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Lot 30
Tim 'Frogman' Cotterill (b.1950): a large bronze and enamelled model of a frog, designed to sit on the edge of a shelf with one leg hanging down, signed and numbered 420/2000, 31 cm wide together with another smaller frog, signed and numbered 693/2000, 7.5 cm high x 11.5 cm wide.Qty: 2One 'toe' missing from the right-hand front foot of the larger frog, another toe bent upwards, with some enamel loss and wear in places to the same figure.
Lot 2078
A George III oak dresser with three drawers to base with brass ornaye handles, cabriole legs with padded feet and shell carved detail to knees, top comprising of central three shelf plate rack with side spice cupbaords and drawers, ornate carved frieze top. Provenance- owned by the Bass family of Burton-Upon-Trent, 193cm x 55cm x 205cm.
Lot 239
A late 19th to early 20th Century taxidermy head study of Mugger Head crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), with inset glass eyes, mounted to a shield shaped bracket shelf, length of head 46cm, dimensions of the bracket height 56cm and 32cm. Provenance - Taken by the present owner's grandfather when he served in the army in India, circa 1900. When the reptile was dismembered it was reputed that the stomach contained an arm with bracelets. Information supplied by the vendor.
Lot 1234
LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4)On the Shelf with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas-board 60.5 x 51cm (unframed) together with three other oils on canvas-board by the same hand, Still life of a vase, 51 x 61cm; To the Boats, signed, 59 x 43cm; and An extensive landscape with a coppice of trees, 30.5 x 61cm, (all unframed) (4) ARRFootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air with direct, bold brushwork and a strong sense of colour. She studied at the Chelsea School of Art under Augustus John, by then considered one of Britain’s foremost painters of a broadly impressionistic style. Spurrier subsequently established a studio in Chelsea where she also taught. She later moved to the Surrey/Sussex borders and worked from a studio at South Holmwood, near Dorking. Spurrier travelled widely, painting in France, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and most frequently Italy. Alongside her studio practice Spurrier also worked in commercial art design, mostly book covers and posters, with projects including the National Henry Wood Fund and the London Olympic Games Exhibition.
Lot 297
Paris (Matthew). Flores Historiarum per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti: praecipue de rebus Britannicis: Ab exordio mundi usque ad annum Domini MCCCVII. Et Chronicon ex Chronicis, ab initio mundi usque ad annum Domini MCXVIII deductum: Auctore Florentio Wigorniensi monacho. Cui accessit Continuatio usque ad annum Christi MCXLI per quendam euisdem coenobii eruditum, 2 parts in 1, Francofurti: Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & heredes Joannis Aubrii, 1601, publisher's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials, occasional early annotations in brown ink (especially to the chronicle of Florence of Worcester towards rear of volume), probably in the hand of Robert Jocelyn, Earl of Roden, some light foxing and a few small marginal waterstains, old annotation referring to the 'Catalogus Histor' of John Joscelyn to recto and verso of front endpaper, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earl of Roden K. St. P. to front pastedown, with old shelf label to upper outer corner, old calf, modern good-quality reback, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden (1788-1870), styled Viscount Jocelyn between 1797 and 1820, Irish Tory politician and supporter of Protestant causes (bookplate).Reprint of the second edition (London, 1570) of Matthew Paris's important historical chronicle (formerly attributed to 'Matthew of Westminster'), as edited by Matthew Parker. The text covering the period to 1259 is based on the author's Chronica Majora; the 1259-1307 text was compiled and composed by various writers at St. Albans and Westminster; the text from 1307 to 1325 is by Robert of Reading. Includes the chronicle based on the work of Marianus previously attributed to Florence of Worcester, now attributed to John of Worcester.
Lot 413
Sherrington (Charles S.) The Integrative Action of the Nervous System, 1st UK edition, London: Archibald Constable, 1906, monochrome illustrations, slight marginal toning, small water stains to endpapers, ex-libris with library label, stamps and shelf numbers at front, original cloth, residue from label removal to head of spine and covers, shelf number to spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Garrison & Morton 1432; PMM 397; Norman 1939.Presentation copy, inscribed to preface leaf 'Warrington Yorke, with kind regards of C. S. Sherrington', with Yorke's inscription to front endpaper verso. Warrington Yorke (1883-1943), parasitologist and Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool.'Sir Charles Sherrington did much experimental work on all phases of reflex action and of the function of the nervous system. He demonstrated that most reflexes are co-ordinated; that the nervous system functions as a whole, so that reflex action is not an isolated phenomenon; and that the true function of the nervous system is to integrate the organism, making it an individual whole, not just a collection of organs and cells.' (PMM)'
Lot 260
Philoponus (Joannes). Ioannu Grammatikou tou Philoponou Ypomnema eis ta Peri psyches biblia Aristototelus... Ioannis Grammatici Philoponi Comentaria in libros de Anima Aristotelis, Venice: in aedibus Bartholomaei Zanetti Casterzagensis, aere vero & diligentia Ioannis Trincaveli, 1535, title with fine large woodcut device of a putto standing by a tree stump, the same woodcut repeated to verso of blank leaf at end, 145 printed leaves of Greek text, A1 with headpiece and large initial printed in red, other woodcut headpieces and initials, title with repaired tear at lower margin, short closed marginal tear at foot of M3, a little light toning to title, occasional small mainly marginal water stains, seventeenth-century full vellum, manuscript title to spine and shelf number at foot, spine darkened, some dust soiling to covers, folio, 29.5 x 20 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams P1049. Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish writer, politician and owner of the finest private library in Scotland, his signature to rear endpaper.Philoponus, otherwise known as John the Grammarian, born in Alexandria circa 490 AD, was a theologian, philologist and philosopher who authored many works, including commentaries on Aristotle, as here with De Anima (On the Soul). This edition is edited by the Venetian Vettore Trincavello (1496-1568) who edited some of the first editions of Greek classical works.
Lot 363
Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthelemy). Description des Experiences de la Machine Aerostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: chez Cuchet, 1783-84, 14 engraved plates, a few with light water stains, occasional light spotting, small ink stamp and shelf number to front pastedowns, later full morocco, spines a little faded, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:PMM 229. 'The first serious treatise on aerostation as a practical possibilty'. 'Faujas de Saint-Fond, an eminent French scientist, was at once the sponsor of the Montgolfiers and their chronicler. He set on foot a subscription to repeat an experiment conducted by them in June 1783 when 'a cloud enclosed in a bag', in fact a linen globe of 105 feet circumference in which the air was heated by a straw fire, made a successful ascent at Amonay... in November when, after some tethered experiments, Pilatre de Rozier, accompanied by the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first aerial voyage in history. They ascended from the Chateau de la Muette in the Bois de Boulogne, sustained their flight for five-and-a-half miles across Paris and descended after twenty-five minutes on the outskirts of the city.' (PMM). The work is the earliest record of the flight.
Lot 942
An early 20th century Edwardian Arts & Crafts ash wood dressing chest of drawers. The dresser raised on bracket feet, with a bank of three drawers to front each with metal swing handles. Having a flared top below short gallery back and shelf, with extending upright supports holding a rectangular swing mirror. Measures approx. 158cm x 92cm x 45cm.
Lot 877
A 19th century Victorian pine sideboard dresser. The sideboard raised on a plinth base below two cupboard doors separated to center by a recessed fielded panel. Having three drawers across the front of the sideboard, each with ceramic handles, below a raised gallery back with shelf to top. Measures approx. 132cm x 138cm x 49cm.
Lot 1025
An early 20th century Edwardian mahogany pedestal washstand. Rectangular form, gallery side and back with mirror top on turned supports. Single drawers with cabinet to underneath and shelf, all raised on trestle legs with a metal brass swing pull handle. Measures approx. 164cm x 47cm x 33cm.
Lot 620
A collection of three vintage 20th century bamboo side tables / display stands, and one twin hanging shelf unit. The lot comprising a small low hexagonal wine table / jardiniere, a larger square table similar, and a wall hanging shelf display with two semi-circular shelf spaces. The largest table measuring approx. 40cm x 35cm x 35cm, the hexagonal table 33cm x 18cm diameter, and the shelves 52cm x 29cm x 15cm.
Lot 598
G-Plan - Librenza Range - A mid 20th century circa. 1960s G-Plan Librenza range tola wood dressing table. The dresser featuring a long adjustable cheval style mirror, beside a pair of drawers. Having a small glass shelf above drawers, accompanied by another below the mirror. Raised on ebonized Librenza manner legs with round brass feet. Measures approx. 146cm x 113cm x 48cm.
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