Red Arova-Porsche 212 Skibob - Manufactured in 1970 with the specific dimensions to fit into the trunk of a Porsche 911. The Skibob by Arova-Porsche is a rare gem and a nice collectors item. This unique collaboration has an estimated production of around 50 units for this colour version. It was originally available in blue where there was an estimated of 200 units made, most of which sold in Germany. This rare example has only been used for a brief period and has been well stored. Comes with its original grey vinyl case and liner, as well as two foot skies. It can easily fold away and the items can be cleverly stored under the seat or in the bag. Approx. Weight 18kg, Scooter length (Measured from end of Skis) 220cm, Height 70cm, Scooter Bag 50'x20'. Please note this lot has the standard Ewbank's standard buyers premium payable on top of the hammer price and not the reduced rate for cars and motorbikes.
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Collection of Jaguar XK8 and XJ220 brochures and books - To include two original Jaguar XK8 brochures and 1997 price list for Jaguar & Daimler range detailing options Jaguar XK8, The Complete Story by Graham Robson hardback book, Jaguar & Park Sheet The XJ220 Project Rare original brochure, CAR Magazine Jaguar X1220 original road test August 1992, Classic & Sportscar Magazine Jaguar X1220 original road test versus Ferrari F40 & Bugatti EB110 June 2007, As well as a brass Leaping Jaguar mascot Walking Cane, 90cm (8). Please note this lot has the standard Ewbank's standard buyers premium payable on top of the hammer price and not the reduced rate for cars and motorbikes.
1998 BMW 535i SE Petrol Automatic saloon. Registration number: S680 AGJ.Mileage: 95,955Originally supplied by BMW Park Lane when new this highly sought after 535i V8 has been well pampered throughout it's life.Finished in Aspen silver with rare optioned aubergine full leather interior. Being a higher spec it comes equipped with remote central locking. Dual zone climate control. Electric windows and mirrors. BMW business stereo system with CD changer all of which are working. Full stainless steel powerflex exhaust system has been fitted giving a lovely V8 burble.Complete with a full documented history file with recent work carried out including 4 replacement tyres. New battery. Full gearbox oil and filter service.MOT until 13th of September 2024.BMW 5 series E39's are now becoming a fast appreciating modern classic car.To satisfy your knowledge of the vehicles condition please come down to our viewing days as follows before the auction day on the 28th of March.Saturday 16th March: 10am - 2pm, Monday 18th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 19th of March: 9am-7pm. Wednesday 20th of March: 9am-5pm, Thursday 21st of March: 9am-5pm, Friday 22nd of March: 9am-5pm, Monday 25th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 26th of March: 9am-5pm, Wednesday 27th of March: 9am-5pm, Morning of the Auction on Thursday 28th of March.Please note that buyers premium is 10% plus VAT (total 12% inc VAT) on all cars and motorbikes, subject to a minimum of £150 plus VAT.
1998 Dodge Ram 1500 SS/T. 5.9 V8 Petrol Automatic. Registration number: S783 YEV.Imported into the UK in 2020 with 109,336 KMs from new.This Dodge Ram is a special edition and 1 of only 900, its a rare car even in the U.S. It is the pre cursor to the SRT 10 and was used as the pace car for the Indy 500.Finished in Black with grey cloth interior. Black alloy wheels. Rear lockable cab cover. Tow bar fitted with electrics. Multifunction American performance truck.This car came over from the United States with a U.S. fighter pilot from Texas who was stationed in the U.K.He brought it over twice and the second time it was left here with the current owner.MOT expired on the 14th of December 2021.To satisfy your knowledge of the vehicles condition please come down to our viewing days as follows before the auction day on the 28th of March.Saturday 16th March: 10am - 2pm, Monday 18th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 19th of March: 9am-7pm. Wednesday 20th of March: 9am-5pm, Thursday 21st of March: 9am-5pm, Friday 22nd of March: 9am-5pm, Monday 25th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 26th of March: 9am-5pm, Wednesday 27th of March: 9am-5pm, Morning of the Auction on Thursday 28th of March.Please note that buyers premium is 10% plus VAT (total 12% inc VAT) on all cars and motorbikes only, subject to a minimum of £150 plus VAT.
2002 Mercedes Benz SLK200 Special Edition Kompressor. Registration number: LK52 ATO.Very rare special edition 1 of 500 made. 6 speed manual that was introduced in 2001. Having only cover 88,924 miles from new.Finished in iconic silver with full black leather interior. 17inch alloy wheels. Electric hard top convertible roof. Alloy wheels. Electric windows and mirrors. Air conditioning.Recently serviced and had a replacement battery fitted.Long MOT until the 17th of December 2024.This Mercedes in ULEZ complainant.This is a rare opportunity to acquire a special edition Mercedes SLK that are now becoming a timeless modern future classic.To satisfy your knowledge of the vehicles condition please come down to our viewing days as follows before the auction day on the 28th of March.Saturday 16th March: 10am - 2pm, Monday 18th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 19th of March: 9am-7pm. Wednesday 20th of March: 9am-5pm, Thursday 21st of March: 9am-5pm, Friday 22nd of March: 9am-5pm, Monday 25th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 26th of March: 9am-5pm, Wednesday 27th of March: 9am-5pm, Morning of the Auction on Thursday 28th of March.Please note that buyers premium is 10% plus VAT (total 12% inc VAT) on all cars and motorbikes, subject to a minimum of £150 plus VAT.
2000 Range Rover P38 2.5 DSE Diesel Automatic. Registration number: W52 LRH.148,180 miles from new.Finished in Blenheim silver with privacy glass. Full grey leather interior. Dual zone climate control. Central locking. Heated seats. Trip computer system. 18inch mondial alloy wheels with excellent tyres all round.Extensive recent mechanical overhaul including, replacement water pump, glow plugs, full service, replacement battery, coil spring conversion, brand new headlining and a hevac and dash display replacement. Stamped service history with service receipts including old MOT's. Book pack and manuals. MOT until the 3rd of May 2024.This P38 is not to be mistaken with your usual tatty workhorse example making this a rare opportunity to acquire an appreciating modern classic Range Rover.It looks and drives well. Being a great useable modern classic be enjoyed rain or shire.To satisfy your knowledge of the vehicles condition please come down to our viewing days as follows before the auction day on the 28th of March.Saturday 16th March: 10am - 2pm, Monday 18th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 19th of March: 9am-7pm. Wednesday 20th of March: 9am-5pm, Thursday 21st of March: 9am-5pm, Friday 22nd of March: 9am-5pm, Monday 25th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 26th of March: 9am-5pm, Wednesday 27th of March: 9am-5pm, Morning of the Auction on Thursday 28th of March.Please note that buyers premium is 10% plus VAT (total 12% inc VAT) on all cars and motorbikes, subject to a minimum of £150 plus VAT.
2006 BMW 535d SE Touring Estate 3.0 Diesel Automatic. Registration number: LT56 MGX.Mileage: 154,722.Only 2 previous owners with the same owner since 2011.Desirable 3.0 twin turbo diesel engine. Rare being a touring estate model.SE model finished in Metallic grey. Full black electric leather interior. 17inch BMW alloy wheels. BMW iDrive system. Dual climate control with air conditioning. Electric windows and mirrors. Front and rear parking sensors. Cruise control. Rear blinds.Last serviced at 148,365. Stamped service booklet with original owners manuals.MOT until 14th of May 2024.To satisfy your knowledge of the vehicles condition please come down to our viewing days as follows before the auction day on the 28th of March.Saturday 16th March: 10am - 2pm, Monday 18th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 19th of March: 9am-7pm. Wednesday 20th of March: 9am-5pm, Thursday 21st of March: 9am-5pm, Friday 22nd of March: 9am-5pm, Monday 25th of March: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 26th of March: 9am-5pm, Wednesday 27th of March: 9am-5pm, Morning of the Auction on Thursday 28th of March.Please note that buyers premium is 10% plus VAT (total 12% inc VAT) on all cars and motorbikes only, subject to a minimum of £150 plus VAT.
* JOHN BELLANY CBE RA HRSA (SCOTTISH 1942 - 2013), THE PLAYERS (1967) oil on board, signed and dated "Feb 1967" verso unframed overall size 161cm x 183cm Note 1: Music was a big part of John Bellany's life and he grew up with a piano in the family home. His mother played and John had lessons from the age of eight. He later joined a band "The Blue Bonnets" and it monopolised his weekends almost to the end of his Edinburgh College of Art days. The Blue Bonnets were "the cultural sensation of East Lothian". When Bellany took up his place at The Royal College of Art in 1965 he was hungry for knowledge. The anonimity of London, the lost souls and loneliness, the joyless crowds on the tube and the lack of camaraderie after the smaller friendlier world of Edinburgh were alienating. His early RCA works showed the tensions and anxieties of metropolitan life. However, with the unwavering support of Carel Weight and his tutors he started his love affair with the capital and all the cultural opportunities it could offer.In the summer of 1967 Bellany, accompanied by Sandy Moffat and Alan Bold, visited what was then East Germany where they celebrated John's twenty-fifth birthday. During the trip, on a day of creeping fog, the trio visited the site of the Buchenwald Concentration camp. It was the "thunderbolt of all time" for Bellany. He was convinced that a loving God could never have countenanced such evil. "Buchenwald marked the true end of innocence for Bellany" "Hell obsessed him after Buchenwald" said Moffat. Dated verso "Feb 1967" in Bellany's hand "The Players" is a large and rare early example of the post Edinburgh and pre Buchenwald period in his career. Note 2: It is extraordinary to contemplate that Bellany was only in his mid twenties when he painted these exceptional works about which London Standard art critic Brian Sewell later commented ".... in the 1960s (Bellany) painted such pictures as to make us think him as a painter with Rembrandt". John Bellany's early work, especially the large oil on boards, is highly prized by collectors and their appearances at auction are ever rarer. The most recent example to appear in our auctions was "The Finnon Smoker" (1965) 183 x 122cm oil on board, lot 65 , 29th May 2022 which sold for £80,000 (hammer).Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in the early 1970s by Mike Hanson of London and by descent. Mike Hanson taught scenic construction at Croydon College of Art on the Theatre Design course in the 1970s.
A pair of George III Great Seige of Gibraltar gunmetal candle sticks by T. Warner cast from the canons of the siege of Gibraltar (Sept. 14th 1782), the bases faintly engraved with the detail of the battle and bearing Warner's makers marks below the square moulded bases, 27 cm overall height. The Great Siege of Gibraltar was broken in the early 1780s during the ongoing American War of Independence and was a joint attack conducted by the French and Spanish, attacking a much-beleaguered British outpost, it lasted for four years but was finally ended with the destruction of the Spanish and French ships and the captured cannon taken as “Booty” the battle was witnessed by hostile onlookers who were disappointed to see the British triumph over the combined foe of Spanish and FrenchTwo models of these commemorative candlesticks are known to exist the present pair are of the less commonly seen examples but both designs are quite rare.The inscription is faint but working from other known examples, the text reads:"Made of Spanish Canon Destroyed at Gibraltar Sept 14th 1782" The Great Siege of Gibraltar was broken in the early 1780s during the ongoing American War of Independence and was a joint attack conducted by the French and Spanish, attacking a much-beleaguered British outpost, it lasted for four years but was finally ended by the destruction of the Spanish and French ships and the captured cannon taken as “Booty” the battle was witnessed by hostile onlookers who were disappointed to see the British triumph over the combined foe of Spanish and FrenchTwo models of these commemorative candlesticks are known to exist the present pair are of the less commonly seen examples but both designs are quite rare.
Richard Thomas Moynan RHA (1856 - 1906) Boy on a Swing (1890) Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 25cm (14 x 10") Signed and dated 1890Provenance: Private Collection, DublinThis oil on canvas painting entitled Boy on a Swing (1890) is fresh to the market. It has been hidden away in a private collection for the past fifty years. The painting is in its original gold exhibition frame and it is signed and dated by the artist. The letters RHA accompanies the signature and that dates the work to the latter half of 1890. This was an important year in the painter’s life as on the 18th of July 1890 he gained full membership of the Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland’s elite society of professional artists. Moynan became an Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy on the 18th of October 1889 and nine months later he was elevated to full membership. This unusually rapid promotion was a key feature of Moynan’s artistic career. He was 24 when he first embarked on his artistic training, as he had previously studied for the medical profession. However, from his commencement in art-school he constantly won awards for his drawing and painting, including the Taylor and the Cowper prizes. He concluded his Irish art-education by achieving the prestigious Albert Prize for the best picture shown in the Royal Hibernian Academy by a student. The painting was entitled The Last of the 24th at Isandula (1883). Gaining this award allowed him to travel to study under Karl Verlat at the Academy in Antwerp. Six months later he was the first Irishman to achieve the premier place for painting from the living model in an international competition called the Concours. He later travelled on to Paris where at the Academy Julian he was frequently placed first in drawing, painting and composition.Moynan began work on Boy on a Swing (1890) with a meticulous figure drawing executed in his careful academic style. A shy smile illuminates the child’s features as he expertly brings the swing to a halt by extending his left arm. The detailed rendering of the boy’s portrait contrasts with the artist’s animated treatment of the landscape as Moynan confidently employs broad brush-strokes to portray the lush rural setting. This is not an affluent child playing on a swing in his own garden. The boy’s raggy dress and bare feet suggest a rare treat when he was given unexpected access to a swing.Children were a constant source of pleasure and inspiration for the artist. He painted wonderfully intimate images of his own daughter, Eileen Norah and his son, Richard. Many of his large genre pieces featured children at play. Titles such as The Village Pump (1890), The Tug of War (1890), The See Saw (1891), Invitation to Go Haymaking (1892), A Travelling Show (1892), Ball in the Cap, (1893) and The Game of Marbles (1893), all depict groups of children in a village street or in a garden setting. The psychologist, Jean Piaget viewed play as being integral to the development of a child’s intelligence and social skills. Moynan’s sketchbooks in the National Gallery of Ireland illustrate his close observation of children engaging in recreational activities. Indeed, these sketchbooks demonstrates that he explored three different compositions before settling on the final narrative for his popular Leixlip street scene, Military Manoeuvres (1891), NGI Collection. This work was painted within six months of Boy on a Swing. While Military Manoeuvres tells the story of a large group of children with make-shift musical instruments pretending to be a military band, the subject draws the viewer into the excitement of the children’s game. Boy on a Swing is a much smaller and more focused composition yet this painting generates a similar effect. The child has an impish quality and he is clearly aware of his good fortune in trying out the make-shift swing. Dr. Maebh O’Regan
Colin Middleton RHA RUA MBE (1910-1983) K. Knitting Oil on canvas, 60 x 49cm (23¾ x 19¼") Signed Exhibited: Belfast, CEMA, January 1961, cat.no.11; ACNI Touring exhibition,1970, Colin Middleton 1960-1970, cat.no.77. Painted in the early 1960s, K Knitting is one of a series of works which are particularly revealing of Middleton’s domestic life at the time. During the 1940s and much of the 1950s, the figures in his paintings were often invented and symbolic; even in those cases where there had been some inspiration from life, as in Teresa, these figures were given a more universal significance.In the late 1950s Middleton began a series of paintings of his wife, Kathleen, seated at the piano, which he continued through much of the time when they were living in Belfast in the 1960s. There are also more intimate paintings from this time, of subjects including his eldest daughter, Alison, reading, and of Kathleen absorbed in various activities, with knitting apparently a favourite hobby.The present work was painted in Lisburn, where they lived when Middleton was first employed as Head of Art at Friends School. During this time, he balanced his job with an extremely busy exhibiting schedule, including a number of exhibitions with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, in addition to regular, and generally successful, commercial exhibitions in Belfast and Dublin.The flattened picture space and geometric division of the image in K Knitting suggest the influence of Cubism, but might equally relate to the use of pattern and decorative, abstract form recalled from Middleton’s training and work as a damask designer, which became a strong influence in the 1960s. A similar technique is evident in other works of the period, including Red Landscape, Largymore, a rare landscape painted around Lisburn. A similar use of a dominant colour throughout the painting is evident in K Knitting, with powerful and shifting tones of red suggesting Kathleen’s strong personality and the artist’s absorption in painting his wife.Dickon Hall, February 2024
A very fine and rare piece of 19th century Vietnamese furniture in a high Chinese style. Carved from a high quality of rosewood. The surface retains some old black varnish or lacquer. The surface needs some oil and care.Height: 38 in x width: 37 in x depth: 22 12 in.Condition:There is a slight wobble to the table due to drying organic glue. The work has been lacquered a dark brown/black at some point. This lacquer has been poorly removed which has resulted in a streaky coloration throughout. Remnants of this dark lacquer paint visible throughout the work including some dark streaks underneath the table. There is at least one missing applied wooden piece along the skirting along the front of the table. Some pieces are slightly loose. Some seperation along the joints. There is at least one glue repair to a leg along the back, visible from underneath the table (back right leg). There is a small split to the front skirting. Some seperation along the panel of the top of the table. There are waterstains along the top of the table. Wear along the feet as expected. Moderate wear throughout as expected.
Rare Chinese embroidered silk robe end depicting curved stripes ending in rolling waves, ca. 1830. Possibly Jiaqing due to the color variations and intricacy. The use of imperial yellow throughout the work indicates a high rank for the individual to whom this robe belonged.Literature: Published in Paul Haig, "Threads of Gold: Chinese Textiles: Ming to Ching," Schiffer Publishing, Ltd (Pennsylvania: 2006), 28-29.The published image is the paired piece, previously sold at Revere Auctions, March 21, 2023, Lot 20.Robe; height: 20 in x width: 50 in. Framed; height: 27 1/2 in x width: 54 1/2 in x depth: 2 1/4 in.Condition:The robe end appears to be in overall good condition. Some loose threads visible along the upper edge from where the silk was cut away. Minute holes from where the hem previously was along the lower edge. A few areas of wear to the embroidery. The work is floated in the frame. Some wear to the plexiglass; light wear to the frame. Not examined out of frame.
A very rare and large 19th-century Japanese imari platter with metal mounts for hanging on the wall and accompanied by a lucite platter stand.Height: 3 1/2 in x diameter: 25 in.Condition:Very good condition with only minor wear. Areas hidden by metal mounts not inspected. No major chips cracks or restorations.
Pair of rare mid-19th century Chinese elm wood horseshoe back quanyi chairs. Each with a U-form crestrail. Each with a carved and bowed paneled splat decorated with a ruyi panel above a panel with a Buddhist lion flanked by pierced fretwork. With newer caned seats and high-arched stretchers. It is unusual to see hardwood chairs with carvings such as this.Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, "Fine Chinese Ceramics, Furniture and Works of Art," November 29 & 30, 1995, Lot 349; The collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton - Selections from The Marsh, Minnetonka, Minnesota.Each, height: 39 in x width: 26 3/4 in x depth: 21 in.Condition:The chairs are structurally sound and stable. There is one missing decorative piece along the arm of one chair. Some wear including areas of rubbing, small chips, and separation along the joints throughout both chairs.
Demas Nwoko (Nigerian, born 1935)Terracotta Figure terracotta 46 x 21 x 14cm (18 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/2in).Footnotes:ProvenanceAcquired direcly from the artist;The collection of Jean Kennedy;A private collection.LiteratureJean Kennedy, New Currents, Ancient Rivers: Contemporary African Artists in a Generation of Change, (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press), p. 55. (illustrated).Ulli Beier, Contemporary Art in Africa, (London: Frederick A Praeger, 1968), p. 43. (illustrated).With a core focus on the human condition, Nwoko is explorative in his mediums and expressive in his depiction of figurative works. An artist that informs his work with his heritage as well as present day societal experiences and conveyed with architectural, aesthetic and historical understandings, the present work is a remarkably rare and synthesised example of the artist's theoretical and physical forms of expression. As the first contemporary Nigerian artist to produce highly artistically expressive baked clay works, the present lot holds a monumental role in the history of contemporary African Art.According to the inscription accompanying the illustration of the present work in Kennedy's book New Currents, Ancient Rivers, Terracotta Figure was completed between the years 1967 and 1968. However, a very similar work is labelled in The Zaria Art Society, A New Consciousness as 'Senegalese Woman' completed in 1965. More conspicuously a female figure, the latter rendition seems to be more gender specific, whilst the present lot possesses a more seemingly androgynous and ambiguous character alluding to a character of a more metaphysical nature.Designing and building his own studios enabled him to have a 'facility for pursuing painting, carving, and casting, and making terra-cotta sculptures'. (Jean Kennedy, New Currents, Ancient Rivers: Contemporary African Artists in a Generation of Change, (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press), p. 55.). Redirecting his focus from painting to wooden sculpture from 1963, Nwoko would then move on to working with clays in 1964. This was the same clay used in the production of traditional pottery of Southern Nigeria. Terracotta too began to be a medium that Nwoko incorporated into his artistic production given its historical use in depicting figures of Nok and Ife inspiration. The process of creating terracotta sculptures such as the present lot is an intrinsically detailed process and one that Nwoko himself had to devise and ultimately concluded in constructing a blend of a necessary high temperature pottery kiln and the open firing of pottery traditionally used in Nigeria. The result was a teak lined and brick truncated cone below the earth which was then enclosed within a brick igloo, enabling isolation and control of the temperature. A wall of teak logs was further constructed down the centre of the cone to be ignited, and the various sculptures arranged in the centre of the cone at varying levels would then be gradually baked following this combustion.Informed by the Nok terracotta heads from 300 BC, the present work is informed by the the ancient sculptural work of his heritage, that being the works of Ile-Ife. 'Nwoko's artistic response to the Nok classical form can be best described as formal extrapolation, in the sense that he worked with stock elements, extending their possibilities, adding new ones.' (Chika Okeke-Agulu, 'Nationalism and the Rhetoric of Modernism in Nigeria: The Art of Uche Okeke and Demas Nwoko, 1960-1968', Vol. 39, No. 1, African Arts, (UCA James S. Coleman African Studies Centre, 2006), p. 34.) In keeping with the Natural Synthesis methodology formulated under the Zaria Art Society that Nwoko was a part of during his years as a student, the present work displays a modern translation inspired by the heritage of the artist. 'Nok formal tropes such as large, outsized heads; tubular, as if nonvertebral, body parts; and perforated pupils.' (Chika Okeke-Agulu, 'Nationalism and the Rhetoric of Modernism in Nigeria: The Art of Uche Okeke and Demas Nwoko, 1960-1968', Vol. 39, No. 1, African Arts, (UCA James S. Coleman African Studies Centre, 2006), p. 34.)Indeed, incorporating heritage, culture and society is a consistent thematic use executed by Nwoko in his work. This principle has been instilled in the artist's practice since his formal education and participation in the pivotal Zaria Art Society during his time studying at the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology from 1959-1961. The groups significance lies in its insistence on developing a new art based on Nigerian and African traditional aesthetics, forms and processes, but with a modernist sensibility similar to that of the European avant-garde. This idea, theorised by his friend, Professor Uche-Okeke, as Natural Synthesis defined Nwoko's work as a painter, teacher, theatre director, designer, architect, and here as a sculptor.BibliographyPaul Chike Dike & Pat Oyelola, The Zaria Art Society, A New Consciousness, (Lagos: Publication of the National Gallery of Art, 1998), pp. 103- 10.Chika Okeke-Agulu, 'Nationalism and the Rhetoric of Modernism in Nigeria: The Art of Uche Okeke and Demas Nwoko, 1960-1968', Vol. 39, No. 1, African Arts, (UCA James S. Coleman African Studies Centre, 2006)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
William Kentridge (South African, born 1955)Portrait of a young womaninscribed, signed and dated 'A totally inadequate thank you for 3/ unbelievable months./ William/ Nov'73' (lower right) charcoal and pencil on paper 60.5 x 49.5cm (23 13/16 x 19 1/2in).(framed)Footnotes:Provenance Acquired directly from the artist;A private collection.The present work is a rare insight, not only into the early work of William Kentridge, but also into a personal record of the artist's life. Created as a 'thank you' gift for the subject of the work, the family of whom Kentridge was personally known, the present work bares a handwritten message to his hosts. Inscribed 'A totally inadequate thank you for 3 unbelievable months.', one gets a sense of the intimacy of his relationship with the family. Conversely to his modest statement, this work possesses a highly competent understanding of perspective and depth through both perspective and shading. These are qualities that are ever-present in his later charcoal works primarily seen in the artist's Drawings for Projections (1989) series and can thus be seen as a precursor to the iconic style and work of William Kentridge.Executed in the early mid 70s, Kentridge had been staying at his family home in Johannesburg while his parents were away. Around the time of this work's creation in 1973, Kentridge had been conscripted into mandatory military service in the South African Defence Force. This following year, Kentridge would begin his first steps in enrolling in Fine Art and then Political Science and African Studies at the University of Witwatersrand in 1974. He would later study at the Johannesburg Art Foundation until 1978. Indeed, it could be said that the present work marks the cornerstone by which Kentridge began his creative career. By the end of the decade, Kentridge had his debut solo show at The Market Gallery in Johannesburg in 1979.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
1999 Rover Mini Cooper Sport Registration number T904 ARX Chassis number SAXXNNAZEXD170529 Engine number 12A2LK70 380171 Rare Hawaiian blue with a contrasting white roof and bonnet stripes Blue leather interior with burr walnut and alloy trim 1,275cc multi-point injection (MPI) engine 41,633 miles from new (warranted) Cherished by a Mini enthusiast for the past eleven years Impressive condition with original factory ‘body’ number present on slam panel and correct vented sills both sides £1,500 spent in March 2024 Newly serviced and MOT’d with no advisories (also passed previous five MOTs first-time with no advisories) Recent new RC40 exhaust, fan belt, heater matrix and recommended Yokohama A539 tyres Comprehensive history file and two sets of keys Note to prospective bidders: The Mini will also be on display at Brooklands Mini Day on Sunday 24th March All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions
1984 Jaguar XJ-SC 3.6 Being sold without reserve Registration number A244 YGL Chassis number SAJJNACC7CC114469 Engine number 9DPAMA100440 From a Devon deceased estate Metallic grey with a grey leather interior Rare manual 109,454 recorded miles Alloy wheels Good history file with many MOT certificates and receipts Jaguar wallet with booklets Fitted an NEC carphone Last MOT expired April 2023 Little use recently due to poor health Some re-commissioning might be necessary All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditionscould not get it started with a jump pack, probably fuel or fuel pump issuemore images will be loaded
***Being sold without reserve*** 1947 Riley RMA Woody Shooting Brake Registration number EWV 624 Chassis number 375.11836 Cream Rare RMA 1.5 litre Woody Chassis supplied directly by Riley First registered 24/12/1947 Shooting brake body created by the village garage in Netherhampton, Salisbury Used extensively for shooting parties in Wiltshire and Scotland Previous long term ownership Displayed on The Riley RM Club stand at last years NEC Classic Car Show All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditionsWith V5C
1985 Jaguar XJ-S 3.6 Coupe Registration number C301 KOD Being sold without reserve Chassis number SAJJNAEC7CC123080 Engine number 9DPAMA102001 From a Devon deceased estate Metallic red with a tan leather interior Rare manual Alloy wheels 60,208 recorded miles History file with previous and receipts incl paintwork etc in 2008 Last MOT expired February 2023 Little use recently due to poor health Some re-commissioning might be necessary All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditionsV5C, V57 former keepers, although one was husband to wife this year, looks to have had some body work/re-spray (arches, sills, valence door etc) and wheel repairs £4232.31 Oct 2007, a few bills from 2021, all looks good, dont be put off by the deceased estate, he looked after his cars, running and driving (from the car park), rear bumper chrome not great, see more images to be loaded
1988 Jaguar XJ-S 3.6 Coupe Registration number E259 OAD Metallic light blue with a half leather and cloth interior Rare manual Alloy wheels Last MOT expired June 2023 All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditionsno headlining
1968 MG C Downton Roadster Registration number LEB 25G Tartan red with a black interior with red piping Rare Downton Engineering triple carburettor No45 modified MG C roadster Excellent driving characteristics and mechanically sound Triple SU with K&S filters Maniflow 6 branch twin exhaust system and head converted to unleaded in 2017 Overdrive Kenlow twin electric fans Waxoil treated Fitted with Minilite style alloy wheels Original stow-away frame All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditionsNote from the client:Lovely runner and incredibly smooth driveUnderside of car and sills are in excellent conditionBodywork is in very good condition, very solid, straight panels and linesNo rust but paintwork would benefit from a re-sprayHood and original stow-away frame in excellent condition
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[Surtees (Robert Smith)] Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour; Handley Cross; "Ask Mamma"; "Plain or Ringlets?"; Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, first editions, all in the original parts, hand-coloured etched plates John Leech and H. K. Browne, most slips and advertisements present, original pictorial wrappers, some light creasing to early numbers, some repairs to spines, a few numbers neatly rebacked, some neat repairs or restoration to extremities, but very good sets generally, preserved in cloth chemise with bookplate and slip-case, 8vo, [Bobins 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200 & 1409; Tooley 475, 476, 473, 472 & 477], 1853-65. *** An attractive set in the rare and most-desirable wrappered issue. Provenance: Van Santvoord Merle-Smith (bookplate).
![Klatte [(Carl)] Vorschule der Soldaten-Reiterei oder wahres Reiter-Exercitium zu Fuss, 17 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 3](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c7d1e4a8-e70f-4942-9aff-b12a00b27313/9c4b5f23-ca1e-4db0-adbd-b12a00bb98b9/468x382.jpg)
Klatte [(Carl)] Vorschule der Soldaten-Reiterei oder wahres Reiter-Exercitium zu Fuss, 17 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 3 with some oxidisation, contemporary straight-grain black morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, covers with decorative borders round a central crown with laurel wreath and 'starburst' design, spine gilt, g.e., pale yellow embossed floral silk endpapers, head of spine and joints slightly rubbed, [Lipperheide 2164; Bobins 363], 8vo, Berlin, [Privately Printed], 1825. *** A beautiful copy of a rare work on instructions for cavalry before mounting the horse.
Schindler (C. F.) Militär-Album des Königlich Preussischen Heeres nach der neuesten Organisation, Uniformirung und Bewaffnung aller Truppentheile, 50 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Schindler after Menzel, Burger, Lueders and others, a few repaired tears, 1 or 2 running into image, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little frayed, [Bobins 357; Colas 2186], folio, Berlin, Carl Gluck, 1862. *** A rare and handsome series depicting the Prussian Army in the years prior to the Austro- and Franco-Prussian wars.
Atkinson (A.) A Set of Four. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac, 4 hand-coloured softground etchings with aquatint by Edward Orme after Atkinson, some light marginal toning and very light creasing, but a good set generally, original printed wrappers, spine repaired, upper wrapper with title within decorative border, lower wrapper torn with loss, upper wrapper extremities frayed, light creasing, preserved in custom folding chemise and drop-back box, [Abbey, Life 257; Bobins 832], folio, G.S. Tregear, 1824 [watermarked 1823]. *** Rare and charming series "From the imprint it is evident that these plates appeared first in 1819, but whether in the same form or whether they were part of a larger book is not clear" - Abbey.
![[Harraden (Richard Bankes)] Costume of the various orders in the University of Cambridge, half-title, frontispiece with vigne](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c7d1e4a8-e70f-4942-9aff-b12a00b27313/e9a900e4-4eea-49c6-8d6d-b12a00bb2d59/468x382.jpg)
[Harraden (Richard Bankes)] Costume of the various orders in the University of Cambridge, half-title, frontispiece with vignette, and 22pp. of introductory text all in manuscript, 17 watercolour plates accompanied by leaf of descriptive manuscript, some plates lightly creased, contemporary dark navy morocco, gilt, extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 78; Bobins 654; Tooley 246 cites (printed copy)], small folio, [Cambridge], [R. Harraden], [c.1803-05] *** Manuscript copy of Harraden's watercolours and text for the rare 1805 publication Costumes of University of Cambridge. Originally released in four parts, Costumes was reissued again in 1822.
Landseer (Edwin) and others. The Sportsman's Annual. First Series. Dogs, title with hand-coloured vignette on india paper and 12 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Thomas Fairland after Landseer, A. Cooper and Charles Hancock, heightened with gum arabic, title spotted, some marginal foxing, 19th century half calf extremities scuffed, spine faded, [Bobins 782; not in Abbey or Schwerdt], folio, A.H. Baily & Co., 1836. *** Rare series of dog portraits. We can trace no other coloured copy at auction.
![[Lasinio (Carlo)] [Matrimony],10 hand-coloured engraved plates, the last soiled and laid down, occasional staining and foxing](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c7d1e4a8-e70f-4942-9aff-b12a00b27313/fbbddc9f-4c57-4f19-9bd9-b12a00c9beb3/468x382.jpg)
[Lasinio (Carlo)] [Matrimony],10 hand-coloured engraved plates, the last soiled and laid down, occasional staining and foxing to others, German translations of captions on paper tipped-in to verso, later marbled boards, gilt, rubbed, [Bobins 586], oblong folio, Florence, 1790. *** Rare suite of plates depicting rather grotesque figures through the stages of matrimony of Marisa.
Denmark.- Rieter (Jacob) & Johannes Senn. Danske nationale Klaededragter, 72 hand-coloured engraved plates, scattered light spotting, original letterpress wrappers bound-in, contemporary annotations to part titles, modern red morocco, gilt, housed in modern slipcase, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, [Bobins II, 411; Colas 2557; Lipperheide Haa 11], 8vo, Copenhagen, Rothes Boghandling, [1805-06]. *** Rare. Library Hub lists only one complete copy, at the national Library of Stockholm.
![Mansion (André Léon Larue) [Costume of the Royal Navy and Marines], 16 hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c7d1e4a8-e70f-4942-9aff-b12a00b27313/74af6c77-05cf-4fbe-9d92-b12a00c9cc5e/468x382.jpg)
Mansion (André Léon Larue) [Costume of the Royal Navy and Marines], 16 hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic, without title (as usual), plates interleaved with blanks, occasional light spotting, occasional marginal finger-soiling, one or two marginal pencil marks, contemporary half-calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, [Bobins V, 1584. Colas 1966 ("suite très rare complete," calling for plates numbered 1-16). Not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, [c.1831-33]. *** Rare. Only one copy on World Cat, at Brown University.
Seymour (Robert) The School Master Abroad, lithograph pictorial title and 9 plates, all hand-coloured, 2 with repaired tears, 2 text leaves also with repaired tears, occasional foxing and soiling, original pictorial printed wrappers, early cloth reback, covers chipped and with some repairs, preserved in modern cloth folder, worn, [Bobins 897], oblong folio, Thomas McLean, 1834. *** Rare at auction, particularly so coloured and in the original wrappers. The first plate depicts the protagonist travelling through a town square on a three-wheeled vehicle, a form of motorised tricycle. Provenance: William Hartmann Woodin (bookplate).
Aure (Antoine Cartier d') Traite d'Equitation, first edition, half-title, lithograph frontispiece and 26 plates by Frey after Ledieu, all hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations, errata leaf at end, colour in a few plates oxidised, repairs to a few text leaves at end, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary brown half roan, rubbed, head of spine nicked, [Bobins 1391; Nissen, ZBI 165], 4to, Paris, 1834. *** Rare work by the riding master at the Ecole de Versailles and, later, Saumur. Provenance: Gaston Guitton (1825-91, sculptor, his small ink stamp on title)
Hoechle (Johann Nepomuk) Sechs Momente aus dem Leben eines ungarischen Husaren, six finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by Joseph Kriehuber after Hoechle, heightened with gum arabic, neatly mounted on captioned card, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, some light surface soiling and creasing, small ink stain to upper cover, preserved in custom card and cloth chemise with morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 1580; not in Colas or Lipperheide], oblong folio, Vienna, Mansfield, 1850. *** A rare and handsome series depicting moments in the life of a Hungarian Hussar. The Hussars were among the Hungarian army's most celebrated regiments and had impressed their Austrian opponents through their numerous acts of bravery during the 1848 Hungarian Revolution.
Alken (Henry) Series of Very Spirited Etchings of Gigs and Their Drivers, 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Alken, with captions by no imprint, some light marginal soiling and toning, first plate spotted, original red wrappers with printed label to upper cover (covers neatly backed), neatly rebacked in red cloth, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, [Bobins 1380; Siltzer p. 61.], oblong small folio, [1830]. *** A rare, fine set that attempts to capture the mannerisms of the horses and drivers. Provenance: Marshall Field's, Chicago (pencil inscription dated 10/1/30); Maxine and Joel Spitz (bookplate and ink stamp, sold their sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 85).
![[Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., 9 lithographed titles and 882](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c7d1e4a8-e70f-4942-9aff-b12a00b27313/51b3ac48-19ed-4986-a6a1-b12a00ba9184/468x382.jpg)
[Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., 9 lithographed titles and 882 fine hand-coloured plates (only of 917), 9 printed contents leaves, all neatly window-mounted, plates with full inked boards, most with printed captions below, a few early plate with neat pencil annotations identifying subjects, some plates with publisher's or artist's blind-stamp to lower margin, occasional patches of foxing or scattered spotting but plates generally clean and bright, the odd plate with short, neat tear at margin, 1 or 2 mounts with creasing or repaired tears, bookplates to front pastedown, uniform 19th century red half morocco, gilt, spines richly gilt in compartments, gilt stamp to upper covers, joints repaired, some rubbing, g.e., [Bobins 1332], folio & 8vo, Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. *** The rare hand-coloured issue of one of the most important collections of caricatures of the 19th century. Despite his popularity, Doyle maintained his anonymity for much of his career, his gently witty style embodied much of the Victorian attitude to its ruling class and society at large. Provenance: New Club, Edinburgh (bookplate and gilt stamps).
Lange (Edouard) and Wilhelm Frenzel. Das Hoffest zu Ferrara, in den Saelen des Koeniglichen Schlosses zu Berlin, first edition, 42 hand-coloured lithograph plates, heightened with gum arabic, some trimmed a little short, some foxed, contemporary half roan, rubbed, upper cover worn and stained at top, [Colas 1758; Lipperheide 2545; Bobins 585], folio, Berlin, C.G. Luederitz, 1846. *** Rare, no copy traced at auction. "The plates herein represent fancy-dress costumes for this 1843 recreation of a celebration at the Court of Ferrara, bedecked in Renaissance splendour." (Bobins).
Seymour (James) Twelve Prints of Hunters & Running Horses, taken in various Actions, 12 engraved plates after Seymour, untrimmed with good margins, the first a little browned with chip to foot of margin, held together with neat stitching, preserved in custom drop-back box with label to upper cover, [Bobins 787; Schwerdt 160], oblong folio, Bowles & Carver, [c.1800]. *** A rare set of horse prints that did much to popularise sporting art.
Hassell (John) A Series of Original Specimens Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hassell after Dewint, Turner, Prout, Payne, Cartwright and others, some restoration and light finger-soiling to margins, original printed wrappers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, repair and restoration to extremities, light rubbing and creasing, preserved in morocco-backed drop-back box, [Bobins 656; not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, Thomas McLean, 1818. *** Rare issue of this work that appeared in an expanded form as Hassell's Aqua Pictura. We have been unable to trace any institutional copies of this work.
Mudford (William) An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, Under...The Duke of Wellington, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 26 plates, 2 folding maps, 1 printed in green with neatly repaired tear, a very good, clean copy, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed, 4to, [Abbey, Life, 372; Bobins 372; Tooley 272], 4to, Henry Colburn, 1817. *** With the rare "View of the City of Brussels" plate.
Könitzer (Georg) Gewerbe-Festzug zur Feier des funfzig jahrigen Jubilaums der Vereinigung der Stadt Hof mit der Krone Bayern am 30. Juni 1860, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates by A. Heinrich and E. Bauer after Könitzer, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, repaired tears to extremities, patch of staining to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1238; not in Colas], large folio, Leipzig, Gisecke & Devrient, 1860. *** Rare fête book recording the procession held on 30th June 1860 to commemorate the union of the town of Hof with the Kingdom of Bavaria. King Ludwig I commissioned Könitzer, a local artist, to commemorate the event.
![[Newdegate (C. N.)] Sketches from the Washington Races in October 1840 by An Eye Witness, 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c7d1e4a8-e70f-4942-9aff-b12a00b27313/a138aeb9-6e89-4c06-8478-b12a00bc289d/468x382.jpg)
[Newdegate (C. N.)] Sketches from the Washington Races in October 1840 by An Eye Witness, 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates by C.N.Newdegate, each with quatrain printed beneath, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, a fine, fresh copy, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 783], folio, [1840]. *** A fine copy of this rare work depicting African-American jockeys competing at the Washington race course in Charleston, South Carolina.
Sams (W., publisher) Roman Triumph. Pompey, hand-coloured aquatint panorama, numbered segments 4-35 only on conjoined sheets forming continuous strip (lacking first three segments 1-3 but with engraved imprint at end), c.130 x 4845mm. (of 4880mm.), rather soiled and stained at beginning, segment 4 defective at head and frayed at foot, a couple of short tears to head of 12, lacking portion from sky of 33, all repaired, otherwise clean and bright, on roller housed in original boxwood drum covered in glazed hand-coloured aquatint pictorial label, drum c.170mm. tall, top lacking portion at edge and base chipped, [Abbey, Life 489, without drum; Bobins 1311], W.Sams, 1822. *** Rare panorama depicting Pompey's third triumph in 61 B.C. after his successes in the East, particularly his victory of Mithridates. The strip processes from left to right but is numbered right to left and features trumpeters, sacrificial oxen, standard bearers, mounted & foot soldiers, carts of booty, camels, models of conquered cities, captives, musicians, and a chariot pulled by elephants carrying the victorious general. It was advertised as being with a descriptive key but no copy of this has been found. The Abbey copy consisted of sections 1-33 only and lacked the drum. We have traced a single copy at auction, in 1973, but this was also defective. WorldCat records one copy only (Princeton).
Rowlandson (Thomas) Etchings of Landscapes from Scenes in Cornwall, &. &c., the set of 16 etchings by and after Rowlandson, some signed in the plate, some without caption or imprint, watercolour wash sometimes extending beyond plate, some light marginal soiling, bookplate removed, stitched in original glazed pale pink wrappers with gilt-stamped black paper label to upper wrapper, slightly rubbed and soiled, spine worn with slight loss, lower wrapper frayed at upper edge, preserved in later green cloth portfolio, [Abbey, Scenery 105; Bobins 1467], oblong 4to, J.Rowlandson, [some plates dated 1812]. *** Very rare in coloured state.
Glueck (Eugene) Fetes de Gutenberg. Cortege Industriel de Strasbourg, 50 hand-coloured lithographs (4 folding), heightened with gum arabic, light marginal toning, odd spot, bookplate, contemporary black morocco-backed boards, rubbing to corners and extremities, [Bobins II, 528; Lipperheide Sm 23], oblong 4to, Strasbourg, Chez Simon, 1840. *** Provenance: Victor Stoeber with his bookplate. Rare complete. This was originally published in parts of 4 plates each, this long fresco represents the industrial procession that took place at Strasbourg, celebrating the festival of Gutenberg on June 25, 1840.
Busby (Thomas Lord) The Fishing Costume and Local Scenery of Hartlepool, in the County of Durham, first edition, 6 fine hand-coloured etched plates, slight offsetting onto one text leaf, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, with gilt-lettered morocco label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 154; Tooley 125; Bobins 625], 4to, 1819. *** Rare work with charming plates depicting various people involved in the booming fishing industry set against backdrops of views of the town. Only 2 copies at auction since 1965.
Hentzy (Rodolphe) Promenade Pittoresque dans l'Eveche de Bale aux Bords de la Birs, de la Sorne, et de la Suze, 2 vol., first edition, 44 hand-coloured soft-ground etched plates, some shaved close just touching caption, occasional foxing and light offsetting, upper hinges strengthened, contemporary blind-stamped calf, joints skilfully repaired, vol.1 upper cover scuffed, The Hague, G. Bakhuysen, 1808-09. *** Rare coloured copy of this charming work by the author of Vues remarquables des Montagnes de la Suisse, 1785. Provenance: Mary Addington (bookplate, one defective)
Osterwald (Georg) Abbildungen des Koeniglich-Hannoverschen Militairs in characteristischen Gruppen dargestellt, first edition, 24 superb hand-coloured lithograph plates tipped into ruled and captioned mounts, mounts on paper guards and some with short tears at foot of guards, publisher's embossed stamp in lower margin of mount, original grey printed wrappers bound in, upper wrapper slightly creased, later morocco-backed marbled boards by Lemardeley, extremities rubbed, [Colas 2257; Bobins 378], large 4to, Hannover, Schrader, [1840]. *** Rare work with exceptionally fine illustrations of men from the Royal Hannoverian Army, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers and bandsmen. Provenance: Unidentified armorial bookplate engraved by Agry, Paris; Marquess of Cambridge (ownership stamp on right hand corner of each mount); N.M. (ownership stamp on verso of each mount).
![[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Do and Some Don't; It is all a Notion, first edition, one leaf of letterpress, 7 fine ha](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c7d1e4a8-e70f-4942-9aff-b12a00b27313/a854b14d-bea2-4dc3-b184-b12a00b9464a/468x382.jpg)
[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Do and Some Don't; It is all a Notion, first edition, one leaf of letterpress, 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, original printed upper wrapper with title bound in (reinforced at inner margin), modern full red morocco, gilt, [Schwerdt I, 22a; Siltzer p.70; Tooley 50; Bobins 752], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1821]. *** Rare suite of humourous sporting prints under the pseudonym of Ben Tally-Ho. Provenance: Baron Nathan of Churt (bookplate).
Collezione degli uniformi del Reale Esercito e della Real Marina napoletana, Without letterpress but with manuscript title and one-page plate list supplied in a contemporary hand, 26 hand-coloured lithographed plates heightened with tempera, occasional light spotting or marking but generally clean, plates with small "N.M." ink stamp to verso, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, 19th century cloth-backed boards, extremities rubbed, [Bobins 374; Colas 664], 4to, Naples, 1844. *** A rare and fine set coloured with gouache. We can trace one other set at auction, albeit with a slightly different, printed title.
Wengen (Gottfried Durst von) Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833., 28 hand-coloured lithographs, untrimmed and loose as issued, contemporary brown paper wrappers, light spotting, housed in modern grey box, [Bobins IV, 1250; Lipperheide Sn 27 (27 plates only); not in Colas], folio, Verlag der Drausnicksche Buch und Kunsthandlung, Bamberg, [1833]. *** Rare to find complete and in original untrimmed state.
Thomson (James) The Seasons, color-printed stipple- and line-engraved frontispiece, 11 plates and 9 illustrations by F. Bartolozzi and P.W. Tomkins after W. Hamilton, plates all neatly trimmed and laid down on thick paper with gilt ruled border, occasional faint offsetting, text with Whatman 1794 watermark, contemporary red morocco gilt by Baker & Son, Clifton, spine gilt in compartments, a little rubbed, a few neat repairs to extremities, g.e., [Bobins 1473; cf. Abbey, Life 252 (1797 edition)], 4to, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for Longman Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1807. *** Rare colour-printed deluxe edition, Abbey records that of the 1797 edition, the number of coloured copies "would not have exceeded seven or eight", these deluxe coloured issues of the 1807 edition are seemingly rarer still, we have been unable to trace any examples appearing at auction.
Geissler (Christian Gottfried Heinrich) Abbildung der Communale-Garde zu Leipzig in ihren verschiedenen Uniformen, ?only edition, engraved throughout with hand-coloured pictorial title displaying colours & plumes and 35 plates of uniforms by Geissler, some heightened with gold and/or silver (some oxidization), a couple slightly smaller, small hole and tape stain from old repair to foot of title just inside platemark (newly repaired), small tear to similar place of final plate, original pictorial green wrappers with upper cover replicating title, a little stained and frayed with small marginal holes, some repairs, [Colas 1210], 4to, [Leipzig], Philipp Lenz, [1831]. *** Rare guide to the uniforms of the communal guard in Leipzig. WorldCat records only 2 copies (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and Brown University in America) and no copy appears to have been sold at auction.
C. (W.) Portraits of Brood Mares Belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court, 24 hand-coloured lithographs, several plates and ff. with short tears (neatly repaired), one plate with small marginal loss to corner, occasional light spotting, original upper wrapper bound-in, modern half-morocco, [Dejager 350; Mellon/Podeschi 155; Mellon/Snelgrove, p.197], folio, 1837. *** A fine and rare series of horse portraits at the Royal Stables at Hampton Court, including Arabian horses from Oman.
Atkinson (William) Views of Picturesque Cottages with Plans, engraved title with aquatint vignette, 20 engraved and aquatint plates, 12 with fine and full hand-colouring, light offsetting from plates, occasional scattered foxing, 1 plate with short tear to margin, original printed boards with ink note "Coloured" to upper cover, chipping and wear to spine, [Abbey, Life 4 (uncoloured copy); Bobins 1410; not in Tooley], 4to, for J. Gardiner, 1805. *** A rare and handsome work by Atkinson, one of the major proponents of the Georgian Gothic style of architecture. We trace only one other coloured copy selling at auction.
Alken (Henry) Panorama of a Fox Hunt, hand-coloured etched panorama with engraved title, c.97 x 2226 mm, 6 sheets on wove paper, joined, tear to title, occasional short marginal tear with neat repairs, light marginal soiling, original wooden cylinder with mounted hand-coloured soft-ground varnished etching, later base to cylinder, varnish rubbed and chipped with small loss, housed in modern drop-back box, [Bobins IV, 1298; Mellon/Snelgrove p.16 (example on a cylinder); Siltzer p.61], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1828. *** Rare. A good example in the original cylindrical binding.The full title reads: 'H. Alken's Panorama of a Fox Hunt shewing a large scope of the Leicestershire, Rutlandshire and Lincolnshire counties: with all sorts of riders, good, bad, and indifferent'.
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