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Lot 97
A Rare Unrecorded Royal Doulton Figurine of a Young Girl wearing a black bonnet with green band, ringlets, green and pink tie to the bonnet, a pink, blue and green shawl over a pink to cream long pleated dress and holding up in her right hand a ball of possibly mistletoe. Printed mark for 1939, initialled HAI, impressed 41129, 21.4cm high.
Lot 190
A Elizabeth I 'Phoenix medallion 1574. With high relief portrait of Queen Elizabeth I to obverse and phoenix rising from the flames to reverse . Notes: please note it is felt this is a later copy, with chased detail, although it does not appear to be an electrotype. Original examples of this medal are extremely rare and only a handful are known to exist.
Lot 154
A rare late 15th/early 16th century maidenhead spoon with a fig-shaped bowl, a rudimentary 'V' rattail with scratched initials 'IT' just above, engraved fleur delys crest on the back of the lap joint, maker's mark only 'NB' [monogram] in a circular punch, struck once in the bowl, unascribed, provincial 1490-1530, 6.3in (16cm) long, 1.3oz.
Lot 155
A rare Elizabeth I silvergilt provincial maidenhead spoon, scratched on the back of the bowl with the initials 'H' over 'WE', struck once in the bowl with a leopard's head mark in a shaped punch*, attributed to Nottingham c.1560, 6.25in (16cm) long, 1oz. *See Jacksons Revised pp.374 for this mark as seen on Church Plate of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
Lot 636
A rare William III child's gold rattle with a large coral teether and a tapering octagonal body with a suspensory ring at the end of the body with alternating plain and engraved strips of scrolls and debased foliage, with two gilt-metal bells dependant, inscribed Benj'n Vigor 1697'*, maker's mark only, 'P?' (partially obscured), London c.1697, 5.5in (14cm) long. * TO FOLLOW....
Lot 646
MINIATURE 4 PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, 6 CUPS AND 6 SAUCERS A rare Victorian miniature tea and coffee service with embossed floral decoration comprising: teapot and cover, coffee pot and cover, cream jug, sugar bowl, six cups, six saucers and a two handled mounted wooden gallery tray, all by William Graeme, London 1889, the tray 4.5in (11.5cm) long, the coffee pot 0.95in (2.4cm) high. (19)
Lot 157
Josephus, Flavius Josephi Judei historici preclara opera... de antiquitatib libri vingit... De Judaico bello libri septem... De antique Judeorum origine contra Grecos... argumenta cu[m] anotaticulis... Roberti Goullet sacre pagine pressoris. Paris: Jean Barbier (book 1), 1513; Jean Petit & Francois Regnault (book 2), 1513; Jean Barbier, Francois Regnault & Jean Petit (book 3), 1514, 3 parts in one volume [1],193;110;[96], folio (272 x 198mm.), title-page in red and black within engraved borders and printeres device of Jean Petit, historiated initials, contemporary blindstamped pigskin with acorns and foliage design, "1596" burnished onto upper board, woodcut initials, contemporary minor underlining and marginalia, title just shaved at head, spine neatly repaired, leather ties, small copper tables at foredge indicating the starts of new chapters Note: A crisp, clean and tight copy of a rare edition. Adams J354, parts 1 and 2 only.
Lot 161
Lefevre, deEtaples, Jacques Musica libris quatuor demonstrata. Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1552, 4to., ff. 44, italic letter, large printeres device on title, white on black woodcut initials, extensive printed tables and diagrams, modern maroon morocco, spine, borders and inner edges gilt, very minor waterstain to extreme upper outer corner of first four leaves, signed ÔGodin 1731e on the title-page Note: BM STC French Books. p. 259; Adams F 28. First separate edition of a very early and important work of musical theory. It had been printed previously in a now unfindable collective edition of 1496 and an almost equally rare Estienne of 1514. This edition has a variant form of the title-page in which the date appears as 1551. Cavellat in his preface states that he is republishing the text because of the almost complete absence of works on the science and method of music compared with all other subjects. "Many music theorists from the 16th century to the 18th either referred to Faber or quoted him" (Grove Dictionary of Music).
Lot 189
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques ƒmile, ou de leeducation. The Hague: Jean Neaulme, [i.e. Paris, Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne], 1762, 4 volumes, 8vo, first edition, presentation copy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau with autograph letter from the author tipped in at beginning, title-pages printed in red and black, 2 privilege leaves and one errata leaf for vols. 3-4 bound at the end of vol. 1, half-title in volume 2-4 as called for, 5 engraved plates after C. Eisen by J. D. de Longueil, L. le Grand and J.-J. Pasquier, volume 3 with blank leaf Z4, with the four usual cancels in volumes 1 and 2, variant Thetis plate with no title (added by hand), contemporary French mottled calf, triple gilt fillet on sides, spines gilt, g.e., rubbed, upper cover of volume 1 detached, corner of H6 volume 3 burnt not affecting text Note: With an unrecorded letter from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Monsieur de Muly [Maley], Superieur de leOratoire ˆ Mommorenci [Montmorency]: "J.J. Rousseau prie Messieurs de leoratoire de Mommorenci de vouloir bien accorder ˆ ses derniers ecrits une place dans leur bibliotheque; comme accepter le livre deun auteur neest pas adopter ses principes, il a cru pouvoir sans temerite leur demander cette faveur. A Mommorenci 29 Mai 1762", with a short note at foot in a later hand With a near contemporary transcript of a letter dated 16 Jan. 1763 from Rouseau to Baudoin-Cyprien-Antoine Dumoulin, published in Correspondence Complet de Jean Jacques Rousseau, Tom. 15, p.41, the original in Avignon, Bibliotheque Calvet, MS2702, folio 52-53. A rare presentation copy of the first octavo edition printed in Paris, published in late May 1762, concurrently with the 12mo edition. According to Jo-Ann McEachern the greater part of the duodecimo was imposed and printed before the octavo printing. However the preface and titles were printed initially in the octavo format, and it was the octavo that Rousseau received first and was the first to be distributed on 23 May 1762. Rousseaues educational treatise expounded his personal deist views, earning him the wrath of both clergymen and philosophers. The Parlement of Paris condemned both book and author, forcing Rousseau to flee France. However, despite the religious controversy it provoked, Emilefostered the Romantic movementes heightened appreciation of nature and strengthened the concept of the "noblesse sauvage." J.A. McEachern Bibliography of the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, vol. 2:1a; cf. Tchemerzine 10.46 Provenance: Three titles with contemporary inscription "Oratorii Montesmor, ex dono authoris, Catal. invent. 1774, Tab. O11, 16, E1.131"
Lot 213
Vanini, Giulio Caesare Amphitheatrum aeternae providentiae divino-magicum. Christaino-physicum nec non astrologo-catholicum. Lyons: Antoine de Harsy, 1615, first edition, 8vo, eighteenth century red morocco gilt, title dust-soiled, binding worn Note: Thorndike VI, pp. 568- 573. Wellcome 6485. "Extrmement rare"-Caillet 11028.
Lot 273
Military and naval uniforms-Jones, William, and Company Illustrated regulations, standard uniforms and patterns of the army, navy, militia, volunteers, civil service, court dress &c. London: Jones & Co., [c.1886], large folio, chromolithographed advertisement leaf, 27 chromolithographed plates, 4 tinted lithographed plates and 15 lithographed outline plates by A.B. Court, with details, accoutrements and outline patterns for uniforms, one uncoloured plate repaired in margin, publisheres blue cloth gilt, [Colas 3076], slightly rubbed Note: Rare. An impressive folio of British military uniforms. William Jones & Co. were the leading military suppliers of uniforms, buttons, helmets, belts, caps, cap badges and swords to the British army at the height of the British empire.
Lot 21
Old Master etchings-Schoen, Martin Meisterwerke von Martin Schoen (Schongauer)... durch A. Petrak. Ratisbon: J.G. Mans, 1857, 4to, 31 fine etchings, contemporary half vellum, spine gilt, t.e.g., occasional light spotting Note: Rare. Bookplate of John Charrington, Shenley Grange, Herts., bookplate
Lot 114
Divkrovic, Matie Nauke Karstianski ... Divitse Marie. Venice: Pietro Maria Bertano, 1611. First edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, lacking titlepages, woodcut illustrations and occasional decorations, contemporary calf, spine in four compartments each containing a large blindstamped floret, covers ruled in straight and chain-patterned lines into a large central diamond, with a triangular compartment at each corner in which a floret, larger entwined floral pattern at centre, light rubbing to edges, clasps intact, with contemporary (?) signature at beginning in a cursive Slavonic script, later Slavonic annotation here and elsewhere, some paper discolouration, a few small stains and marginal worm holes, larger only towards beginning (repaired on first two leaves), a few leaves strengthened at inner margin towards end Note: BM STC 17th century Italian Books p. 304. First edition of the first printed translations in old church Slavonic from the Doctrina Christiana by Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, this rare and singular example of early Slavonic printing (the only recorded from this printer) carries woodcut religious images very much in the contemporary Latin or Italian style. The ÔDoctrinae were a laymanes catechistical guide by Europees leading Jesuit theologian and were widely disseminated in languages including Congolese and Chaldean. The quite early production of the present edition was perhaps due in part to the well-established ties between the printing capital of Venice and the Dalmatian and Istrian coasts.
Lot 122
Fabri, Ottavio Leuso del squadra mobile. Venice: Francesco Barilleti, 1598. First edition, 4to., 62 unnumbered leaves, italic letter, engraved title-page within an architectural border supported by two female figures, surmounted by two cherubs with trumpets, instruments of science and learning dependent from the corners, with 26 engraved plates (half or full page) depicting the use of the squadra mobile, most in land or seascapes, richly ornate headpieces and initials, late 18th century quarter vellum over marbled boards, some general discolouration Note: BM STC Italian Books p. 241; Riccardi I 433-4; Not in Adams. Brunetes edition of 1595 is a ghost. First edition of Fabries elegant work on the manufacture, theory and use of the squadra mobile, an adjustable set square, designed for cartographers, architects, surveyors and for the general measurement of distance, height and depth in the open, on land or sea. The instrument, a kind of graphomter, was the invention of MarceAntonio Gandino, whose mathematical genius is lauded in the preface by Guerini. The original edition appears to be rare: Honeyman and Horblitt had only later editions. Occasionally a single unsigned folding plate may be found after folio 15. However, it is not included in the collation and is probably properly found in the 2nd edition.
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