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Click here to subscribe* Shropshire. Speed (John), Shropshyre Described, The Situation of Shrowesbury Shewed with the Armes of thos Earles and other memorable things observed, pub. George Humble, n.d., c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Shrewsbury, decorative strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, 385 x 505mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
* Wales. Lhuyd (Humphrey, Jansson Jan & Mercator Gerard), Cambriae Typus Auctore, Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambro Britanno, [1647 or later], hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, some creasing and folding to map, slight loss replaced in facsimile, 350 x 495mm, framed and glazed. John Booth, Antique Maps of Wales, no.5. (1)
* Warwickshire. Speed (John), The Counti of Warwick, The Shire Towne and Citie of Coventre Described, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, n.d., c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Warwick and Coventry, strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, 380 x 505mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
* West Yorkshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Ducatus Eboracensis pars Occidentalis; The West Riding of Yorke Shire, c.1648, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 385 x 505mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Morden (Robert),The West Riding of Yorkshire, c.1695, hand coloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche, 360 x 410mm, mounted, framed and glazed (2)
* West Yorkshire. Speed (John), The West Ridinge of Yorkeshyre with the most Famous and Fayre Citie Yorke described, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of York, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, one small closed tear repaired on verso, 380 x 500mm, English text on verso, mounted, framed and double glazed (1)
Leybourn (William). The Art of Dialling, Performed Geometrically, by Scale and Compasses: Arithmetically, by the Canons of Sins and Tangents: Instrumentally, by a Trigonal Instrument, accommodated with Lines for that purpose..., 1st ed., 1669, folding eng. plts., one eng. diagram and numerous woodcut diagrams throughout, lacking portrait frontis., occasional minor marks and some minor dampstaining to upper margins mostly to initial leaves, single worm hole to few leaves, rear pastedown with contemporary ownership signatures of Joseph Partridge dated 1696, hinges repaired, contemp. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, slim 4to. Wing L1900. (1)
Anglesey. Speed (John), Anglesey Antiently called Mona, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Beaumaris, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, large decorative compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 385 x 510mm, English text on verso (1)
British Isles. Jaillot (Hubert), Les Isles Britanniques qui contiennent les Royaumes d’Angleterre, Ecosse et Irlande distingues en leurs principales Provinces subdivisees en leurs Shireries ou Comtes, pub. Paris, 1709, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, inset map of the Orkneys, Faroes and Shetland Islands, decorative b & w cartouche and mileage scale, 465 x 660mm, together with Du Val (Pierre),Carte des Isles Britaniques o? Sont les Royaumes d’Angleterre et d’Ecosse que nous appellons Grande Bretagne et celui d’Irlande....., pub. Paris 1665, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, elaborate b & w cartouche, some staining, 480 x 355mm, with De Vaugondy (Robert),Britannicae Insulae in quibus Albion seu Britannia Major et Ivernia seu Britannia Minor....., 1750, hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, 485 x 550mm, with five others similar including examples by Sanson and Stich, some duplicates, various sizes and condition (8)
Denbighshire. Speed (John), Denbigh Shire, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, inset town plan of Denbigh, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, slight discolouration to central fold, fraying to margins with very slight loss, 380 x 515mm, English text on verso, mounted (1)
Derbyshire. Speed (John), Anno Darbieshire described, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, inset town plan of Derby and view of St. Anne’s well at Buxton, strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, short splits to central fold, slight fraying and closed tears to margins, 390 x 515mm, English text on verso, mounted (1)
Surveying - 10cm diameter prismatic surveying compass signed on the lid Surveying - F B & S (1932) Ltd with a broad arrow and B 1890. Aluminium compass ring.Brass body. Tripod socket under the base. Probably mid-20th century. Possibly made by Francis Barker & Son (1932) Ltd.. Leather carry case stamped with broad arrow; Two India pattern clinometers each with leather case stamped F.LTD MKVI and 192 below broad arrow. One made by UIC for the British Government (probably the War Department) stamped B8046. The other stamped Unicam B3602 Mark VI 1940 They were used to measure the elevation or declination of buildings and topographical features, mounted on a plane table and levelled using the screw behind the back sight. The aperture in the foresight can be raised or lowered with the thumb wheel until the cross wire coincides with the top of the feature being measured. There are a degree scale (to the left) and a tangent scale (to the right) on the front sight which enable the height to be calculated or found from tables if the horizontal distance is known.
Surveying - A Watts standard dumpy level by E.R.Ewing & Sons, London, No.51182 in wooden case; Two India pattern clinometers One stamped MkVI No.B8929, CMCo with leather carry case. The other stamped MkVI No.B9047 CMCo. They were used to measure the elevation or declination of buildings and topographical features, mounted on a plane table and levelled using the screw behind the back sight. The aperture in the foresight can be raised or lowered with the thumb wheel until the cross wire coincides with the top of the feature being measured. There are a degree scale (to the left) and a tangent scale (to the right) on the front sight which enable the height to be calculated or found from tables if the horizontal distance is known.
Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell’s Photographic Album A mixed photographic album of the 1850s and 1860s, elephant folio, lacking front board and some leaves. Notable images include Colonel Hallewell DCMG, Malta, 1863. Portrait in full dress uniform. Titled in pencil below the image. Albumen print, 19.8 x 15.7cm (illustrated page 89). Sir George Brown and a portion of the Light Division Staff, a nine-man group portrait in civilian attire. (A soldier since 1806, Brown commanded the Light Division throughout the Crimean War). Albumen print, 24 x 29.5cm. (illustrated opposite). Bolton Abbey, the ruins of the cloister. An untitled large-scale salt print 26.5 x 37.5cm., from a paper negative (illustrated opposite). Near Bolton Abbey, Yorks. Titled in pencil below the image. Salt print, 18 x 25.5cm. The Strid, Bolton. Titled in pencil below the image. Salt print, 20.8 x 29cm. At Bolton Abbey, a woodland scene. Titled in pencil below the image. Salt print, 24 x 19cm. Gibraltar General view of town. Titled in pencil below the image. 2-plate panorama 20 x 45.5cm., Albumen prints. At Bolton Abbey, Yorks. Titled in pencil below the image. Salt print, 26 x 36.5cm (illustrated opposite). Bolton Abbey, Yorks, ruins of the priory. Titled in pencil below the image. Albumen print, 26.5 x 35.5cm. into rounded corners (illustrated opposite). Road at the back of the Hall, Bolton. Titled in pencil below the image. Albumen print, 29 x 36 cm., into arched corners (illustrated opposite). The album also contains over 120 other mainly albumen prints, but including a small number of salt prints (including further images of Bolton Abbey and its environs), varying sizes up to 30 x 24cm. Assorted images by amateur and commercial photographers, including Francis Bedford and James Robertson; subject matter being a variety of topographical, portrait and other subjects, (including Robertson: the Crimean war) and various locations in UK, Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean. In addition, approximately 200 cartes de visite of British and European royalty, family, topographical, army officers various, Crimean war generals, etc., and a rare image of a white- bearded Roger Fenton c.1865. For a variant of this portrait by John Eastham of Manchester see All the Mighty World, The Photographs of Roger Fenton 1852-1860, Yale University Press, 2004, p.30.
A Newhall bone china cockle plate pattern 1944, basket moulded rim, painted with reserves of flowers, the well with a similar band of flowers within gilded blue bands circa 1820-30, 12.5 cm diameter (some rubbing), and two hard paste teabowls, patterns 78 and 173, one fluted, both painted predominantly in pink with flowers and scale borders. (3).
Laslett John Pott (1837-1898), 'O Liberte! Que decorative crimes on comment en ton nom!' (Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name!), large scale oil depicting Madame Rolands execution during the French Revolution, signed and dated 1874, inset in ornate gilt frame, 103x180cm, exhibited at the RA 1874 (illustrated)
A plastic kit built model of a 1:100 scale Japanese steam yacht 'Nippon Maru' made by Imaikagaku Company Limited, the model with red and white hull, brown wood effect deck and white and brown superstructure with single funnel and four masts on wooden base within wooden and glass case with blue felt base, length of boat 85cm, case 112x63x35cm (illustrated)
Nine Franklin Mint 1:24 scale model Rolls Royce cars, one in wooden case, five in polystyrene cases and two unboxed comprising 1925 Silver Ghost, 1907 Silver Ghost, 1929 Phantom 1, 1911 Rolls Royce, 1998 Silver Seraph, 1910 Balloon Roadster, 1992 Corniche IV, 1905 10HP and 1995 Silver Cloud
Nine Franklin Mint 1:24 scale model Mercedes Benz cars, seven in polystyrene cases and two unboxed comprising 1935 500K Special Roadster, 1935 770K Grosser, 1954 300SL, 1973 450SL Roadster, 1926 160HP model K, 1957 300SC Roadster, 1960 300SL Roadster, 1904 Simplex and 1954 W196 Racer (illustrated)
Ten Franklin Mint 1:24 scale model cars, nine in polystyrene packaging and one unboxed comprising four Bentleys, 1947 Mark VI, 1929 4.5lt Blower, 1955 S Saloon and 1998 Arnage, three Jaguars, 1938 SS100, 1948 XK120 and 1961 E Type and three Fords comprising 1913 Model T, 1903 Model A and 1936 Cabriolet (illustrated)
CIJ (France) Alfa Romeo P2 Racing Car, c.1930: impressive large scale pressed steel car, clockwork motor drives rear wheels, silver with faint racing number `2` to front grill, spoked wheels with hub caps and `Pneu Michelin` tyres, earlier version with brake drums, on off switch to base and stamped `Made in France`. Length 53cm. Repainted, steering and handbrake linkages missing, includes key and a diagram featuring the models dimensions drawn in recent years by a gentleman from the National Motor Museum. Overall a good scarce example, which has remained in the same family since it was first purchased.
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