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Lot 170
A Fine & Rare Relief Carving: Northern France/Flemish Circa 1500. Depicting three figures on horseback; an eminent figure to the fore dressed in finery with an elaborate head dress and forked beard, flanked by guards in armour, retaining some original polychrome, 18 ins x 15 ins (46 cms x 38 cms).*
Lot 207
Three Rare 16th Century Salt-glazed Pots; a small Siegburg Jug with a brown glaze and handle; the globular body in the form of a face mask 2¾ ins (7 cms) high. A small Siegburg Jug with a pale brown glaze, impressed with a face mask 3½ ins (9 cms) in height. A stoneware whistle in the form of a grinning face mask, with a brown glaze 2½ ins (6.5 cms) high. *
Lot 214
A Rare Late 17th/Early 18th Century Delft Blue & White Ronde Bloemenhouder/Flower Holder probably by Adrianus Kock (1687-1792) and purported to have been excavated from the River Thames. The raised rim above an eight spouted tin-glazed body with two C-scroll handles, ornamented with painted panels of birds and standing on a domed foot. 8½ ins (22 cms) in height, 12 ins (31 cms) in width.
Lot 340
A Fine & Rare 17th Century Spanish Silver Gilt Monstrance. The glazed Communion wafer receptacle bordered by embossed silver gilt face masks, cranes, and inter-linking scroll work. The edges radiating pierced crests of winged cherubs. The engraved ornamental knopped & graduated stem centring a raised base with protuberant cherub heads above foliated bun feet. 19 ins (48 cms) in height.
Lot 403
A Rare Late 17th/Early 18th Century Elm, Yew & Walnut Veneered Dressing Table. The burr figured top with a moulded cross grained border lifting to reveal a fitted interior incorporating an adjustable mirror insert to the lid and a ratcheted writing slope inlaid with a Ducal crown. The cavetto moulded front inlaid with feather banding above barley-twist legs united by a wavy X-stretcher and raised on bun feet. 28½ ins (72 cms) in height, 30¼ ins (77 cms) in width, 19½ ins (50 cms) in depth.
Lot 408
A Fine & Rare William & Mary Oak Stool, the circular seat and feather filled cushion upholstered in a terracotta & ochre fabric woven with repeated motifs and having a tasselled edge. The oak frame with an unusual X-form stretcher composed of S-scrolls adjoining a square canted centrepiece. The S-scroll legs enriched with garlands of flowers and acanthus leaves at the feet. 21 ins (54 cms) in height, 19 ins x 19 ins (48.5 cms x 48.5 cms).
Lot 535
A Rare 15th Century Gothic Oak Livery Cupboard. The top section having two doors carved with twin scrolls and a diagonal cross motif. The central panel carved with a recessed Gothic tracery archway. The lower section having a linenfold panelled back above a planked shelf. Raised on block feet 53 ins (135 cms) high, 45 ins (115 cms) wide, 16 ins (40 cms) deep.*
Lot 616
A Fine & Rare Late 16th Century Canopied Oak Cupboard of rich colour & patination. The angled canopy top with a moulded and arcaded frieze adjoining a twin panelled back. The middle section having double baluster ring-turned posts and a recessed cupboard with a central panelled door hung on long shaped iron strap hinges. The lower enclosed shelf fronted by similarly turned columns, raised on block feet 72 ins (183 cms) in height, 32½ ins (82.5 cms) in width, 40 ins (16 cms) in depth.
Lot 632
A Magnificent 17th Century Late Renaissance Three Tier Oak Cupboard of rare form. The cornice above a cushion moulded gadrooned frieze with protruding lion head divides. The upper section having a recessed cupboard with two geometric moulded doors flanking a `secret` panel which conceals three small drawers and separated by caryatids & atlantes. The front posts carved with the Madonna & Child and Saint Nicholas. The lower section having two frieze drawers above fall front panels carved with chariots of Neptune and Isis with sea nymphs, opening to reveal an inner cupboard & drawers. The dividing pilasters depicting Faith, Hope & Charity above two large cupboard doors ornately carved with geometric mouldings. Raised on flat paw-form feet 77 ins (196 cms) high, 61 ins (155 cms) wide, 24¾ ins (63 cms) deep.
Lot 100
Middleton (Capt. Christopher T.) To the King This Chart of Hudson`s Bay & Straits Baffin`s Bay Strait Davis & Labrador Coast &c. is most humbly Dedicated.... rare separately published detailed chart with north oriented to the right with inset descriptive text cartouches centre left and lower right armorial title cartouche upper centre engraved chart by Richard Seale 485 x 665mm. trimmed on or just within the left outer borderline small areas of loss with rudimentary repairs affecting lower right and bottom borders occasionally just into the chart the sheet lined with japan tissue faint old folds 1743. *** Christopher Middleton (d.1770) was previously employed as a captain by the Hudson Bay Company whose charter included the quest to find a north-west passage to the Pacific before being commissioned by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs to undertake such a voyage to prove his conviction that the Company had deliberately neglected to do so in order to protect its fur trade. The voyage in 1841-42 explored the extremities of Hudson Bay to no avail but Middleton made many new discoveries and observations all carefully documented in this chart which he issued the following year. Dobbs later made concerted attempts to discredit him prompting Middleton to write a book in his defence. But curiously he did not include this chart leaving it as an extreme cartographic rarity. For instance apart from the Streeter copy acquired from Henry Stevens in 1963 sold in 1969 and again at Sotheby`s in 2004 only 3 copies are known in US institutions at the universities of Illinois Michegan and Minnesota but none in the Library of Congress Yale or New York Public Library.
Lot 194
FHOL Visscher (Claesz Jans) After Die Vierzigjahri rare re-engraved German text issue north oriented to the right with inset views of the camp of the Tribes of Israel and temple treasures lower right engraved map with hand-colouring 315 x 485mm. German text verso central fold marginal creasing and a tear in the upper left margin a tear into the map lower left with tape repair on verso c.1650 § Visscher (Nicolaes) Perigrinatie ofte Veertich-Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels engraved map by A. vanden Broeck hand-coloured in outline 320 x 475mm. Dutch text verso browned splitting at foot of central fold upper sheet edge frayed Amsterdam c.1660 (2)
Lot 408
Bicurin (Monakh Iakinf) Zapiski o Mongolia [Notes 2 vol. in 1 5 hand-coloured lithographed plates folding engraved map (partially hand-coloured in outline) errata f. to both vol. ink library stamps to front free endpapers both titles first preliminary f. of vol.1 and verso of map attractive contemporary morocco-backed paste-paper boards gilt spine in compartments cover with richly gilt floral border covers chipped at edges light rubbing g.e. a very good copy despite the library markings 8vo St. Petersburg 1828. *** Rare. Bicurin was one of the most prolific scholars Russia has ever seen. In 1805 he was named leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking and head of the Sretenskii monastery at Peking. During his 14 year stay there he learnt Chinese and compiled his own dictionary as well as writing 6 other works for later publication. Volume one gives a detailed account of the journey and the second volume a detailed examination of the geographical and political condition of the Mongols and their life and customs.
Lot 439
Pallas (Peter Simon) Sammlungen Historischer Nachr 2 vol. 30 folding engraved plates 5 folding engraved genealogical tables 2 plates with repaired tears occasional light foxing contemporary speckled calf rebacked preserving original backstrips each gilt and with double red morocco labels 4to St. Petersburg 1776-1801. *** Rare. Pallas went to Russia in 1776 at the request of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He set out on a tour of the Russian Provinces to research their natural history peoples and economy. He spent a winter with the Kalmucks on the Volga before travelling across central Asia to Russio-Siberia.
Lot 473
Estcourt (T.H. Bucknall) Alhambra 14 fine aquatint views by William Westall after T.H.S. Bucknall Estcourt paper guards (watermarked 1835) a few plates with some foxing within platemarks but generally in good clean condition ink ownership inscription of Charles Wood to front free endpaper contemporary half morocco gilt morocco label to upper cover spine and corners worn [Not in Abbey] oblong folio [?1832]. *** A rare collection of views.
Lot 521
Gamba (Jacques François) Voyage dans La Russie Mér 3 vol. first edition 4 engraved folding maps 60 plates including 34 hand-coloured lithographs Sefik Atabey bookplate to text vol. pastedowns light marginal soiling to plates few spots to the maps text vols. in contemporary calf-backed boards spine gilt in compartments atlas volume in matching modern calf-backed boards [Atabey 475 (this copy)] 8vo and folio Paris 1826. *** From the prestigious Atabey library. “Ochen redkoe i krasivoe izdanie [Very rare and beautiful edition]” (Solovev).
Lot 304
Amuchastegui (Axel). Studies of Birds and Mammals of South America, with descriptive text by Helmut Sick and an introduction by Sir Solly Zuckerman, KCB, FRS, Tryon Gallery, 1967, orig. col. litho. frontis. and twenty-four col. plts., bookplate of Peter Tate, t.e.g., orig. qtr. blue morocco gilt, in cloth slipcase, folio, together with Russow (Dr. K.E.), Bruno Liljefors, An Appreciation, Stockholm, 1929, numerous col. and b & w illusts., many full-page, bookplate of Peter Tate, deluxe edition in tan half morocco, gilt dec. spine, extrems. sl. rubbed, in rare printed d.j., edge-frayed and a little dusty, folio, (limited edition, 124/1000 copies), plus Porter (Eliot), Galapagos, the Flow of Wildness, 2 vols., 1968, col. illusts. from photos throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, contained in orig. slipcase, some wear to lower corner, folio, plus Fisher (James & Peterson, Roger Tory), The World of Birds, a Comprehensive Guide to General Ornithology, 1964, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. red morocco gilt, folio. Limited ed. 360/500. Signed by both authors. (4)
Lot 339
McKelvie (Colin Laurie and Robjent, Richard). The Woodcock. A Study in Words and Pictures, Foreword by Edward Douglas, Viscount Coke, 1988, together with The Snipe, 1989, The Grouse, 1991, The Partridge, 1993, The Pheasant, 1995, Sporting Wildfowl of the British Isles, 1999, fine col. plts. with tissue guards, num. sepia vigns. to text, t.e.g., orig. half morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt sporting bird motifs in compartments, each vol. with matching slipcase, 4to. A complete set, given by the artist to his brother, John Colebrook-Robjent, each volume marked ‘Review copy 2/12’ and signed by the authors Colin Laurie McKelvie and Brian Philip Martin, and the artist. Each volume carries an original signed sepia vignette. (6) A very rare and possibly the last opportunity to acquire the complete set of the six volumes of McKelvie and Robjent`s monumental work. A very rare and possibly the last opportunity to acquire the complete set of the six volumes of McKelvie and Robjent`s monumental work.
Lot 758
A rare & extensive collection of Stroud Valley related photographs & postcards circa First World War incl Nailsworth Carnival 1914 & 1921, unveiling of Horsley War Memorial 1921, Fire at Rodbrough Manor, Chalford GWR Station, Brimscombe Basin, Stratford Abbey College, Cirencester, Tetbury, Painswick RFC c1921, Wotton-under-Edge, Dursley, Edward V11 at Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bristol, a rare image of Minchinhamprton 1914 of village men marching to war, also including WW1 letters written by Charles Chamberlain of Bubblewell Farm Minchinhampton (over 300 individual cards many of social scenes & events)
Lot 490
William Heath (Paul Pry) 1795-1840- "The Battle of Waterloo June 18th 1815, Dedicated with Permission to Lieu. General the most Noble Henry William Paget, Marquis of Anglesey & Earl of Uxbridge GCBKMF & KSG"; etching with spirit-ground aquatint, aquatinted by Richard Reeve 1780-1825, rare, with defects, unexamined out of the frame, 42x55cm: W Kobell, early-mid 19th century- "Darstelling der Samrlich...Dede a son Altesse Imperiale L`Archiduc Charles..."(Battle scene); etching with aquatint, touched by hand, after H Mansfield: Follower of Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA- An Officer standing by a canon with battle scene beyond; stipple-engraving: After Richard Caton Woodville II 1856-1927- "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; published by Henry Graves 1895, photogravure, A/F condition very poor, (4) (part unframed)
Lot 551
A rare Hornby ‘O’ gauge Water Tank. A fine example of the Water Crane equipped with a blue electric light to the tank. The base, column and ladder are green, the tank yellow with a red interior and the lamp shade is blue. Finished with a white plastic filling hose and unpainted chain & fittings. Two terminals to the base and the lamp is fitted with a bulb. VGC, minor chipping. Plate. See inside front cover
Lot 627
A rare Johillco Roman Chariot as found in the 1951 ‘Quo Vadis’ boxed set. Painted in gold with red blue detailing with Roman centurion driver. Together with another Roman Chariot (maker unknown) also gold painted with driver holding shield (detached), pulled by 4 horses. GC-VGC possibly repainted.
Lot 639
A rare 1950s Astra Searchlight – World War 2 style. Battery operated, standing 200mm high on a square base, searchlight radius 125mm. In military green. In an original robust 3-piece box with Astra applied label (some marking). Contents VGC for age, minor chipping. Plate. See inside front cover
Lot 644
A rare mid to late 1920’s French tinplate clockwork C.I.J. Alfa Romeo P2 racing car. A long ago restored example, repainted in red. Now minus its cloverleaf badges and racing number 2 plus tops to fuel caps, and radiator are also absent. These large scale toys, measuring 53cm in length, were produced in the national colours of countries competing in Grand Prix races of the time, red for Italy, blue for France and silver for Germany. This example is complete with its original spoked wheels and treaded tyres, steering wheel and brake lever. The clockwork motor is in working order but tired. QGC-GC The body is generally in good condition with only light denting, the steering requires renovation. Plate. See inside front cover
Lot 649
A rare 1930’s German tinplate clockwork powered tanker by GFN (Gebruder Fleishmann Nuremberg). Approximately cm long, hull painted in red and black, with white superstructure and grey decking. Complete with often missing parts- both masts with pennants, both jacks (fore and aft) and both lifeboats. Clockwork motor is in good working order (no key). GC-VGC for age and rarity. Plate. See back cover
Lot 757
A rare Dinky Supertoys American export issue Auto Transporters-Car Carrier (989). Lemon yellow cab, pale grey back, metallic light blue ramps with a light grey loading ramp and red plastic wheel hubs, ‘Auto Transporters’ to sides in red. GC minor chipping mainly to blue ramps. Plate.1 and on front cover.
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