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Lot 293

USA stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned and uncleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 3

German stamp collection 1 loose page 28 vintage stamps includes Wurttemberg etc. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 30

German stamp collection 1 stock card 18 stamps dated 1940/1941 catalogue value £42. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 303

USA stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 305

USA stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 307

USA stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned and sorted mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 31

German stamp collection 1 stock card 24 stamps dated 1941 catalogue value £24. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 310

Worldwide stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 311

USA stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 312

Worldwide stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 316

USA stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 317

USA stamp collection glory bag hundreds of stamps used cleaned mostly 1930s, 40s and 50s mounted may yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 32

German stamp collection 1 stock card 17 stamps dated 1941 catalogue value £32. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 329

Postage collection stamp booklets dating back to 1972 , 1983 stamp sheet, 6 stamp booklets 1969, stamp booklet commemorating Sixtieth Birthday Her Majesty the Queen 1986 and various cover and stamps from 1974. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 33

German stamp collection 1 stock card 10 stamps dated 1941/1942 catalogue value £39. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 330

Worldwide Postage and stamp collection includes over 90 envelopes dating back to the sixties and 18 envelopes of stamps from countries such as France, Eire, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, Italy and Greece. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 34

German stamp collection 1 stock card 11 stamps dated 1942 catalogue value £30. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 35

German stamp collection 1 stock card 6 stamps dated 1943. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 36

German stamp collection 1 stock card 19 stamps dated 1943 catalogue value £29. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 37

German Stamp collection 1 stock card 16 stamps dated 1943. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 38

German stamp collection 1 stock card 15 stamps dated 1943/1944. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 43

German Third Reich stamp collection 1 stock card 13 stamps. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 49

St Kits Nevis stamp collection 1 loose album leave 19 stamps some rare. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 52

British Commonwealth stamp collection 6 loose album leaves countries include South Africa and South West Africa. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 53

British Commonwealth stamp collection 6 loose album leaves countries include Sudan, Swaziland, Transvaal, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Virgin Islands. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 59

China Stamp collection 4 loose album leaves 103 stamps some rare. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 60

Great Britain stamp collection 4 unmounted mint sheets 1995 Europe Peace and Freedom includes SG1873 (100 Stamps) 19p, SG1874 (100 Stamps) 19p, SG1876 (100 Stamps) 25p and SG1877 (100 Stamps) catalogue value £365 face value £93 good for postage. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 61

Great Britain stamp collection 5 unmounted mint sheets 1995 European Heritage Year includes SG 975 (100 stamps) 7p, SG976 (100 stamps) 8p, SG977 (100 stamps) 8p, SG978 (100 stamps) 10p and SG979 (100 stamps) 12p catalogue value £150 face value good for postage £37. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 62

Great Britain stamp collection 4 unmounted mint sheets includes 1981 Royal Wedding (100 stamps) 14p (100stamps) 25p, 1996 Olympic Games (100 stamps) 26p and European Football (100 stamps) 19p face value goof for postage £84. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 63

Great Britain stamp collection 4 unmounted mint stamp sheets 1996 European Football includes 25p (100 stamps), 35p (25 stamps), 41 (25 stamps) and 60p (25 stamps) face value good for postage £60. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 64

Great Britain stamp collection 6 unmounted mint stamp sheets 1981 Fishing includes 14p (100 stamps), 18p (100 stamps), 22p (100stamps) and 25p (100 stamps) face value good for postage £79 1995 Europe Peace SG1875 AND 1994 50th Anniversary D Day. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 65

Americas stamp collection 15 loose album leaves countries include Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and USA. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 66

European stamp collection 18 loose album leaves includes Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and Yugoslavia. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 67

Great Britain stamp booklets includes 2/-4 at 1/2d, 4 at 1d, 4 at 11/2d, 4 at 3d 2/- 3 at 1/2d 9 at 21/2d 2x1d, 2x3d and 4x4d. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 68

Great Britain stamp collection 3 booklets include 4/6d, 6x1d, 12x4d 6/=18x4d and 6/=18x4d (Kingfisher Lever). We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 76

Coin First Day Cover Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 50 years Canada stamp PM Ottawa 6. 2. 2002. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 8

Italian East Africa stamp collection 1 loose album leave 20 stamps mint condition full set SG1/20 1938 catalogue value £200. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 81

Coin First Day Cover The Queens Golden Jubilee PM Jersey 6. 02. 2002 £3 stamp coin Isle of Man 1" Crown. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 86

Great Britain stamp collection 30 vintage postage due some mint. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 88

European Stamp collection 4 loose album leaves countries include Monaco and San Marino. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 9

Australian stamp collection 7 full loose pages of interesting stamps dating back to prior 1950. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 94

Italian stamp collection 4 loose album pages full of interesting stamps. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 97

GB stamp collection 15 mint stamp sheets unmounted dating 1974 to 1977 face value £130 all good for current postage. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 98

GB Stamp collection 17mint stamp sheets unmounted dating 1974 to 1978 face value £142 all good for current postage. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 99

GB Stamp collection 19 mint stamp sheets unmounted dating 1973 to 1976 face value £153 all good for current postage. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Lot 1094

A limited edition print "Airs and Graces" after Gordon King (b. 1939), Fine Art embossed stamp lower left and signed in pencil lower right, details on the back, 38cm x 27cm

Lot 1189

A bag containing a world stamp album, various cigarette card albums and History of the First World War

Lot 7

dating: 19th Century provenance: Greece, Slightly curved, single-edged blade, in fine damask, rear groove, chiselled back with undulated raiser. Elegant, thin, silver grip with small ears, finely engraved with trophies and floral motifs on a golden, grained ground. Wooden scabbard, completely covered with silver foils, richly embossed in bass-relief; with a sailing ship, trophies and floral motifs on a grained ground with remains of gilding. Chape shaped as a fish head, cap with twelve braided rings, the last ring is smooth and gilded, a well visible stamp with Tughra under the rings. A loop on the back. length 61 cm.

Lot 502

MÄRKLIN Post-Paketauto "70-01", 1990, Gelb lackierte Blechausführung mit grauem Dach, Fahrer- und Hecktür zum Öffnen, Frontbeleuchtung, Uhrwerkantrieb, gummibereift, limitierte Auflage 2092/5000, komplett mit Briefmarke und Sonderstempel in der Hecktür, Schlüssel anbei, Altersspuren, Verschmutzung auf re Trittbrett, Fkt. nicht geprüft, L ca. 39 cm. MÄRKLIN post-package car, no. 70-01, 1990, yellow lacquered sheet metal version with gray roof, driver door and tailgate for opening, front lighting, clock mechanism drive, rubber tires, limited edition 2092/5000, complete with stamp and special stamp in the tailgate, key enclosed, signs of age, soiling on the right footboard, fct. not checked, l approx. 39 cm.

Lot 554

MÄRKLIN Post Paketauto 70-01, 1990, Gelb lackierte Blechausführung mit grauem Dach, Fahrer- und Hecktür zum Öffnen, Frontbeleuchtung, Uhrwerkantrieb, gummibereift, limitierte Auflage von 5000 Stck., komplett mit Briefmarke und Sonderstempel in der Hecktür, anbei Orig.-Karton, Schlüssel und Zertifikat, schöner Erhalt, Fkt. nicht geprüft, L ca. 39 cm. MÄRKLIN post-package car, no. 70-01, 1990, yellow lacquered sheet metal version with gray roof, driver door and tailgate for opening, front lighting, clock mechanism drive, rubber tires, limited edition of 5000 pieces, complete with stamp and special stamp in the tailgate, enclosed with original box, key and certificate, fct. not checked, l approx. 39 cm.

Lot 134

TOLSTOY (LEO NIKOLAYEVICH)Anna Karenina, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, without final blanks, some foxing and light browning throughout, small damp and other stains, old owner's monogram stamp on titles, contemporary ribbed cloth, restored and rebacked in roan (with ticket of 'Bookbinder M. Artynov, Kiev, 7 Bibikov Boulevard'), rubbed, preserved in single slipcase [Kilgour 1196; Simmons, pp.340, 346-7], 8vo (205 x 135mm.), Moscow, T. Ris, 1878Footnotes:FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE.Tolstoy's second great novel, beloved of Dostoevsky ('as art it is perfection') and Thomas Mann ('without equal in European literature'), was serialised over a period of five years in Ruskii Vestnik, beginning in 1873. However, a clash between its editor Mikhail Katkov and Tolstoy prevented publication of the final instalment, so this first edition in book form also marks the first appearance of the complete text.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 143

NOSTRADAMUSLes Propheties, 2 parts in 1 vol., edited by Vincent Sève, woodcut portrait of Nostradamus on title, some soiling, duplicate of signature E from part 2 bound into part 1, dampstain to upper section of last 2 gatherings, old ownership stamp ('Proestat Amor Patriae') on title and facing leaf, later green vellum [Benazra p.156; Chomarat 166, variant foliation], [Troyes?], 1605; Les Propheties... dont il y en a trois cents qui n'ont encores iamais estés imprimées; [GRUGET (FRANCOIS)] Recueil des propheties et revelations, together 3 parts in 1 vol., woodcut printer's device on title-pages, light browning and soiling, dampstaining to last part, B2-4 slightly frayed at bottom corner (no loss of text), old limp vellum, soiled, upper joint split [Benazra p.170; Chomarat 176], Troyes, Pierre Chevillot, [1611], 8vo; and 2 others, incomplete copies of the same 2 editions (4)Footnotes:The first Seve edition, possibly printed by Pierre du Ruau, together with Chevillot's edition of a few years later.Provenance: First two volumes, Daniel Ruzo, bookplates.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 146

[NOSTRADAMUS][-] Petit discours ou commentaire sur les centuries de Maistre Michel Nostradamus, issue with no text on pp.30-31 (i.e. with final blank), date on title amended in ink to 1621, modern limp morocco, titled in gilt, small adhesion mark from old label [Benazra p.182; Chomarat 182], no publisher, 1620--GUYNAUD (BALTHASAR) La Concordance des prophéties de Nostradamus avec l'histoire, depuis Henri II jusqu'à Louis le Grand, la vie et l'apologie de cet auteur, ensemble quelques essais d'explication sur plusieurs de ses autres prédications, engraved portrait, wanting errata leaf, contemporary calf, spine gilt, spine ends chipped, jopints cracking [Benazra p.273; Chomarat 308], Paris, Jacques Morel, 1693--DE LA FOREST DE BOURGON [-] Alphabet geographique, des empires, royaumes, etats, pays, isles, villes, caps, montagnes... que l'on trouve dans l'histoire ancienne... avec leurs Noms modernes, one leaf repaired slightly affecting text, modern morocco, adhesion mark from small label, Paris, Jean Musier, 1709, 12mo (3)Footnotes:Provenance: All three works, Daniel Ruzo, bookplates; his sale, Swann, 23 April 2007, lots 65, 81 (giving Mazuel as publisher, presumably in error) and 90. Third work, 'J. Dangueuger prester 1714', inscription on title; Salomon Silva of Bordeaux, full-page inscription dated 1747 on fly-leaf, referring to 'La Clef de Nostradamus'; Bibliotheque Occulte du C[om]te d'Ourches, barely visible embossed stamp facing title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 152

NOSTRADAMUSLes Vrayes centuries et propheties.. avec la vie de l'autheur, woodcut printer's device on title, early twentieth century red morocco-backed boards, gilt panelled spine, corners reinforced, spine with slight adhesion mark from old label [Benazra p.205; Chomarat 202], 8vo, Rouen, Jacques Cailloué, Jean Vinet et Jacques Besongne, 1649Footnotes:First Rouen edition.Provenance: Edmond Vallée, ink ownership stamp on fly-leaf; Daniel Ruzo, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 163

NOSTRADAMUSLes Vrayes centuries et propheties, additional woodcut title showing the execution of Charles I and the Fire of London, portraits including Nostradamus, Henry IV and Louis XIV (the first 2 full-page), repair to verso of title with loss of text (and following leaf to a lesser extent), some light soiling and dampstaining, contemporary sheep, gilt panelled spine, remnant of old label ('G') on upper cover [Benazra p.269; Chomarat 302], Rouen, Jean B[aptiste] Besongne, 1691; idem, another edition, illustrations as above but with variant portrait of Louis XIV, fly-leaf with old notes in French and Latin, modern half morocco, spine gilt, with adhesion mark from old label [Benazra p.291; Chomarat 321], Rouen, Jean B[aptiste] Besongne, 1710; idem, another edition, engraved portraits of Nostradamus (remargined), Cesar Nostradamus, Henri II, Henri IV and Louis XIV, plate of execution of Charles I, wanting directions to binder leaf at end, repair to title affecting ornament, slight browning, later catspaw calf, attractive gilt panelled spine, small adhesion mark from old label on covers [Benazra p. 265; Chomarat 303, calling for 2 additional preliminary leaves], Lyon, Antoine Besson, [c.1690], 12mo; and 4 others (7)Footnotes:Provenance: First volume, Abbé Hector Rigaux, curé of Argoeuvres (noted Nostradamus authority and collector), ownership inscription on fly-leaf; H. Forne, Paris, 1860, inscription on title and stamp on fly-leaf and at end. Second volume, Daniel Ruzo, bookplate. Third volume, H. Jarraut 1903, signature on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 174

BARKER (THOMAS)Barker's Delight. or, the Art of Angling. Wherein are Discovered Many Rare Secrets... second edition, 2 leaves in the first gathering loosely inserted from another copy (one soiled), without the last 2 leaves of Moseley's 20-page catalogue at end, contemporary sheep, worn with some loss exposing top part of upper board, preserved in calf case [ESTC R209132, not calling for advertisements; Westwood & Satchell p.22; Wing B786], small 8vo, Humphrey Moseley, 1659Footnotes:Rare, being a reissue of Barker's The Art of Angling. ESTC does not call for publisher's advertisements at the end, but this copy has 8 leaves of these (a1-8), with 2 added in facsimile (b1-2). The latest title advertised is dated 1657.Provenance: Robert Franklin, early ownership inscription on front free endpaper; 'Tho: Burton ex dono Tho: Franklin 1727', inscription on title; 'Presented by J. Graham Dawson Esq.', purple stamp on front pastedown and free endpaper; John A. McKinley, bookplate; The Angling Library of John McKinley, Bloomsbury, 31 March 2005; Alan J. Jarvis, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 205

HOUBA (JULIEN)Les chênes de l'Amérique septentrionale en Belgique, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 57 lithographed plates (including 38 nature-printed chromolithographs of leaves), contemporary half calf, original printed upper wrapper bound in [Nissen BBI 937], large 8vo, Hasselt, Ceysens, 1887--[ALPINE FLORA] A collection of approximately 100 actual mounted samples of Alpine flora, mounted on loose sheets, most with printed identification label, held in modern cloth box, gilt morocco lettering label on spine, [late nineteenth century]--Album of 'Wild Flowers', compiled by Marmaduke Burton Dawnay, approximately 100 actual samples of pressed flowers mounted on 34 sheets (recto only), all captioned, with Dawnay's ownership stamp, nineteenth century half morocco, 4to, initialed 'M.D., September 1899'--French album of pressed flowers, compiled by Emilie Vail, upwards of 50 actual samples mounted with paper tabs on 31 sheets (recto only), captioned in ink with place and date collected ('Jardin de Pope, Londres 1835', 'Tombeau de Napoleon', 'Chateau de Blois, 1843', etc.), contemporary quarter morocco, oblong 8vo, [1840s]; and 6 other Herbariums with mounted flowers, including 4 with samples mostly collected in Surrey in the 1870s (10)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 207

LANA TERZI (FRANCESCO)Magisterium naturae, et artis... in quo occultoiora naturalis philosophiae principia manifestantus, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 57 engraved plates (each folding, mounted on a stub), 4-page dedication to Sfondrati loosely inserted in volume 3, early tree calf, small gilt stamp [see provenance] on upper covers, neatly rebacked preserving original spines, gilt-tooled with red and black morocco lettering labels, some rubbing [Riccardi I 13.3, 'Raro di trovare tutti e tre i volumi uniti... importantissima opera'; Wheeler Gift 197], folio (370 x 235mm.), Brescia, Giovanni Maria Ricciardi [-Parma, Hyppolite Rosati], 1684-1692Footnotes:First edition of Lana Terzi's magnum opus, a polymathic collection of Jesuit science in the style of his mentor Athanasius Kircher.Provenance: Royal Society of Edinburgh, small gilt stamp at centre of upper covers.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 21

MINIATURE BOOKSGALILEI (GALILEO) Galileo a Madame Cristina di Lorena (1615), wood-engraved portrait of Galileo, printed in 'fly's eye' type, original vellum gilt, covers decorative, 'Galileo' in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers, metal gilt slipcase [Bondy pp.95-96; Spielmann 161], 19 x 13mm., Padua, Salmin, 1896 [colophon 1897]Footnotes:'For many years this tiny book which is only half the size of an ordinary postage stamp was considered the smallest printed from movable type' (Bondy). It was printed in a miniscule fly's eye ('Occhio di mosca') type. The text is the Novantiqua, the famous letter sent by Galileo to his friend and patron Madama Cristina of Lorena.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 212

NEWTON (ISAAC)Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica... editio ultima, first part only (of 2, without the 'Analysis...' at end), title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 3 folding engraved plates, numerous diagrams in the text, nineteenth century calf, red and brown gilt lettering labels and gilt decoration in six panels within raised bands on spine, C.A.L. gilt stamp on upper cover [Grey 12; Wallis 12], 4to (238 x 185mm.), Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1723Footnotes:Provenance: Walter Bowman (probably the Scottish antiquary, 1699-1782, elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1745), neat early ownership inscription on verso of title-page; Cruising Association Library, bookplate (with disposal stamp), stamped in gilt on upper cover.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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