Heraldic Notebook. A manuscript heraldic notebook compiled by Sir Richard St George, circa 1625, neatly written in brown ink on laid paper, a total of 153 numbered folios including some blanks, but mostly written to rectos and versos and including occasional sketches of coats of arms, folio 12 headed 'Liber Ricardi St Georgii' with coat of arms beneath, further coat of arms to folio 13v and long prayer of Richard St George written to folios 14 and 15, 3 unnumbered leaves of index in a neat and near-contemporary hand at rear, some dust-soiling and a few minor paper repairs, ownership signature and armorial bookplate of Charles George Young to front pastedown, contemporary vellum gilt with the St George arms to both covers and Young's monogram to upper cover and at foot of spine, indistinct old ink library shelf number 'A 58' at head of spine, rubbed and slightly soiled, small 8vo (145 x 102 mm) An interesting notebook of a practising herald, containing information relating to the pedigrees, arms and raising to the nobility of notable families; also notes of arms in some churches, orders of procedure, etc. Sir Richard St George (circa 1550-1635) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London which he joined in 1602. He became Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and then Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. He secured an appointment as Norroy in 1604 and was knighted in 1616. He attained the position of Clarenceux King of Arms in 1623, carried out numerous visitations and was a noted scholar and antiquarian. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch (£50, 24 July 1972); Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)
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Euclid. The Six First, together with the Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Euclid's Elements, Demonstrated after a New, Plain, and Easie Method, by Henry Hill, 1726, woodcut diagrams, initials, head- and tailpieces, subscribers list present, occasional spotting or browning, some old light dampstaining to upper margins of early leaves, closed tear to lower margin of leaf 3O2 without loss, old ownership inscriptions of Sarah and John Hodly to final leaf verso with slight see-through, manuscript folio numbering to upper corners of rectos throughout, armorial bookplate of Earl of Roden and library shelf label, contemporary calf, edges slightly rubbed, antique-style reback, 4to (219 x 166 mm) First Hill edition. (1)
Siren (Osvald). Histoire des Arts Anciennes de la Chine, 4 volumes, Paris and Brussels, 1929-30, 476 half-tone plates, library stamps to lower margins of first and last plate in each volume, other stamps to titles and following leaf, top edges gilt, original wrappers bound in modern blue library cloth, shelf numbers adhered at foot of spines, 4to (4)
Willemin (Nicolas Xavier). Monuments Francais inedits pour servir a L'Historie des Arts depuis le VI Siecle Jusqu'au Aommencement du XVII. Choix de Costumes Civils et Militaires, D'Armes, Armures, Instruments de Musique, Meubles de Toute Espece, et de Decorations Interieures et Exterieures des Maisons, 2 volumes, Paris, 1839, half titles, two additional hand-coloured titles to volume I, 300 engraved plates, including many hand-coloured, some library stamps to margins of plates, and labels of the University of Central England and Birmingham School of Art, some light soiling and toning, volume I half title torn at foot with piece adhered to first additional title, all edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco, volume II upper joint cracking, a little rubbed and scuffed with shelf numbers taped at foot of spine, folio (2)
Late 19th century musical German made mantel/shelf clock in brass and plated case with chased decoration to front, the Swiss musical movement playing 'God Bless the Prince of Wales, the red, white and blue' on the alarm, the paper Roman dial with secondary seconds and steel blue hands, 15cm tall
LEWIS (James) Original Designs in Architecture: consisting of plans, elevations and sections, for villas, mansions, town-houses, &c. and a new design for a theatre . . . First Edition, vol. 1 only (of 2). English / Italian title, 22 engraved plates, subscriber's list; contemp. half calf & marbled boards (distressed), folio. printed for the author, 1780 * this vol. reissued 1797 in conjunction with a newly published second volume; the subscriber's list details several copies going to Italy, whilst Sir Joshua Reynolds, Richard Carr, Henry Holland, George Dance & James ('Athenian') Stuart were amongst the British purchasers; this copy with shelf labels - 'Luffness/D2', i.e. Luffness Castle (E. Lothian), the Earls of Hopetoun.
An ebonised pine chest of drawers, designed by Dr Christopher Dresser for Bushloe House, the raised back with a shelf over three drawers, with brass cruciform escutcheons and backplates with loop handles, 117.5cm wide 55cm deep 94cm highProvenance: With Christopher Wood, 2007;Bushloe House, near Leicester.Literature: Harry Lyons, 'Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer 1834-1904', 2005 illustrated p.148, plate 265.Dr Christopher Dresser designed a scheme for Bushloe House in 1880 for H B Owston.
A SMALL GROUP OF OCCASIONAL FURNITURE consisting of a walnut dressing table stool with inset seat and cabriole legs, together with a pair of hoop back side chairs, a tripod occasional table, a hanging wall shelf, a Victorian tripod adjustable piano stool, an occasional table with shaped top and a corner wash stand (8)
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