London. A large collection of London history & topography reference from the collection of the late Dr.Derek Keene (urban historian & founding director of the Centre for Metropolitan History at the Institute of Historical Research), including some rare and unusual items, Notes to index of London Citizens Involved in City Government, 1558-1603, 1993, 2 volumes, by Benbow, Centre for Metropolitan History, typescript in burgundy cloth bindingsEarly London Personal Names, by Ekwall, Gleerup, 1947, inscription by Dr.Derek Keene, rebound in modern clothLombard Street, A Description of the Money Market, by Bagehot, Scriber, 1897The Calendar of Letter Books of the CIty of London, together with other London reference, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8voApproximately 120 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
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![[Jocelyn, Percy, 1764-1843]. Disgraced Bishop of Clogher in the Church of Ireland. The Full, True, and Particular Account of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06960e46-dc7c-49b2-836c-b03600e595e8/1ff1c95f-2043-4931-a211-b03701204aba/468x382.jpg)
[Jocelyn, Percy, 1764-1843]. Disgraced Bishop of Clogher in the Church of Ireland. The Full, True, and Particular Account of the Public Meeting of Chimney Sweeps, Held in St. Giles, on Monday last, printed by C. Handy, 50 Brewer Street, Golden Square, and Sold at No. 1, Smith's Court, Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, [1822], printed satirical broadside in two columns with drop-head title and imprint details at foot, recounting the meeting with Mr Brush in the Chair, '"For the purpose of considering the best means of wiping off the foul imputation of their being in any way connected with the Right Reverend Father in God, Percy Jocelyn, or the Bishop of Clogher, or of any other Bishops; and of disregarding the cognomen of Clergymen, by which they had so long suffered themselves to be called",the resolutions adopted being, '1.- That the United Company of Sweeps never had any connection with those called Bishops or Clergymen. 2.- That they believe the name of Clergymen has been given them by some malicious and ill-disposed persons, they never having right to that name. 3.- That they will prosecute any person who shall push any of their Members against the Soldiers. And 4th.- That, to prove their innocence, they agree never to sweep the chimney of any Bishop, even should it be fired by a Soldier. The Meeting then broke up, satisfied of having done a public duty, and thus cleared their wounded honour', one page, minor spots and marks, 260 x 185 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:A very rare broadside, no other copies traced. It concerns the huge scandal surrounding Bishop Jocelyn who, on 19 July 1822, was caught in a compromising position with a 22-year-old Grenadier Guardsman, John Moverley, in the back room of The White Lion public house, St Albans Place, off The Haymarket in Westminster. Jocelyn and Moverley were released on bail, provided by the third earl of Roden and others. Jocelyn broke bail and eventually moved to Scotland where he worked as a butler under the assumed name of Thomas Wilson. He was declared deposed in his absence by the Metropolitan Court of Armagh in October 1822 for 'the crimes of immorality, incontinence, sodomitical practices, habits, and propensities, and neglect of his spiritual, judicial, and ministerial duties'.An earlier scandal in 1811 which saw the conviction of James Byrne who had accused Jocelyn of 'taking indecent familiarities' with him resulted in Byrne's sentencing and flogging when sued by Jocelyn. In 1822 this conviction was recognised as a miscarriage of justice and Byrne was released. Bishop Jocelyn was the most senior British or Irish churchman to be involved in a public homosexual scandal in the nineteenth century and it became a subject of satire and popular ribaldry, resulting in satirical cartoons, pamphlets and limericks. An unsurprisingly scarce item, compounded no doubt by the sexual euphemism of the term 'chimney sweep'.The Clogher scandal has been covered in more recent publications about homosexuality including Matthew Parris, The Great Unfrocked: Two Thousand Years of Church Scandal, (London: Robson Books, 1998).
Javan (Mirza Kazim Ali). The Bárah-Másá, A Poetical Description of the Year in Hindoostan, 1st edition, Calcutta: printed by P. Pereira, at the Hindoostane Press, 1812, [2], 114, [2] pages, printed in Urdu with additional title in English printed at rear, several embossed and ink library stamps to both titles including British Museum stamps to English title verso and date stamps '28 OC 69' to first and second leaves, spotting throughout and heavier spotting and dust-soiling to first and last leaves, disbound with original pictorial wrapper printed in red and 3 flyleaves, one inscribed 'Recd from Calcutta Coll:25 June 1813', loose leaves chipped at edges, old calf boards detached and spine deficient, worn, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Mirza Kazim Ali Javan (late 18th to early 19th century) was a prose writer from Delhi, writing in Urdu. The Bárah-Másá is an Indian poetic genre, describing each month's Muslim and Hindu festivals. Very rare.
![* Mulready Cover. A Mulready one penny envelope with added manuscript caricatures and verse, [third Sunday] 24 May 1840, used](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06960e46-dc7c-49b2-836c-b03600e595e8/74171610-aaaf-4c89-9c74-b03701204c98/468x382.jpg)
* Mulready Cover. A Mulready one penny envelope with added manuscript caricatures and verse, [third Sunday] 24 May 1840, used from Maidstone to Knightsbridge, with fine clear double-arc despatch date stamp in black and cancelled with fine strike of the red Maltese Cross, two partial red transit date only stamps for 25 May to right blank panel of reverse, neatly addressed to David Power, Esq., Sloane St., Knightsbridge, Middlesex, numeral ‘160’ written adjacent, with additional pen and ink caricatures of three men with speech bubbles to front panel and manuscript verse to upper blank panel of the reverse, remains of red wax seal, fully opened in a diamond shape and laid down on a cut-down contemporary album leaf, envelope measuring 177 x 277 mm from tip to tipQTY: (1)NOTE:Mulready letter sheets and envelopes were introduced as part of the British Post Office postal reforms of 1840. They went on sale on 1 May 1840, and were valid for use from 6 May. Sunday postmarks are the scarcest and this is a very rare, and possibly unique, manuscript comic Mulready envelope with verse, sent on the third Sunday of 24 May. Mulreadys, which came in one and two penny value versions, were instantly derided by the general public who universally took to the gummed stamp Penny Black alternatives. Printed caricature versions of the Mulreadys quickly appeared on the market and these too have become collectable items from the Mulreadys’ brief one-year history. This is a highly unusual manuscript version, and while it may have been drawn by the recipient after receipt, rather than by the sender, it was clearly done at the time. The inverted manuscript verse on the upper flap appears may suggest this was written before posting but the speech bubble outline of the seated man and his neat positioning appear to indicate this was done after receipt. The Mehmet Ali reference is directly contemporary. The neat pen and ink illustrations show two men standing on the left and a third man seated below the despatch stamp on the right with the following text: [Caption below Britannia:]HIC JACET GLORIA BRITANNIAE[Here lies the glory of Britain] [Standing man on far left:]Lord ha' mercy has the Queen got all them children already [Man standing to his right and pointing:]You lubber! Them flying cats be'nt children. Don't you see as how it's a hallegory, & that's Britannia, a'sending out declarations of war to all the world, and there's the Chinamen & old Mahomet Ali a'reading of theirs & a'writing an answer [Man seated on right:]But who is to pay for all these wars? [Manuscript verse written on upper flap:]Explanation of the HieroglyphicBritannia's fame is taking its flightAnd her lion is dying for any spiteWhile her once proud navy is dwindled awayTo the size of yonder Laplander's sleighAnd she sits alone in sorrow & careAnd cries, "where are my friends"? Echoanswers--"Where?"--
Murder Map. Radclyffe (W & T), Map of the Roads, near the spot where Mary Ashford was Murdered, Surveyed by Rowland Hill & George Moorcroft and published by Rowland Hunter, 1817, engraved broadside map with two insets, one of the 'Fields on an Enlarged Scale', the other 'A Section of the Pit', descriptive text below the map, old folds, slight staining, some marginal fraying closed tears, some tears crudely repaired on the verso, 440 x 370 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. Only two copies were found on COPAC (both in the British Library). The only known published map by Rowland Hill, the founder of the 'Penny Post'. A murder of a pretty young girl had taken place near his school, at Erdington, a few miles northeast of Birmingham. The circumstances had produced much newspaper coverage but no adequate map to inform the public of the all-important topographical context. Hill measured all the features that had been mentioned in the trial and produced the above map.Mary Ashford had gone dancing on the evening of 26 May at the ominously named Tyburn House (right of centre on Hill's map). There she met Abraham Thornton, the son of a local landowner, and left the dance in his company. Her battered body was discovered the following morning in the pit (shown in cross-section as an inset on the map). A post-mortem showed that she had been raped and that she had been a virgin. Thornton was immediately arrested and charged with Mary's murder. At his trial, several witnesses testified that they had seen Thorton walking along another road at the time of the murder and the prosecution had no witnesses to counter these testimonies. The jury acquitted him; however, local and national opinion regarded Thornton as the murderer and an old law was dug up to see him face justice again. It was the ancient custom of “appeal of murder,” which was evoked by Mary’s brother, William and Thornton once again found himself arrested. However, this old law of “appeal of murder” meant that, instead of a trial in front of a jury, Thornton would face a “trial by combat.” Thornton was by all accounts a large solidly built man, whereas William was small and slight and understandably, declined to fight, and Thornton was released again. Thornton was widely regarded by the general public as guilty, and in the face of increasing harassment, he left England and settled in America. The only positive to come out of the case was that parliament almost immediately abolished the law which allowed 'trial by combat' for the 'appeal of murder'.
WWI. A large collection of WWI reference & related, including Military Operations France and Belgium, 10 vols including 3 map boxes. A mix of conditions and editions. 1915 vol II Map box with 11 maps, as published (Macmillan), maps VG, clean and with just minor wear, the box is damaged and faded. 2 further map boxes: 1917 & 1918 Battery Press and Imperial War Museum). Gallipoli vol II, 1932. Ex-library, poor. The Canadians in France 1915-1918, 1920 1st ed. (Steele/Fisher Unwin). No dust wrapper. Small chip to the head of the spine. Clean internally.Bristol and the Great War 1914-1919, 1920 1st ed. (Stone, Wells/Arrowsmith). No dust wrapper. VG clean copy.Good-Bye To The Battlefields: To-Day and Yesterday On The Western Front, 1928 1st ed. (Taylor/Stanley Paul) No dust wrapper. Darkening to spine and boards, some water damage to the rear board, together with a Field Service Pocket Book 1913. Original brown oil cloth with flap and pocket to front. What makes this item interesting is the extensive notes made throughout the book, and on 2 sheets of A4 by a Capt.L (P) Evans, concerning the Expeditionary Force and other matters. Whether these notes were purely for training purposes, or for actual deployment isn't clear. But it would be of great fascination to an historian or collector of the period. The book itself is well used and scuffed to the edges; the binding is still good, there's a little spotting to the endpapers and there are many notes and annotations throughout. A further large selection of books on The Great War including may rare items.Approximately 160 volumes 6 shelves plus 3 boxes.QTY: (6 shelves & 3 cartons)
Andrews (Henry). Botanist's Repository, comprising colour'd engravings of new and rare plants only, with botanical descriptions, volumes 4 & 5 only (of 10), [London: T.Bensley for the author, 1803-04], engraved titles to each volume, 144 hand-coloured engraved plates (2 folding), each plate with accompanying text in English and Latin, scattered toning and minor spotting, plates offset to text leaves throughout, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco labels, upper joints cracked to base (but holding firm), rubbed, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Dunthorne 8; Great Flower Books, p.155; Nissen BBI 2382; Pritzel 174.
Marlowe (Christopher). The Works of Christopher Marlowe, 3 volumes, 1st collected edition, London: William Pickering, 1826, half-title to first volume, front free endpaper of first volume with signature William C. Roscoe 1844 (possibly William Caldwell Roscoe, 1823-59, poet and essayist, son of William Roscoe of Liverpool), top edge gilt, contemporary brown half morocco, loss to upper panel of spines to volumes 1 & 3, some joints slightly cracked, 8vo, together with:[Griffiths, Acton Frederick], Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks..., London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, for the Proprietors of the Collection, 1815, half-title, wood engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved illustration of India paper, wood engraved initials and portrait illustrations, additional tipped-in engraved portrait plate of Margaret Duchess of Newcastle to 2H2, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary brown half morocco gilt by Morrell, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voTurner (Sharon), A Vindication of the Genuineness of the Ancient British Poems of Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and Merdhin, with Specimens of the Poems, London: E. Williams, 1803, ink annotation at head of title, some spotting and few marks throughout, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, plus other antiquarian poetry and related, 19th-century publicationsQTY: (17)
Parkinson (John). Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of a Large Extent: Containing therein a more ample and exact History and declaration of the Physicall Herbs and Plants that are in other authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare, and strange plants from all the parts of the world..., Distributed into sundry classes or tribes, for the more easie knowledge of the many herbes of one nature and property, with the chiefe notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham, and others inserted therein. Collected by the many yeares travaile, industry, and experience in this subject, by John Parkinson apothecary of London, and the Kings Herbarist..., London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640, initial blank and additional engraved title not present, letterpress title with several manuscript inscriptions 'A good edition of a curious work, invaluable as the plates are all coloured by some private hand well worth 3-3-0', with partially inked out inscription 'Michel Pierre, ce 26/16 October 1689 pore 03 pièce moins 3 lint(?)', and 'Job Lousley's Book Hampstead Norris Berks 1854', woodcut botanical illustrations throughout with near-contemporary hand-colouring, decorative initials, headpieces, chapter line breaks also with near-contemporary hand-colouring, lower outer corner of N4 with short closed tear and slight printing fault (not affecting meaning of text), closed tear to L5 partially repaired, 2X5 & 2X6 damp stained, short closed tear at foot of 4B6 and repaired closed tear to 5P4, first leaf of 'The Table of the English Names' (7H1) at rear of volume frayed to edges, errata leaf present at rear, occasional light dust-soiling to margins, slight marginal damp staining to few leaves, late 20th-century endpapers with 18th-century armorial bookplate of Henri-Joseph Rega (1690-1754) relaid to front pastedown, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving morocco title label, board corners neatly repaired, folio (33.4 x 23 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S121875; STC 19302.Henri-Joseph Rega (1690–1754) was a professor of medicine and rector of Leuven University, in the Habsburg Netherlands, where he established a botanical garden, laboratories for chemistry and physics, and an anatomical theatre, as well as adding a new wing to the University Hall (originally Leuven's medieval cloth hall).Job Lousley (1790-1855) was born in South Moreton, Berkshire and lived in Blewbury and Hampstead Norris, near Newbury. He was an avid book collector and published widely on agricultural, botanical and historical matters relating to Berkshire.
Zetetic Astronomy. Earth not a globe! "Parallax, "... will deliver three lectures, on the evenings on Wednesday, Nov. 4th, Friday, Nov. 6th, and Tuesday, Nov. 10th, 1857, in the lecture-hall, Castle-St., Aylesbury, no place or publisher, [1857], printed broadside with drop-head title and partly printed in 2 columns, including favourable local newspaper reviews of Parallax's previous lectures and flat earth theory, light toning, one page, 375 x 250 mm, together with another similar: Zetetic Astronomy: or experiments and observations tending to prove that the earth is not a globe, but an extended plane. By "Parallax", no place or publisher, c. 1857, printed broadside with drop-head title and 2 columns of text with 10 wood-engraved figures, giving an exposition of zetetic astronomy interspersed with newspaper quotations, one page, 430 x 280 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:Two rare broadsides concerning flat earth theory with no other copies traced.Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816-1884) was an English inventor, writer and utopian socialist who propounded flat earth theory under the title zetetic astronomy. Publishing under the pseudonym "Parallax", Rowbotham lectured for two decades up and down the country promoting his unique theory. He laid out his world system in a book called Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe. This was originally published as a 16-page pamphlet (1849), expanded into a book (1865), with a third edition of 430 pages appearing in 1881. According to Rowbotham, the world's continents float on an infinite ocean which has a layer of fire underneath, and the lands we know are surrounded by an infinite wilderness of ice and snow, beyond the Antarctic Ocean, bordered by an immense circular ice cliff. The centre of the earth is what we call the North Pole.Rowbotham founded the Universal Zetetic Society, the Society's magazine entitled The Earth Not a Globe Review remaining active until the early part of the twentieth century. After a slow decline the movement was revived in 1956 as The Flat Earth Society.
Mason (William). Arts Advancement or the most Exact, Lineal, Swift, Short, and Easy method of Short-hand-Writing hitherto Extant, is now after a view of all others, and twenty eight years practice) raised to a higher degree of perfection than any as yet published, 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, [London]: Printed for the Author, 1687, 24 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title within architectural border, engraved text to one side of leaf printed within decorative border, leaf 3 with early ink doodle and leaf 21 with early manuscript, occasional fraying to margins, some light dust-soiling, front free endpaper with early manuscript calculation in brown ink and note 'S. Lowdell from Mrs Phillips', contemporary sheep, joints slightly cracked at head and foot, lightly scuffed, slim 12mo (14.4 x 6.9 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R23530; Wing M942. Wing gives format 16mo.Scarce, only two UK institutional copies found (Edinburgh Central Library and Senate House Library, University of London), and four copies in US institutional libraries found (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, New York Public Library, Newberry Library, Yale University and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library).William Mason (fl. 1672-1709; d. 1719?) issued three influential treatises on shorthand: the present work, first published in 1682, and the more romantically titled "A Pen Pluck'd from an Eagles Wing" (1672) and "La Plume Volante" ("The Flying Pen") of 1707. Developed over half a century, Mason's system used 423 characters, and words were written as they sound, a fact that makes it of interest to modern linguists for the light it can shed on 17th-century English pronunciation. Mason's system was adapted by Thomas Gurney for use as the official shorthand of the criminal courts at the Old Bailey, his influence on stenography stretched into the 19th century. Mason's one-shilling publications both supplemented his income and promoted his services as an instructor of stenography; the title page here advertises lessons available at his "Writing School, the Hand and Pen in Grace-Church Street."
![Pouncy (John). Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, Parts 1-4 in 2, [all published], 1st edition, London and Dorchester,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06960e46-dc7c-49b2-836c-b03600e595e8/8fe51ff0-f177-4981-8004-b037011faf86/468x382.jpg)
Pouncy (John). Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, Parts 1-4 in 2, [all published], 1st edition, London and Dorchester, [1857], lithographed title, 79 tinted photolithographed views including one double-page, some heavy spotting and old dampstaining affecting plates throughout, some marginal splits to text leaves and lower blank outer corner of first leaf of Introduction torn with loss, modern buckram with original gilt-titled cloth covers relaid, oblong folioQTY: (2)NOTE:The first book illustrated by photolithography, where photographs were transferred onto lithographic stones which were then enhanced with figures, animals and other details by drawing. A further two parts were proposed but never issued. 'As far as we know Pouncy's rare book was not only the first but remained the only attempt in book form to reproduce photographic views from nature by photolithography', Gernsheim, History of Photography, p. 546. 'Pouncy's important work was a transitional stage between drawing and unretouched photography in book illustration', McLean, Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing, p. 128.
Map Game. Richardson (W.), The Mount of Knowledge, also sold by Darton & Harvey, J. Harris & J. Wallis, circa 1820, engraved linear game with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight worming, 475 x 480 mm, supplied with a contemporary six sheet book of rules and contained in contemporary card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slipcase with very slight wear to the extremities, QTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. We could only find one institutional copy (V & A). A copy was offered for sale by Francis Edwards in 1977.
Sutherland (William & William George). The Sign Writer and Glass Embosser, 1st edition, Manchester: Decorative Art Journals Co. Ltd., 1898, 32 lithographed plates by Kleinertz of Manchester loose in pocket at end (16 chromolithographed, 12 tinted, 4 single colour), a few heightened in gold, black and white illustrations to text (one full-page at end), a few small closed marginal tears to plate, occasional light dust-soiling, plate XV torn to upper margin with loss to heading (approx. 1.5 cm), a few margins frayed, with accompanying text, a few leaves with closed marginal tears, a few light spots, front hinge cracked, original brown pictorial cloth, worn, folio (45.5 x 32.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A rare technical manual, especially so complete.
Curtis (John). British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found, volumes 1-5, London: Printed for the Author, 1824-28, 221 hand-coloured engraved plates only (incomplete, plus a miscellaneous plate bound at rear of volume 5), occasional light scattered spotting, a few plates scribbled on, a few plates torn with loss, contemporary green textured cloth, brown leather title labels lettered in gilt, rubbed, a few joints frayed and showing, 8vo, plus volume 3 of Curtis' The Botanical Magazine (1790)QTY: (6)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 1000. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Art & Architecture. A large collection of art & architecture reference, including Reflections, by Norman Foster, Foster & Partners, 2005, boxed with signed enclosure from architect Norman FosterGuignard, Life and Art, by Frota, English language edition, Campos Gerais, 1997, original boards in damaged slipcase, a near mint copy of this rare volumeFive Centuries of Indonesian Textiles, by Barnes, Prestel, 2010, original boards in slipcase, a near mint copyFors Clavigera: Letters, to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, 4 Volumes, by Ruskin, reprint edition, Greenwood, 1968, together with other art & architecture reference, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioApproximately 125 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
* Cricket. The Captains of the County Cricket Clubs of England for 1886, designed and printed by Blake & Mackenzie, Fine Art Publishers, Liverpool, 1886, lithograph with contemporary colouring, one small repaired hole in the upper margin, very slight surface abrasion, 540 x 625 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare cricket 'souvenir' of English county cricket captains from the late Victorian period.
![China. De Jode (Cornelis), China Regnum, Antwerp [1593], uncoloured circular engraved map with an ornate foliate strapwork bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06960e46-dc7c-49b2-836c-b03600e595e8/67907970-a909-4105-ae68-b037011fc70a/468x382.jpg)
China. De Jode (Cornelis), China Regnum, Antwerp [1593], uncoloured circular engraved map with an ornate foliate strapwork border with a roundel to each corner, good margins, slight text show through in the vertical margins, one very small area of strengthening to the central fold on the verso, 360 x 450 mm, Latin text on verso QTY: (1)NOTE:A rare early map of China, that was published in Speculum Orbis Terrae. The map only appeared in one edition of this atlas and WorldCat lists only five institutional copies.
British Isles. Lafreri (Antonio, school of), Britannia Insula quae duo Regna Continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia Adiacente, Rome, circa 1556, uncoloured engraved map (usually credited to Claudi Duchetti) the title in block text to the upper left, the map is based on George Lily's earlier map of 1546, two blocks of descriptive text, right-hand vertical margin trimmed with loss to the printed margin, skillfully replaced in facsimile, the horizontal margins trimmed to the neat line with the 'Septentrio' and 'Meridies' cardinals excised from the margins and tipped on to the map, 485 x 350 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:R. V. Tooley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, number 60a. The second state of this map with 'Mare Hisranicum' corrected to 'Mare Hispanicum'. Rare.Ashley Baynton Williams: The reason that Lafreri's name is now used as an umbrella term for the school is because he issued a catalogue of his stock in 1572, entitled 'Indice Delle Tavole Moderne Di Geografia Della Maggior Parte Del Mondo ...'. This catalogue is very similar, both in title and contents, to bound collections of maps with an engraved title Tavole Moderne Di Geografia De La Maggior Parte Del Mondo Di Diversi Autori. Accordingly bound collections with the engraved title were attributed to Lafreri, and thence his name became associated with the group as a whole. Some writers have attributed the title to Duchetti, but there seems no good reason to challenge Lafreri's role.
* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of). Commemorative funeral programme printed on silk, London: Mitchell and Sams, [1852], broadside programme printed in black on an ivory silk ground, titled 'Funeral Programme by Authority of the Earl Marshall', with details of the processions, within an allegorial border incorporating the Duke's military achievements and his many titles, upper border with armorial topped by a ducal coronet, with 'In Memory of Arthur Duke of Wellington' on flanking scrolls, fringed edging, one faint central horizontal fold, 60 x 47 cm (23.5 x 18.5 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (66 x 53 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Rare and in excellent condition; we have traced only one other copy sold at auction.
Joseph Teal Cooper, English 1682-1743- A still life of melon, pears, plums and grapes on a stone ledge, a landscape beyond; oil on canvas, signed 'JTeal. Cooper.' (upper centre), 63.6 x 76.2 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sweden. Note: Cooper has been described as the first significant professional native painter of fruit and flower still lifes in England. The similarity of his work to that of Neapolitan painters Luca Forte (c.1615-c.1670), Paolo Porpora (1616-1673) and Abraham Brueghel (1631-1697) has fuelled suggestions that he received some training in Naples. His paintings, especially signed examples, are rare to come on to the market and only one attributed work (an unsigned still life at Plas Newydd, Anglesey) is in any public collection in the United Kingdom. The present work is a particularly charming example of his oeuvre, with fruit which is so ripe and verdant that it almost opalesces in the light.
William Hayes, British 1729-1799- Raggiana bird-of-paradise; pen and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with touches of gum arabic on laid paper, 30.6 x 48.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: As an ornithological artist, Hayes was celebrated for his vibrant and characterful illustrations of birds. He enjoyed the support of influential contemporaries, including both George Henry Glasse (1761-1809), chaplain to George III's son Prince Adolphus, and John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792). It was under the latter's patronage that Hayes produced 'British and Exotic Birds' in 1778. He also created the important publications 'A Natural History of British Birds' (1775) and 'Rare and Curious Birds Accurately Drawn and Coloured from their Specimens in the Menagerie at Osterley Park' (1794-99). The Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana), also known as 'Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise', is a large bird which is commonly found in southern and northeastern New Guinea, where its name is 'kumul'. As requested by the Italian naturalist and explorer Count Luigi Maria D'Albertis, the epithet 'raggiana' commemorates the Marquis Francesco Raggi of Genoa. The bird is the national bird of Papua New Guinea. In 1971 this species was made the national emblem and was included on the national flag. 'The Kumuls' ('birds-of-paradise' in Tok Pisin) is also the nickname of the country's national rugby league team.
After Francis Cleyn, German c.1582-1658- Putti and a Cupid Towing a Putto on a Cockleshell Boat, after Polidoro da Caravaggio; pencil and watercolour on paper, 21.2 x 27.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work looks to date to the late 17th century and is presumably taken after Cleyn's much larger painted ceiling in tempera, dating to the 1630s, which is held in The Green Closet at Ham House [NT1140154]. The Green Closet is a small chamber off The Long Gallery, which was designed as a personal gallery to display both cabinet pictures and miniatures. It is a rare survivor from the reign of King Charles I. A relating tapestry after designs by Polidoro da Caravaggio (c.1499-1533), in reverse format to the present work and dating to c.1678, is held in Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire [NT1129461.2]. The original painting by Polidoro is part of a set of nine narrow panels that probably once decorated a small room, and which date to c.1523-5 (John Shearman, 'The Early Italian Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen', 1983, pp.196-9). The series included six narrow, frieze-like compositions of playing putti, nymphs and satyrs - which the present work derives from, and which form the main basis of the Hardwick Hall tapestry series - and three larger panels of 'Psyche Abandoned', 'Psyche Discovers Cupid' and 'The Reception of Psyche in Olympus'. The nine Polidoro panels were bought by King Charles I from William Frizzel in 1637, and were recorded as hanging in the Privy Lodgings at Whitehall. At some time in the late 1630s or early 1640s, Cleyn, who was designer to the Mortlake tapestry workshop, made copies of some of the panels adding landscape backgrounds and transforming them into rectangular scenes, possibly intending them as models for tapestry. Three drawings by Cleyn have recently been discovered, their compositions very similar to three of the Hardwick tapestries, down to the details of the landscape backgrounds and numerous alterations to the figures (David Howarth, 'The Southampton Album: A Newly Discovered Collection of Drawings by Francis Cleyn the Elder and His Associates', Master Drawings, vol.49, no.4 (Winter 2011), pp.438-9). A further tapestry version of 'Putti Pulling a Cockle Shell Boat' with no borders was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 12 June 2002, lot 390 (the same tapestry was reproduced in Henry C. Marillier, English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century, London 1930, plate 9).
Rare Second World War Airborne Pattern Bayonet Frog for the Sten Mk V, 1937 Pattern Webbing bayonet frog with additional small pouch for the Sten blanking plate, stamped to the reverse 'ME Co' and dated 1945, vendor states purchased directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British 1888 Mk 1 Type 1 Knife Bayonet, makers name indecipherable due to the amount of date marks on one side of the ricasso together with crown over 'VR' and Enfield inspection marks, one of these to the other side with 'WD' and broad arrow, '472' stamped to pommel, 'K' stamped to tang, held in leather scabbard with steel mounts, rare to find this variant in such good condition, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
Selection of British No.4 Spike Bayonets starting with the Scarce No.4 Mk1 Cruciform Spike Bayonet, socket marked with royal cypher, 'No.4 Mk 1' and 'S M' for Singer Manufacturing, held in steel Mk1 scabbard, complete with webbing frog, No.4 MkII Spike Bayonet, forged from a single block of metal it was cheaper to produce then the Mk1 Cruciform, release catch marked 'N67', held in scarce No.4 MkII scabbard, No.4 MkII* Spike Bayonet, marked to the socket marked 'No4 Mk II*' and 'N30', held in Victory Plastics No.4 MkII scabbard with integral webbing frog, this mark was a further attempt to streamline production with two parts brazed together (vendor states this bayonet was purchased directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter), No.4 MkIII Spike Bayonet, crudely made at minimum cost and known as the 'Blacksmiths wonder', held in rare all plastic No.4 MkIII scabbard (vendor states this bayonet was purchased directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter), these four items represent the evolution of the No.4 Spike Bayonet as attempts were made to both speed up and reduce the cost of production (4), (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
Gabriel Viardot (French, 1830-1906). Aesthetic movement chinoiserie cabinet. The rectangular top with raised ends houses a bronze dragon with pierced fretwork over a glazed door and opening to an arrangement of shelves, with one drawer with an archaistic style taotie mask pull with a red velvet backing. On a pierced fretwork apron and shaped bracket feet.Provenance: From the Estate of Horst Rechelbacher, Osceola, Wisconsin.Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients, was a pioneer in the field of safe and eco-friendly cosmetics. The same curiosity that led him to explore ways to improve the beauty industry led him to travel the world, collecting rare and beautiful objects as he went.Height: 61 in x width: 38 1/2 in x depth: 16 in.Condition: The cabinet is in good condition overall. The structure is stable and sturdy. There are no major losses and no visible repairs. The locking mechanism has been removed. The dragon is present but unattached. The drawer and door open and close smoothly. The glass is in good condition, with no chips, cracks, or scratches. Some wear to the velvet. Some wear and splitting to the veneer along the shelves; the bottom shelf shows signs of moisture exposure. Wear throughout as expected with age and use.
Late 19th century Chinese Daoist carved and gilt temple altar. Inscribed for the town of Nan Hoi on the Pearl River. Stunning quality of carving with elaborate pierced details and gilt work. Its is rare to find stunning carvings of this nature. A rare opportunity for the collector of shrines.Height: 22 in x width: 14 in x depth: 9 in.Condition: The shrine is structurally sound and stable. All pieces are firmly attached. There are no significant cracks, chips, or losses. There are some small flakes to the painted decoration throughout. Some losses to the gilt throughout. Along the underside there are two pieces of wood that have been attached; one piece measuring 3.5" x .5" has been attached with a nail along the front center behind the skirt, possibly to stabilize it. One small piece has been attached along the back right foot. Dust collected throughout.
A fine and rare mirror pair of Chinese export porcelain phoenix, each decorated in famille rose enamels on a well molded body. Dating to the early to mid 20th Century. Each with an applied seal stamp along the base.Each, height: 18 3/4 in x width: 5 1/4 in x depth: 5 in.Condition: There are no visible breaks, cracks, losses, or restorations. There are discolored glazing flaws throughout. Areas of loss to the glaze throughout, especially along the high points. There is general wear throughout consistent with age and use. Wear to the underside; along the underside of one of the statues there is a small round sticker; along the underside of the other statue there is residual adhesive affixed consistent with the aforementioned sticker.
Chinese late Ming Wanli bronze incense burner or censer with original cover. The censer is decorated with a parcel gilt design of a horse and deer along its sides. Very rare.Provenance: Private collection, Europe; Private collection, Minnesota.Height: 4 1/2 in x width: 5 in x depth: 2 1/2 in.Condition: The body of the censor is in good condition with no major dents, losses, or signs of restorations. There are losses to the gilt decoration throughout. Some light wear along the underside of the feet and the upper rim. Heavy wear and discoloration along the interior consistent with age and use. There is an area along the lid with a possibly repair or damage; visible in the lot listing. The area is uneven. Light wear throughout the remainder of the lid, especially along the high points. Wear to the interior consistent with age and use.
Syrian mother of pearl inlaid wooden armchair. The intricately carved wood is inlaid with geometric stars in mother of pearl with the intarsia method. The chair is paneled throughout with mashrabiya style latticework. With an upholstered seat.Keywords: Levantine, Persian, Moroccan, Middle EasternProvenance: From the Estate of Horst Rechelbacher, Osceola, Wisconsin.Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients, was a pioneer in the field of safe and eco-friendly cosmetics. The same curiosity that led him to explore ways to improve the beauty industry led him to travel the world, collecting rare and beautiful objects as he went.Height: 37 in x width: 27 1/2 in x depth: 17 in.Condition: The chair is in fair condition. It is structurally sound and there are no major losses. There is an area along one armrest with damage, possibly from an animal chewing on it; see lot listing photos. There are several small losses to the projecting decorations along the lower skirt. There is one mother-of-pearl star that has losses along one side; all other mother-of-pearl decorations are intact. Light wear to the feet. There is wear and areas of loose threads along the cushion.
Carved white marble stele depicting two vignettes of Buddha groups. The top scene depicts a central seated figure flanked on either side by two standing figures. The lower vignette depicts a similar scene as above but with two additional standing buddhas along either side. Both scenes are surrounded by billowing clouds.Provenance: From the Estate of Horst Rechelbacher, Osceola, Wisconsin.Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients, was a pioneer in the field of safe and eco-friendly cosmetics. The same curiosity that led him to explore ways to improve the beauty industry led him to travel the world, collecting rare and beautiful objects as he went.Height: 29 3/4 in x width: 22 in x depth: 6 1/2 in.Condition: No major cracks or losses. No visible sign of restoration under UV light. Natural lines and wear throughout as expected from its age. Several scattered areas of dents, particularly along the edges of the underside. Along the underside, there are two patches and areas that appear that there used to be patches adhered to the underside. Along the front of the stele, there are scattered paint accretions as shown in the listing image.
Gabriel Viardot (French, 1830-1906). Aesthetic movement chinoiserie cabinet. The rectangular top with a raised end along the left has a meandering dragon applied to the central top element. The top is over a glazed door with central fan motif and opening to shelves, above drawers and shelves with elephant head supports all resting on aniform feet.Provenance: From the Estate of Horst Rechelbacher, Osceola, Wisconsin.Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients, was a pioneer in the field of safe and eco-friendly cosmetics. The same curiosity that led him to explore ways to improve the beauty industry led him to travel the world, collecting rare and beautiful objects as he went.Height: 70 in x width: 35 in x depth: 14 1/2 in.Condition: The cabinet is in good condition overall. The structure is stable and sturdy. There are scattered losses to the skirting and decorative pierced elements; several pieces are detached but retained with the piece. There are a few splits to the wood, most notably along seams. One shelf is slightly loose. There are no visible repairs. All cabinets and drawers open and close smoothly and the keys turn properly. There are no chips, cracks, or scratches to the glass. Wear and some slight soiling throughout as expected with age and use. There are a few faint moisture rings to one shelf. The upper cabinet has been wired with a modern lighting system.
An early Chinese polychrome wood temple figure with a fascinating depiction of a dog or tiger. A rare and immensely charming example of Chinese temple carving.Height: 10 1/4 in x width: 5 in x depth: 4 in.Condition: The work is in good condition. The paint and gilt areas have worn off in several areas. There are areas of chipping to the wood along the base and back. Some hair is missing and repairs to the beard. A carved area along the back that appears to be original, please refer to the photos. Wear overall.
Paul Court Rhum 1843An Extremely rare bottle of 1843 vintage Rum. Whilst the distillery is unknown, by having the "h" in the spelling of rum we can assume its from the French Caribbean and is likely to be distilled from fermented, fresh-pressed juice from sugar cane as opposed to fermented molasses. Paul Court was based in Dijon in France, trading until at least the WW2 period.. The shoulder label reads "CONCESSIONNAIRE EXCLUSIF POUR L'EGYPTE ET LE SOUDAN C,Vve Borsa - Le Caire"We believe this label was added by the merchant later, probably at the point of import.The bottle itself is hand blown with imperfections in the glass, air bubbles and a noticeable twist to the glass in the neck. The bottle originally came from a deceased estate and has been with the family for decades. Jim Spencer, Hansons’ Associate Director and Head of Books and Works on Paper has specifically examined the labels and believes that the paper, printing method, and font of the main label is typical of the 19th century, with the shoulder label being later and dating to circa 1900-1915.Nick Bagshaw, Hansons Senior Valuer, has specifically examined the bottle and seal and again believes them to be contemporary to the 1843 vintage. He noted the imperfections in the glass, the pontil mark and that the seal was a perfect, intact, marriage to the bottle.
UNITED KINGDOM. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1874. London. Shield. The 1874 London shield sovereign is one of the elusive rare dates thanks to its lower mintage and the fact that the shield sovereign was discontinued in the United Kingdom and replaced by the St. George reverse. The shield sovereign continued to be produced in Australia to service commerce with the Chinese, who did not like the idea of a dragon being slain!Second young head of Victoria facing left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation; VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. / Crowned shield within wreath; die number and national emblems below; BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC AU 55, certification number 6382422-004. NGC Census in this grade: 5.NGC Census in higher grade: 8Total NGC Census: 22Reference: Fr-387j; KM-736.2; Marsh-58; S-3853BMintage: 520,713.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
Greek Coinages, PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy I (as Satrap of Egypt), Tetradrachm, 311/10, head of the deified Alexander right, diademed and wearing elephant headdress, rev. αλεχανδρου, Athena Alkidemos advancing right with spear and shield, in field eagle on thunderbolt and ey, 17.04g (CPE 47; Svoronos 42; SNG Copenhagen 15). Light graffiti on reverse and a small delamination by Athena’s feet, otherwise good very fine with a superb portrait of Alexander, attractively toned; the issue rare £700-£900 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 9 June 1982, lot 313; SNC October 1982 (7220)
CORIELTAUVI, Early Uninscribed issues, silver Unit, Proto-Boar type, boar right, large solar-rosette above, small rosettes around, rev. horse left, large solar-rosette above, ringed pellets around, 1.25g/9h (ABC 1782; BMC 3208; S 396). Light surface porosity, otherwise very fine, rare £70-£90
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ICENI, Uninscribed issues, Stater, British Ja [Norfolk Wolf type], degraded head of Apollo right, incorporating ‘hooked fibula’ device containing triad, rev. wolf right with bristles along back, crescent and pellets above, pellet and crescent below, 6.29g (ABC 1393; COI 1d; BMC 212-16; S 30). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine, attractive yellowish gold and very rare £1,500-£1,800
Greek Coinages, IONIA, Teos, Trihemiobol, c. 550, light Samian standard, griffin right with curved wing, rev. quadripartite incuse square, 1.71g (Matzke Gp As3, 35, this coin). Good very fine, attractively toned and very rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: Dr P. Vogl Collection, Hauck & Aufhäuser Auction 9 (Munich), 7 October 1992, lot 146; Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 16, 22 May 2021, lot 977
Lead trade weights (2): Elizabeth I, 8 ounce, circular, 47mm diameter x 9mm thick, stamped E L with crown above and COL below in a circular border with an A in a smaller stamp, an Angel in another oval frame but worn; James I, 16 ounce, circular, with stamped I I with a crowned I below [2]. Both fine, first rare £40-£60 --- Provenance: both found in Hertfordshire
BRI mark in exergue Roman Imperial Coinage, Carausius (286-93), Antoninianus, uncertain mint, imp caravsivs pf avg, radiate and cuirassed bust right, rev. Salus standing left, feeding serpent rising from altar, bri in exergue, 4.62g (RIC 1087; Shiel p.17, no. 2). Very fine, the reverse about so and somewhat rough; the mint signature clear and extremely rare £120-£150
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