Wheeler Gift 170: “Copies of the first edition are now very rare”; Dibner 55: “A book of prime importance in electrical discovery”. € 10.000,00
![537 [Bertotti Scamozzi, Ottavio]. Il forestiere istrutto nelle cose più rare di architettura e di alcune pitture della città](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/846c05cf-ea56-4a7b-9ea4-a55c00f8a07a/10fc4763-493d-4132-a04c-199100f84d47/468x382.jpg)
Lot 537
537 [Bertotti Scamozzi, Ottavio]. Il forestiere istrutto nelle cose più rare di architettura e di alcune pitture della città di Vicenza. Vicenza, Turra, 1781. In 8° (208 x 150 mm); 107, [1] pagine. 37 tavole incise e ripiegate fuori testo raffiguranti le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio (strappo ad una tavola, qualche tavola brunita.) Legatura coeva in cartonato xilografato (sciupata). Esemplare con barbe, in parte a fogli chiusi di questa celebre ed ormai rara guida artistica. Schlosser 502. € 500,00
Lot 60
60 Palairet, Jean. Atlas méthodique composé pour l’usage de son altesse sérénissime monseigneur le Prince d’Orange et de Nassau. Londra, Nourse e Vaillant; Amsterdam e Berlino, Neaulme e L’Aia, Gosse, 1755. 1755. In 2° (575 x 405 mm). Frontespizio, 4 pagine di dedica, 45 (di 53) carte geografiche a doppia pagina con coloritura coeva (piccoli restauri e difetti.) Legatura coeva in mezza pelle marrone, tassello rosso a dorso per il titolo in oro (sciupata, qualche mancanza). Particolarmente rare e apprezzate le carte della Russia, dell’America del Nord e soprattutto la nota e ricercata Carte des Possessions Angloises & Francoises du Continent de l’Amerique Septentrionale, in questo atlante presente in terzo stato, senza il nome di Palairet ma con il nome di Sayer tra i venditori, e con l’aggiunta in inglese di alcuni fortini nei territori disputati tra le due potenze. Bella raccolta. € 1.800,00
Lot 712
712 Vivani, Vincenzo. Due lettere autografe firmate ‘Vin Viviani’, datate 4 e 6 maggio 1681, in totale 6 pagine in 4°. Si tratta di due missive probabilmente indirizzate allo stesso destinatario fittamente vergate e in alcune parti lacunose a causa dell’acidità dell’inchiostro che trattano di lavori del grande scienziato, allievo di Evangelista Torricelli e di Galileo Galilei. Nella prima si fa ad esempio riferimento alla ‘immensa confusione de’ miei fogli che parte ho incassati qui, e parte mandati alla Casa nuova dove ora io dormo, non saprei da quale parte in fine cercare di qualche bozza che forse posso avere delle mie scritture’. Rare. € 1.500,00 PER IL PRESENTE LOTTO E PER I LOTTI 507-511-512-513-514-675-676-710 è STATO AVVIATO IL PROCEDIMENTO PER LA DICHIARAZIONE DI INTERESSE STORICO PARTICOLARMENTE IMPORTANTE. QUESTI 9 LOTTI VERRANNO VENDUTI INSIEME CON BASE 5000€ THIS LOT, TOGETHER WITH LOTS 507-511-512-513-514-675-676-710 ARE IN PROCESS TO BE DECLARED OF ITALIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE. THEY WILL BE SOLD TOGETHER AT A STARTING PRICE OF 5000€
Lot 76
76 [Venezia]. Albrizzi, Giovanni Battista. Forestiere illuminato intorno le cose più rare, e curiose, antiche, e moderne della città di Venezia e dell’isole circonvicine. Venezia, Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1740. In 8° (160 x 112 mm); [16], 343, [9] pagine. Antiporta incisa da Zucchi, frontespizio a caratteri rossi e neri, 42 tavole in gran parte a doppia pagina incise da Giuseppe Filosi e Francesco Zucchi. Brossura editoriale in cartoncino alla rustica foderato. Prima edizione di una delle più amate guide della Serenissima, rinomata per le accurate tavole raffiguranti monumenti veneziani e la veduta della città a volo d’uccello. € 400,00
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Lot 78
78 [Venezia]. Forestier illuminato intorno le cose più rare, e curiose, antiche, e moderne della città di Venezia, e dell’isole circonvicine. Venezia, Giambattista Albrizzi, 1765. In 8° (165 x 110 mm); [16], 343, [9] pagine. Antiporta alle armi del dedicatario dell’opera, 43 tavole fuori testo incise in rame delle quali 27 a doppia pagina (manca forse una tavola, pochi piccoli difetti.) Brossura coeva in cartoncino alla rustica foderato, tassello cartaceo per il titolo manoscritto al dorso. Bell’esemplare della seconda edizione di questa ottima guida di Venezia, dopo quella del 1740, dalle numerose tavole che raffigurano 70 vedute della città lagunare. € 400,00
Lot 529
A rare Spode pestle and mortar, the mark impressed in the base. This seemingly commonplace item is confirmed by correspondence with the Spode factory (included) to be rare, the first one heard of at the factory at the time of correspondence and later included in an exhibition at the National Museum of Wales.
Lot 120
Scarce Economics Tract in Irish Juvenalia: Connellan (Thaddaeus) Easy Lessons on Money Matters, Commerce, Trade Wages etc. etc. For the Use of Young People, as well as Adults of All Classes, Sm. 8vo D. 1835. First Edition in Bk. Form. Text in Old Irish & English, numerous attractive woodcut vignette illus., orig. cloth, mor. label. Rare V. good. (1)
Lot 136
Fine Irish Printing Preston (William) The Poetical Works of William Preston, 2 vols. 8vo D. (Graiberry & Campbell) 1793. For The Author. First Edn., 2 hf. titles engd. port. frontis Vol. I, 2 engd. vignette titles, & engd. vignette heads & tails thro-out, with rare leaf at front of Vol. II, apologising for not including 'Subscribers List,' uncut, unopened, orig. boards. Scarce in this condition. (2)
Lot 177
Extremely Rare Lithographic Views on the Shannon Privately Printed: Trench (Henry) Cangort Park Roscrea Shannon Floods, Lough Derg Level. The 25 Miles North from Killaloe, 4to n.p. Belfast, Marcus Ward 1879/1880. FIRST & ONLY EDN., dble. page map & 7 cold. litho. plts. (1 dble page), cont. cloth backed printed boards. * Extremely Rare, very good Copy. (1)
Lot 187
Kilkenny interest: De Burgo (Thos.) Hibernia Dominicana, 4to Coloniae Agrippinae (Kilkenny) 1762. First Edn., cont. calf rebacked. * Pg. 137 - 146 relating to James's II Irish Parliament, lacking as in 95% of copies. A very good copy of this rare work. With a file of papers relating to same. (1)
Lot 192
Essays by Belfast Naturalist Robert Patterson Manuscript: Patterson (Robert) Essays on Logic and Belles Lettres, 1820. A thick 4to volume containing approx. 750pp of manuscript in a clear hand. The essays were written in 1818-19 when Patterson was a student at the Belfast Academical Institution and the volume begins with a testimonial from his professor William Cairns. There are some 25 essays on varying topics such as syntax, philosophy, memory, the senses, poetry and figures of speech. As a m/ss w.a.f. Ex. Rare. * Robert Patterson (1802 - 1872) was a distinguished Belfast naturalist and businessman. At the age of nineteen he was one of the founders of the Belfast Natural History Society and he played a leading role in its affairs for the rest of his life including the establishment of Ireland's first museum to be built by public subscription. He published many learned articles and several books and was also a successful businessman, and a leader of the movement for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Among his descendants were several prominent naturalists, including the siblings Rosamond and Robert Lloyd Praeger. The present manuscript is an important insight into the studies of a prominent Irishman at a formative stage in his career.
Lot 194
Rare Presentation Copy Wilde (W.R.)M.R.I.A. The Ethnology of the Ancient Irish, roy 8vo D. 1844. First Edn. in Bk. Form, 16pp. with wd.-cut illus., orig. ptd. wrappers. inscribed 'Ed. Getty Esq. with the Author's kind rega,.." with orig. decorated & illustrated ptd. wrappers, bound in recent hf. cloth. V. Scarce. (1)
Lot 223
Very Rare First Edition Colgan (Fr. John) Acta Sanctorum Veteris et Maioris Scotiae seu Hiberniae Sanctorum Insulae ... Tomus Primus. Folio Louvain 1645. First Edn., hf. title, title & first four leaves in fine fac-simile, otherwise an exceptionally good copy, 906pp, in recent antique hf. calf, marble sides, blind tooled line decoration, raised bands, mor. label. An extremely good copy. (1) * Shane Leslie - '.. the desire of every Irish Collector.'
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Lot 226
Unusual Association Copy [Rowan Hamilton (Sir Wm.)] Trench (Rich. Chenevix) Life's A Dream: The Great Theatre of the World, From the Spanish of Calderon. 12mo L. 1856. First Edn., Hf. title, cat. leaf at end, orig. decor. orange cloth, stained. * Inscribed on hf. title 'William Rowan Hamilton, Observatory,' his copy. Rare. (1)
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