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Lot 300
Cruchley (George Frederick) Cruchley`s Improved Ge minutely detailed large scale map surrounded by tables of principal towns with population statistics for 1801 1811 and 1821 and other information engraved map with full original hand-colouirng 960 x 665mm. dissected and linen-backed with marbled enpapers and alternative title surface dust folding into matching marbled slipcase rubbed with mapseller`s label 8vo 1827 § Wyld (James) A New Map of England & Wales Projected on the Trigonometrical Operations made for the General Survey of the Kingdom engraved map with original hand-colouring in outline on 2 sheets unjoined each 635 x 970mm. or c.1250 x 970mm. if joined each dissected and linen-backed slight offsetting spotting and browning folding into marbled slipcase with title label worn 8vo 1823; with a later Wyld map of England Wales and Scotland c.1860; Smith`s New Map of England and Wales 1806 both lacking slipcases; and Bacon`s “weather-proof” New Map of Isle of Wight printed on linen in original slipcase n.d. (5).
Lot 330
A mixed group of maps and plans of London and env City Wards plans for reconstructing the City after the Great Fire maps of 20 miles around London some incomplete sections of larger scale maps by for or after Norden Wyld Bowen Dispatch Atlas Gentleman`s Magazine and others including several duplicate sheets engraved and lithographed maps and plans v.s. some trimmed some with folds handling creases short tears and other occasional defects 18th and 19th century (c.40).
Lot 1100
Good green lacquer and chinoiserie decorated eight day longcase clock, the 11.5" brass arched dial signed John Baylis, Tewkesbury on the silvered scale over a moon phase aperture, the silvered dial enclosing a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, the case with long arched moulded door and base decorated with figures in pagoda garden river landscapes, surmounted by a caddy top with three gilded ball and spike finials, 98" high
Lot 81
Essex, Estate Plans A boxed sectional plan in pen, ink and watercolour, circa 1870 scale `6 chains to an inch`, mainly parishes of Lambourne and Stapleford Abbot, each section on rectangular board, with index; and Another - boxed sheets of folding coloured printed plans of similar parishes (cases somewhat age worn) (2)
Lot 391
BRITAINS - 1:32 scale Farm Models - 40998 Samson Tanker and Slurry Injector, 42080 Samson Manure Spreader, 9587 Fyson elevator and Bales, 40512 Massey Ferguson Tractor, 40922 Vaderstad Seed Drill, 42016 Silage Trailer, 9491 Massey Ferguson 6180 Tractor, 9550 Fold-Up Cultivator and 9453 ICX Skid Steer (9) all boxed ++models all mint, boxes with some wear
Lot 392
BRITAINS - 1:32 scale Farm Models - 42370 John Deere 9530 Tractor (Ertl/Britains), 15525 John Deere 7920 Tractor, 40609 JD 12 ton Marston Trailer, 15309 JD 7720 W/Sprayer, 04500 JCB Farm Master, 9492 Renault Tractor, 42112 New Holland T8040 Tractor (7) all boxed ++models all mint, boxes with some wear
Lot 393
BRITAINS - 1:32 scale - 40520 12 ton Marston Trailer, 9440 JCB Fastrac 1135, 00048 Spearhead Orbital Reach Mower. SIKU - 2958 Deutz-Fahr Tractor, 2871 Halfpipe Tipping Trailer, 2563 Crop Sprayer, 2966 Three-Axled Tipping Trailer, 2651 Seed Drill; RPM Prosol Power Harrow P4.180 (9) all boxed ++models mint, boxes with wear
Lot 1050
A Large Scale Diecast and Tinplate Promotional Model of a Ferrari 500 F2 by Toschi, Italy, circa 1952, with red painted body, steering wheel and original rubber `Pirelli` tyres, winding handle, rubber band driven (needs attention), length 57cm (missing windscreen) together with three other cars (4)
Lot 246
A pair of 19th Century Staffordshire figures, the male in blue frock coat, the female in blue striped dress, each with plumed hat, 8 1/4" high, together with a blue and white four division porcelain toast rack, 8 1/2" long, a blue scale plate with cartouche of flowers, 8 1/2" diameter and an 18th Century tea bowl, with brown exterior and blue and white interior, 2 3/4" diameter (5)
Lot 7
Scale model after Alphonse de Polignac`s curved cylinder engine design, first published in 1875, the horizontal double-ended cylinder with a swinging piston rod supported on a triangular frame, and side valve, the crank with two 100m flywheels, on metal base plate and wooden frame, length 3cm. * One-fifth scale drawings of de Polignac`s design were made in the 1990`s by Anthony Mount, the castings were made by Bruce Engineering (Polly Model Engineering Ltd)
Lot 16
A group of four mercury tube thermometers Various makers, 19th century Including Centigrade and Fahrenheit scale example inscribed STANDARD VERIFIED, No. 4062 and signed L. CASELLA, LLONDON, in original maroon leather covered case, 45.5cm long; and an unsigned example with triangular section tube applied to a Reaumur scale engraved rectangular brass plate, 36cm high.
Lot 17
A brass bound mahogany cased `Mansfield Patent Water Finder` W. Mansfield & Co., Liverpool, early 20th century The brass-edged box with glazed aperture to top enclosing a circular opaque glass scale with central pin-pivot for the magnetised steel needle and inscribed MANSFIELDS PATENT AUTOMATIC WATER FINDER Co., LIVERPOOL with scale sector annotated 40-0-40 degrees to far edge, the front with hinged flap to allow access for installing the pivoted steel needle, complete with leather carrying strap, leather outer case containing two cased needles, folding mahogany tripod and OBSERVATIONS log book, (pocket compass lacking), the instrument 26cm high.
Lot 18
A George IV inlaid mahogany bulb cistern tube mercury stick baroemter J. Furby, Ripon, early 19th century With oval fan cartouche inlaid shaped crest above glazed rectangular printed paper scale annotated for SUMMER and WINTER within fine rococo scroll printed borders, the lower margin with ribbon banner signed FURBY, RIPON with simple wire recording pointer to exterior, above plain trunk applied with central half-round moulding to protect the tube, the base with oval cistern cover inlaid with a conforming fan cartouche, 105cm high. J. Furby of Ripon appears to be unrecorded, however the current lot bears similarities with the work of Charles Howorth of Halifax and George Purcheon of Leeds who both produced instruments using the same basic template for the printed scale, (see Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube pages 112 & 115).
Lot 19
A Fine George III mahogany mercury cistern tube stick barometer James Long, London, circa 1800 With ivory vase finial to the broken triangular pediment with concave bracket supports to sides, above rectangular silvered vernier scale calibrated in inches, with the usual observations and signed Ja`s Long, Royal Exchange, LONDON to upper margin, behind ebony line bordered glazed door above trunk with vernier setting square and inset with a large mercury Fahrenheit scale thermometer behind conforming glazed door, the rounded base with decorative turned ivory disc centred domed cistern cover and level adjustment screw to underside, 98cm high overall. James Long is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Royal Exchange, London 1769-1811.
Lot 20
A fine Regency mahogany bowfronted cistern tube mercury stick barometer Dollond, London, early 19th century With swan-neck pediment and cavetto cornice above silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath signature Dollond, LONDON to upper margin, the bowed trunk with vernier adjustment key to throat and ebony line inlaid edges, the shaped base with ebonised half vase turned cistern cover flanked by canted angles decorated with ebony line infill, the cavetto moulded underside with level adjustment square, 100cm high excluding finial. Peter Dollond is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver and started business as an optician in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until his death in 1761, and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family businesss was continued by Peter Dollond’s nephew, George Huggins, who changed his surname to Dollond. George Dollond became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and died 1856.
Lot 24
A patinated brass Kew pattern marine or station stick barometer Adie, London, mid to late 19th century With domed brass cap above glazed cylindrical silvered vernier scale calibrated in inches (26.6 to 32.5) and centimetres (66.5 to 80.5) and signed Adie, London, No. 1359 to lower edge, the cylindrical shaft with vernier adjustment screw and concealed-bulb mercury thermometer with ivory Fahrenheit scale above canister shaped cistern (tube lacking), mounted via gimbals onto original mahogany back panel, the instrument 95cm high, 106cm high overall. Patrick Adie, son of the renowned Scottish Instrument maker Alexander Adie (1775-1858) is recorded in Banfield, Edwin, BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from several addresses in London 1846-86. In around 1855 Patrick Adie and John Welsh of the Kew Observatory worked together to develop an improved design of marine barometer. Their design incorporated a sealed iron cistern and the tube featured dampening constriction and Bunten air trap. The thermometer bulb is enclosed within the frame to measure the temperature of the mercury within the barometer tube, the outer brass case offered increased protection compared to earlier wooden cased models.
Lot 25
A Victorian black japanned aneroid barometer Patrick Adie, London, late 19th century The 4 inch circular silvered register signed PATRICK ADIE, Broadway Works, No. 1 Broadway, WESTMINSTER, No. 1479, Compensated to centre, within concentric scale calibrated to hundreths of an inch from ranging 26.5-31 inches, the rotating bezel fitted with blued steel setting pointer, the cylindrical case with suspension ring and engraved Chadwick Trust to verso, diameter 10.5cm. Patrick Adie, son of the renowned Scottish Instrument maker Alexander Adie (1775-1858) is recorded in Banfield, Edwin, BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from several addresses in London 1846-86 (see previous lot), they were based at Broadway Works, Westminster from 1874. The Chadwick Trust was set up in 1895 under the provisions of the will of Sir Edwin Chadwick to promote research into public health engineering. The trust is now affiliated to University College, London awarding scholarships to students in order to sustain continued research in this field.
Lot 26
A very rare mahogany cased aneroid barocyclonometer or `Typhoon Barometer` Schmidt & Ziegler, Remscheid, to a design by Jose Algue, Manilla, early 20th century The box opening to reveal Faura pattern aneroid barometer with 6 inch circular silvered register calibrated in both barometric inches and millibars and inscribed TYPHOON-BAROMETER by JOSE ALGUE S.J. Director of MANILLA OBSERVATORY, SCHMIDT & ZIEGLER, REMSCHEID to centre, within adjustable outer scale annotated for the Northern hemisphere with latitudes 0-25 opposing 25-32 grouped with appropriate pressure readings for different seasons to the lower half, the upper half annotated with typhoon predictions, the whole set into brass plate numbered 317, the lid of the box applied to the inside with patinated brass and glass CYCLOMETER with central bevelled glass plate scribed with direction arrows and applied with two pointers one engraved with scale 0-100 the other with pivoted direction indicator, the whole rotating within a circular plate annotated with the points of the compass and with repeat signature, the exterior of the box with shaped brass nameplate to top and visible dovetail joints to corners, 22cm wide, 12cm high. This remarkable instrument was the culmination of the efforts of two successive Jesuit Priest directors of the Manilla Observatory, Federico Faura and Jose Algue. The problem of predicting destructive typhoons, which took dozens of lives each year in the Phillipines, led to Faura`s research and eventual publication of his paper Senales precursoras de un temporal in 1882. He then went onto develop the `Faura` pattern barometer which through use of a carefully devised scale could predict with a fair degree of accuracy the proximity of a typhoon. Jose Algue, who succeeded Faura in 1897, undertook further research to devise a method of forecasting the direction from which a typhoon would approach. This led to the development of his `cyclonometer` or `wind disc`. The incorporation of both instruments into one unit was termed a `baroclclonometer`, examples of which were utilised throughout the Phillipines saving countless lives during the opening years of the 20th century. In 1912 Jose Algue was invited by the U.S. government to devise a version of his tried and tested barocylonometer for use in the Northern hemisphere in order to assist in the prediction of Hurricanes and Atlantic storms. In August 1912 he visited New York and Washington where it was agreed that a model calibrated for the Northern hemisphere would be made in Germany for trial onboard Connecticut flagship of Rear Admiral Osterhaus -commander of the Atlantic Squadron for U.S. Navy. By January 1913 Algue was in London where discussions regarding the production of further models in London took place. An account of his visit to New York was published in The New York Times August 18th 1912, and a review of the instrument was published in Popular Mechanics January 1913 issue. The current lot is probably from the very early series of German made models as specified for the order for the U.S. Navy. Another later model (dating to circa 1928) by H. Hughes & Son, London is in The National Maritime Museum collection in Cornwall.
Lot 28
A mahogany barograph Negretti & Zambra, London, circa 1905 With four-part large diameter aneroid chamber within lacquered brass armature operating inked pointer for the clockwork driven rotating paper-scale lined drum, the patinated brass baseplate signed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, beneath five panel glazed cover on cavetto moulded base with full width squab feet, 34cm wide. The firm of Negretti & Zambra are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1680-1860 as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of fine quality weather instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century. An identical example to the current lot is illustrated in Collins, Philip Barographs on page 86.
Lot 30
A mahogany barograph Unsigned, early 20th century With concealed aneroid chamber beneath lacquered brass armature operating inked pointer for the clockwork driven rotating paper-scale lined drum, the pivot arm stamped PAT No. 22556, beneath five panel glazed cover on ogee moulded base with squab feet, 32cm wide.
Lot 99
A fine Charles II brass lantern clock John London, Bristol, circa 1675 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with early conversion to anchor escapement, the dial centre with characteristic tulip engraving and signed John London in Bristoll in flowing script to upper margin, within an applied narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised wheat sheaf half hour markers and engraved radial designs to angles, the frame with one-piece finial, post and feet castings, ‘lion and unicorn’ armorial frets and bell contained within the domed bearer above, (lacking pendulum and weight), 42cm (16.5ins) high. DESCRIPTION TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ‘IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS’ printed in the sale catalogue or available from the auctioneers on request. Provenance: The property of a private collector. Illustrated and discussed in Loomes, Brian Lantern Clocks pages 178-81 John London is first recorded gaining his freedom of the City of Bristol as a gunsmith on 2nd June 1675, on August 10th 1678 he married Mary Baker otherwise relatively little is known about his life. He is perhaps best known for being the first Bristol based maker of longcase clocks of which a handful of eight-day movements and one complete thirty-hour example survive. His work is highly distinctive with generous use of brass and exuberant engraving. When his sole surviving complete thirty-hour clock (exhibited TIME & PLACE English Country Clocks 1600-1840 The Antiquarian Horological Society at The Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, 25th November 2006- 15th April 2007 exhibit number 6) is compared with the current lot, striking similarities become apparent. Firstly the same frame castings are employed with the only differences being the finials which are turned down to buttons on the longcase and the feet which retain small extensions in the castings. Secondly the movements closely compare exhibiting the same details such as heavily tapered arbors, fly castings and unusual keyhole shaped decorative cut-outs to the bases of the movement plates. Finally the dial engraving, which are clearly by the same hand and possibly executed by London himself. Both dial centres are decorated in the same manner with large scale foliage and flower heads incorporating the unusual detail of parallel line with broken line infill to the petals. This detail is further explored to create the precisely scribed radial decoration to the angles of the dial of the current lot. These details appear to differ slightly from other known longcase and lantern clock dials by London which tend to exhibit smaller more intense but perhaps less precise foliage without the dotted parallel line decoration. A lantern clock by London signed Axford beneath the chapter ring is known suggesting that London sub-contracted some of his dials to an outside engraver. However the precision and confidence demonstrated in the dial of the current lot perhaps is perhaps reflective of London’s training as a gunsmith.
Lot 273
Salviani (Ippolito) Aquatilium Animalium Historiae engraved title incorporating portrait of Salviani and Pope Marcellus II`s coat-of-arms within architectural border with marine motifs (slightly frayed and repaired to verso) 76 engraved plates only (of 81) all water-stained some with marginal repairs some corners frayed no letterpress later marbled boards worn [Adams S190; Harvard Italian Books 454; Nissen ZBI 3555] folio Rome 1554; sold not subject to return *** “The drawings by Salviani not so numerous [as Pierre Belon du Mans`] but much finer are copperplate engravings on a rather large scale... some have not been surpassed in more recent works. They number ninety-nine; almost all are of fishes of Italy with some from Illyria and the Archipelago not counting a few mollusks.” Georges Cuvier Historical portrait of the progress of ichthyology edited by Theodore Pietsch 1995. It is generally believed that Nicolas Beatricetto designed the title and some of the illustrations whilst the illustrations are by Antoine Lafrery. Ippolito Salviani (1514-1572) studied medicine in Rome where he also developed an interest in natural history and in particular ichthyology. Under the patronage of Cardinal Cervini later Pope Marcellus II his studies were developed and financed not only on the coast of Italy but also in other Mediterranean and Northern European regions. Cervini died before the work was printed however and the work was dedicated instead to Pope Paul IV.
Lot 321
Van der Maelen (Ph.) large 20-sheet engraved map of Germany in original outline hand-colouring (scale 1:600 000) not joined a few sheets with slight staining along centrefold occasional light foxing Brussels; Carte de l`Italie large 15-sheet engraved map of Italy in original outline hand-colouring unjoined occasional light foxing Brussels together in 1 vol. half cloth over old boards with red morocco label rubbed folio [c.1830].
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