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HARLEQUIN SET OF EIGHT LANCASHIRE OAK SPINDLE BACK DINING CHAIRS, 18th CENTURY, including two carvers, of characteristic form, each side chair with a double row of spindles above a rush seat, raised on tapering columnar legs joined by stretchers, the armchairs each with a triple row of spindles above a rush seat flanked by outswept arms, on turned legs joined by stretchers.
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A steel and slatted wood rocking chair 20th century with leather upholstered pad seat made after the original 19th century design by Robert Winfield Birmingham Note: This design copies the original brass prototype which was exhibited by Robert Winfield Birmingham at The Great Exhibition in 1851. It is believed that Winfield began manufacturing it in strap steel in the early 1860s. the present lot is a reproduction of this design.
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Yorkshire - Campsall Estate. 'Survey of the Revd. Edward Frank's Estates at Campsall Sutton &c. Yorkshire 1831' [as titled to upper cover] 10 ink and watercolour estate plans on scale of five chains to an inch, each with tenants names, field numbers and areas, each plan approx. 470 x 665 mm, some short marginal tears, contents loose in contemp. half morocco binding, rubbed, folio, together with two large original manuscript estate plans laid onto linen and entitled 'A Plan of Alterations Designed for Campsall the Seat of Bacon Frank Esqr by Thomas White 1771' and 'A Design for the Improvement of Campsal the Seat of Bacon Frank Esq. by T. White 1796', each with inset key to principal buildings, the latter with damp damage to right portion and some fraying to edges, measuring approx. 1120 x 1070 mm and 980 x 1270 mm respec., plus another late 18th century plan on a scale of 1/2 a chain to an inch, with some marginal tears, approx. 1170 x 1280 mm, and a collection of related manuscript maps and documents including three unbound 18th century ink manuscript reports relating to drainage in the area entitled 'The Report of John Smith Engineer for Draining and preserving certain Low Grounds upon the River Went from the Junction of the River Dun to the High Way Leading from Walden Stubbs to Norton in the Parish of Campsall' (7 ff.), 'The Report of John Smith Engineer for Draining and Preserving certain Low Grounds upon the River Went, from its Junction with the River Dun, to Smeeton Mill, in the West Riding of the County of York' (10 ff.), 'An Estimate of Expense of the Intended Drainage upon the River Went from its Junction with the River Dun to the High Way Leading from Walden Stubbs to Norton in the Parish of Campsall upon the Contracted Plan' (3 ff.), plus other related documents including a letter from the Ordnance Survey and manuscript area calculations Campsall Hall was the home of the Frank family for several generations. The hall and grounds were extensively enlarged during the time of Richard Frank (1698-1762) but unfortunately the fine Georgian house no longer stands. (-)
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*East Anglia. Mistley. The Seat of the Right Honble. Richd. Rigby in Essex, 1772, pen, ink & wash drawing, in the manner of Paul Sandby, unsigned, dated 1772, and inscribed with title in ink to margin of backing paper, image size approx. 122 x 260 mm, mounted, together with Diss, from the Park Fields, by C. M. Frere, 1850, pen, ink & watercolour wash view, inscribed in pencil to verso, approx. 240 x 335 mm, plus A View near Lowestoft, by J. G. Selwin, 1854, watercolour, showing view of the coast with country lane and women drying cloths in a field, signed and dated, approx. 310 x 410 mm, and four others related, all 19th c., including a watercolour view of Great Dunham Church, Norfolk, unsigned, approx. 250 x 50 mm, a wash drawing of a lane at Northfleet, in the manner of James Bourne, approx. 260 x 360 mm, and two pencil studies of Yarmouth from the Pier, and Overstrand Church [Cromer], each approx. 175 x 250 mm (7)
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Aubrey (John). Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: to which are added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, and Lives of Eminent Men, by John Aubrey. The Whole Now First Published from the Originals in the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum, with Biographical and Literary Illustrations, 2 vols. in three, 1813, edges untrimmed, slight damp staining to upper margins, orig. boards, slightly damp stained, upper board of vol. 1 detached, some slight wear, 8vo Bookplate of Charles Francis Wyatt. (3)
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Fonthill Abbey. The Valuable Library of Books, in Fonthill Abbey. A Catalogue of the Magnificent, Rare, and Valuable Library, (of 20,000 volumes).., also, of the Books of Prints, Galleries of Art, Curious Missals and Manuscripts, the Persian and Chinese Drawings... which will be Sold by Auction by Mr. Phillips, at the Abbey, on Tuesday, the 9th of September, 1823..., pub. 1823, eng. frontis., bound with Rutter (John), A Description of Fonthill Abbey, and Demesne, Wilts; the Seat of William Beckford..., pub. Shaftesbury, 1822, 66pp., some scattered spotting and few marks, modern half sheep, 8vo (1)
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[Petrie, Samuel]. Report of the Cricklade Case; Comprehending the Whole of the Proceedings, in the Courts of Law, Before the Select Committee of the Commons, and in Both Houses of Parliament, 1785, ownership signature to title, contemp. marbled calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine with red morocco title label, 8vo Armorial bookplate of Robert Long. Petrie ran unsuccessfully against John Bristow for a seat in the House of Commons from the Borough of Cricklade. He discovered that the winner purchased votes, and took Bristow and his conspirators, Paul Benfield and Sir John MacPherson, to court. Petrie prevailed, and as a consequence of this bribery, and of other examples discovered in the course of the proceedings, the elective franchise in Cricklade was extended to the freeholders of several adjoining hundreds. (1)
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