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Lot 153
A 5' old polished oak twin pedestal desk with eight flanking bracket locking drawers and shelf to top, central lift-top ink compartment and slope enclosing a pigeon-hole fitted interior, remains of rexine surfaces and eight flanking pedestal drawers - Hobbs & Co. locks and bearing retailer's badge for James Phillips of Bristol
Lot 157
A Hornby 00 Gauge Shop Display, comprising a one metre length of clear plastic tubing with a length of rail and simple backscene with an off centre wooden support (this maybe replacement as other examples have been plastic) to enable tube to stand on a shelf, track was originally powered with a shuttle arrangement to allow a train to move up and down the tube, F, some fading to back scene, one end cap broken, not tested, together with a Hornby Retail Display Card, F faded (2)
Lot 4159
A 19th Century Brown Tooled Leather Fitted Ladies Companion with shaped lid, metal clasp and brass metal carrying handle. The lid interior, lined in ginger silk satin, is fitted with a shaped and bevelled mirror. Next, a small fabric covered shelf fitted for tools (some present). The padded base is void for work in progress. Offered with an ivory twist top fitted case containing a stiletto and fittings; a miniature ivory brush and comb; a circular carved ivory container, a plain bone pincushion, an ivory pincushion carved with ivy leaves and berries; a mother of pearl thread spool; a spool holder with carved mother of pearl top; and a 19th century ivory pincushion in the shape of a Lyre, the ivory carved and pierced (9) CONDITION REPORT: . the leather on the upper corner at the back of the Companion is lifting slightly. Other items generally in good order.
Lot 449
Hope (Sir William). A Vindication of the True Art of Self-Defence with a Proposal to the Honourable Members of Parliament for Erecting a Court of Honour in Great-Britain. Recommended to all Gentlemen, but particularly to the Soldiery. To which is Annexed, a Short, but very useful Memorial for Sword-Men, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by William Brown and Company, 1724, engraved frontispiece and folding engraved plate (short closed tear to inner blank margin), manuscript number at head of title, short closed tear to last leaf of dedication, fore-edge blank margin of C1 with paper fault tear (not affecting text), slight toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Gordon family of Gordon Castle to upper pastedown and also with Gordon Castle shelf number label, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, joints cracked, slight wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.139. This volume was previously sold at Sotheby's 29 November 1974, for £26 to F. Edwards and acquired by the Paul family. Sir William Hope (1660-1724) wrote a number of books relating to fencing. His work suggested that the French Small-Sword system which he had originally trained in was lacking, and that the true Art of Defence lay in the English back-sword method.
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Lot 157
[Italy]. [Album of architectural studies and designs], c.1812-27, 18 wove-paper leaves each with architectural sketch recto in pen and ink, pencil and grisaille or bistre wash, captions and annotations in black ink, 4 leaves blank, contemporary Italian half vellum, marbled sides, shelf-mark label to spine, oblong 4to (24.4 x 19 cm), together with: [France & Italy] , [Manuscript journal of a tour through France and Italy], 1822-3, including Paris, Turin, Alessandria, Lucca, Buggiano, Florence, Rome, Naples, Herculaneum, and Terracina, [ 120] pp., ownership inscription 'Mary Ranson Bush, Lyons, France, Novr 30th 1822' to front pastedown, laid-in manuscript letter to Cecil H. Clough on Warburg Institute letterhead identifying the sitter as the subject of 'Hakewill's engraving', contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed and worn, sides cockled, oblong 8vo (21 x 12.4 cm), [Genoa], 'Introduction à l'histoire de la famille D'Oria, de Gènes', 1844, manuscript in black ink on light blue wove paper, 31 leaves, written mainly rectos only, hand-painted illuminated coat of arms on leaf of thicker paper stock, initial blank annotated 'I copied this M.S. at Florence in the month of May 1844 from the original M.S. sent to me by the author Count Gräberg de Hemsö, librarian of the Pitti Palace. F. C. Brooke', contemporary Italian half vellum, 8vo (19.8 x 13 cm), and 1 other item (album of pencil sketches including views of Dover, 1907 , front cover detached) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance: First item only: Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), British archaeologist in Italy and director of the British School at Rome (bookplate, annotated 'Vespignani sale, March /00, 957, 16-50'; the note may refer to Italian neoclassical architect Virginio Vespignani (1808-1882)). All items: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), reader in medieval history, University of Liverpool. The first item contains two studies of fountains at the villa d'Este in Tivoli but mainly contains designs for submission to the Accademia di San Luca and other purposes, with captions as follows: 'Progetto d’un eremo per un religioso, presentato alla Accademia della pace l’anno 1812'; 'Idea per riduzione d’una sala … nell’Accademia Romana di S. Luca, ad uso della pubblicita premazioni, presentato all’Accademia de S. Luca l’anno 1814'; 'Altra idea par la sudetta sala all’istasio uso, presentato all’Ac[c]ademia d S. Luca l’anno 1814'; 'Idea per l’aspetto d’una piccolo casa private, fatto per eseguire in l’anno 1815'; 'Memoria da erigersi sopra una sepottura con l’appoggio alla parete che forma recinto dell’arca[?] [...] la Chiesa di Cavallere nel Tivolo, fatta per eseguire l’anno 1816'; 'Tinello con sala di ricreazione al di sopra, seguita su la vetta di una collina presso la Magliana per il Sig. Lugi Righetti l'anno 1827'.
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