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Lot 243
Frederick Stackpoole after Breton Riviere - Large black and white engraving of a child and dogs in a Winter landscape, signed in pencil by the artist and engraver with print sellers blind stamp 66cm x 66cm Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 435
RENE LALIQUE (1860-1945); a 'Cinq Cheveaux' clear and frosted glass car mascot circa 1925, embossed signature to rim, raised on chrome column, terminating on wooden plinth base, height 17.5cm (af).Footnote: this famous mascot is the earliest known example made for a specific vehicle, the Citroën 5CV, when it was presented at the 1925 Art Deco Exposition in Paris.Additional InformationMinor chipping to relief point on horses heads, chip to the top, internal crack near where the horses legs are, see additional images, wear to chrome and plinth base. We have removed the figure from the base and the base of the figure has general surface wear, no major faults, the amber coloured glass panel which is based inside the chrome mount has a chip/piece missing, the mount bears no stamp. The mascot can be removed from the mount.
Lot 459
EDWARD BAWDEN CBE RA (1903-1989); a signed limited edition linocut, 'Covent Garden', no. 58/75, with blind stamp lower left, 45.75 x 61cm, framed and glazed. (D)Provenance: Purchased from Curwen Prints Ltd, 1974.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.ukCondition is generally good, colours are strong and with no major issues.
Lot 460
EDWARD BAWDEN CBE RA (1903-1989); a signed limited edition linocut, 'Leadenhall', no. 49/75, and with blind stamp lower left, 45.75 x 61.5cm, framed and glazed. (D)Provenance: Purchased from Curwen Prints Ltd, 1974.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.ukGood condition, the colours are strong and with no obvious faults.
Lot 119
DAVID SHEPHERD (1931-2017), 'Big Five', a portfolio of Limited Edition prints featuring Rhino, Elephant, Buffalo, Lion and Leopard, all signed to lower margin, with Fine Art Trade Guild stamp, Edition No.817, unmounted, approximately 26cm x 43cm (condition: water staining to folio cover, marks to print margins)
Lot 124
Harris (Joseph) The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery, first edition, 7 folding engraved plates, dampstaining to first few ff. and final plate, title with woodcut decoration, ,woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, contemporary panelled calf, spine ends a little chipped, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Tomash & Williams H22], 8vo, for Thomas Wright and Richard Cushee, 1731.⁂ An expansion of Harris's 1703 work, including a lengthy description of the orrery. Provenance: Edward S. Gowers (modern stamp and signature).
Lot 157
Kepler (Johannes) and Jacob Bartsch. Tabulae Manuales Logarithmicae Ad Calculum Astronomicum, title within ruled border, woodcut initials and head-pieces, tables, ink stamp to title verso, bookplate removed from front pastedown, contemporary vellum, [Tomash & Williams K28; VD17 12:196196Z ], 8vo, Strasbourg, Johannes Pastorius for Theodor Lerse, 1700.⁂ The second and first obtainable edition of the tables used in calculating Kepler's Rudolpine Tables of 1627. Kepler's son in law, Jacob Bartsch published the first edition after Kepler's death but the run was extremely limited due to financial issues with only one (defective) copy recorded. Provenance: Bibliothek TU (Technische Universität) Dresden (cancelled ink stamp).
Lot 158
Klügel (Georg Simon) Mathematisches Wörterbuch, 7 vol. (including 2 supplement vol.), first edition, Gothic letter, numerous engraved folding plates, ink stamps and inscriptions to titles, contemporary half calf, gilt spines, vol.2 spine repaired at head, a little rubbed, [Tomash & Williams K52], 8vo, Leipzig, Schwickert, 1803-36.⁂ Provenance: "Bucherei der Eisleber Bergschule" (ink stamp).
Lot 16
Astrolabes.- Stoeffler (Johannes) Elucidatio Fabricae ususque Astrolabii... Atque totius spherice doctissimo nuper ingeniose concinnata atque in lucem edita, first edition, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut diagrams, charts and illustrations, some full-page, those on B3v, C4v and D3r with extension slips (D4r with one misbound, lacking slips on A6v), decorative initials and printer's device at end, [**6v] with poem by Philipp Melanchthon and woodcut arms of George Simler, 2ff. following title with neatly repaired tears, ink stamp erased from foot of title, G2 becoming loose, several ff. towards end neatly mounted on stubs, 20th century half vellum, black ink lettering to spine, [Adams S1886; Houzeau & Lancaster 3256; Stillwell Science, 892; Tomash & Williams S197; Wellcome 6099], 4to, Oppenheim, Jacob Köbel, 1513 [colophon dated 1512].⁂ The most comprehensive treatise on the astrolabe of its time. It was handsomely printed at the first press in Oppenheim. "Stoeffler recognized that, in mapping, computation of the distance between two places whose latitude and longitude were known failed to take into account the convergence of the meridians" - Stillwell. The poem by Melanchthon is possibly his first appearance in print. Provenance: Harrison D. Horblit (book label).
Lot 192
Merchants' handbooks.- Barrême (François) Le livre des aydes, domaine, et finances, Tres-utile à toute sorte de personnes; particulierment aux Traitans, & aux commis; & mesme à ceux qui aspirent à y estre emplotez. Aux marchands, cabaretiers, bouchers, & autres qui en payent les droits, additional engraved title, woodcut head-and tail-pieces, occasional staining, contemporary calf, gilt, upper joint and corners repaired, Paris, Denys Thierry, 1685 § Serré (Jean-Baptiste-Adrien-Joseph). Livre utile aux négocians de l'Europe, woodcut illustrations, worming to lower margin towards end, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Paris, Valade, 1775 § Réductions des aunes et argent de Brabant en aunes et argent de France, ink stamp to endpaper, contemporary vellum-backed boards, small split to spine, Brussels, P. Vleminckx, 1808, [Tomash & Williams B97, S86 & R19], 8vo (3)
Lot 208
Navigation.- Newhouse (Daniel) The Art of Sailing by the Logarithms, or artificial sines and tangents. Being the most exact way of working all sorts of traverses, and keeping a reckoning at sea. The whole being practically and very intelligibly laid down, with necessary questions in astronomy. Being the second part of the whole art of navigation, first edition, tables and diagrams, title with short tears to gutter, occasional browning, bookplate removed from title verso, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary red panelled morocco, richly gilt with acorn, floral and foliage tools, all within three sets of triple filet borders, spine in compartments, each with a single floral tool, extremities rubbed, cracking to joints, [Tomash & Williams N27], 4to, for Richard Mount , 1701.⁂ First edition of this second part of Newhouse's The Whole Art of Navigation. The unnumbered leaves at the end of this book contain James Atkinson's A Triangular Canon Logarithmical: or a table of artificial sines, tangents and secants. The Naval Binder used a small parrot head stamp, very similar but not identical to this stamp.
Lot 210
Neve (Richard) Mathematicks made plain, in the solution of variety of useful propositions... all perform'd by that excellent line of numbers, commonly call'd Gunter's-Line. Being a necessary companion for gentlemen, military officers, engineers, architects, first edition, occasional spotting or light browning, ink stamp to title, 20th century calf, [Tomash & Williams N26], 8vo, W. Pearson, 1708.⁂ A rare little work, designed for use by tradesmen. Provenance: John Thomas Barber Beaumont (1774-1821, ink stamp).
Lot 212
Newton (John) A Help to Calculation. Or two tables: the one of decimal numbers, and the other of their logarithmes, for the ready converting of sexagenary tables into decimal, and the contrary, first edition, title within ruled border, tables, ink stamp to title verso, 20th century half morocco, [Tomash & Williams N33; Wing N1060], small 4to, Joseph Moxon, 1657.⁂ Rare. "The present work, published by Joseph Moxon for sale in his instrument shop, is designed to aid in the conversion from sexagesimal to decimal numbers so that problems in astronomy, navigation, etc. can more easily be solved using the standard logarithmic tables. After a short introduction, the majority of the volume is taken up by the tables." - Tomash & Williams.Provenance: The Royal Society (ink stamp).
Lot 216
Oughtred (William) Clavis mathematicæ denuo limata, sive potius fabricata, 4 parts in 1 vol., title within ruled border, woodcut initials, head-pieces and diagrams, ink stamps to endpaper and pastedown, contemporary ink inscriptions to endpaper, contemporary calf, upper joint splitting, extremities a little rubbed, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Tomash & Williams O40, 45, 47, 52; Wing 0574], 8vo, Oxford, Leonard Lichfield for Thomas Robinson, 1652.⁂ The third edition of this work and the last to be printed in Oughtred's lifetime, includes a treatise on dialling translated in Latin by Christopher Wren. Provenance: J. Wilson (ink inscription with "Donum V. Cl. R. Smith" below); Land Thüringen Landesbibliothek Altenburg (ink stamp).
Lot 221
Ozanam (Jacques) L'Usage du compas de proportion: explique & demontre d'une maniere courte & facile, engraved folding plate with 2 images, contemporary vellum, preserved in custom drop-back box, The Hague, Henri van Bulderen, 1691; [Another edition], 2 engraved plates, title a little soiled with erased name to recto and ink stamp of Dresden library to verso, light marginal soiling, 20th century marbled boards with old calf spine, spine ends repaired, Paris, Jean Jombert, 1700, titles with woodcut decorations, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces and diagrams, [Tomash & Williams O70 & O71], 8vo (2)
Lot 231
Playford (John) Vade mecum, or the necessary companion, containing, 1. Sir S. Morland's perpetual almanack... 2. The computation of years... 3. The reduction of weights and measures. 4. The ready casting up any number of farthings [&c.] With Sir Samuel Morland's new table for guinneys... 5. The interest, and rebate of money, the forbearance, discompt, and purchase of annuities, at 6 per cent. 6. The rates of post-letters... 7. The rates or fares of coach-men [&c.], first edition, dedication f., engraved portrait of Samuel Morland, 3 engraved and numerous woodcut tables, small repair to title fore-margin, modern morocco-backed boards, [Kress (Supplement) S.595; Tomash & Williams P95; Wing P2505], small 8vo, by A. G. and J. P., 1679.⁂ Rare in first edition. Provenance: Royal Society, London (ink stamp to foot of dedication).
Lot 245
Scheffelt (Michael) Pes mechanicus artificialis, oder neu-erfundener Mass-Stab auf welchem alle Proportiones der gantzen Matheseos ohne muhsames Rechnen, first edition, Gothic letter, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials and head-pieces, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, spotting, ink stamp to title, modern antique-style vellum ink lettering to spine, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Tomash & Williams S31; VD17 39:121551N], 4to, Ulm, Wagner, for the author, 1699.⁂ Provenance: "Ex bibliotheca Viennensi" (ink stamp).
Lot 249
Scheffelt (Michael) Unterricht vom Proportionalzirkel. Neue, durchgehends umgearbeitete und mit einer historischen Einleitung vermehrte Auflage, von Johann Ephraim Scheibel, Gothic letter, 8 engraved folding plates, occasional foxing or browning, title with ink stamp to verso and ink inscription to recto, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary boards, rather rubbed and soiled, [T&W S30 (or S34, a duplicate entry); VD18 13411578], Breslau, Johann Friedrich Korn, 1781; Instrumentum proportionum..., Gothic letter, title printed in red and black with woodcut decoration, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 12 engraved folding plates, a few ff. with upper corners repaired, later boards, [T&W S29; VD18 13578731], Ulm, Daniel Bartholomaeus und Sohn, 1755, 4to (2)
Lot 252
Schott (Gaspar) Cursus Mathematicus, sive Absoluta omnium mathematicarum disciplinarum encyclopedia, first edition, double column, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces and diagrams, engraved additional title page, folding engraved table and 41 plates (some folding), engraved title cropped at outer margin, small ink stamp to printed title, browning, heavy in places, later vellum, title in manuscript on spine, a little soiled, endpapers renewed, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Tomash & Williams S54; VD17 12:196809B], folio, Wurzburg, Heirs of Martin Schonwetter, 1661.⁂ Includes chapters on varied subjects such as astronomy, geography, horology, mechanics, hydrostatics, optics, military architecture, music and surveying.Provenance: "Colloredo" (ink stamp to title).
Lot 265
Sundials.- Clavius (Christoph) Gnomonices libri octo, first edition, title within engraved architectural border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces and diagrams, printers device above colophon, occasional very light marginal dampstaining and minor browning, bookplates and book labels to pastedown, ink stamp to title and final f., contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, joints splitting, a few wormholes to covers, lacking 4 pairs of ties, [Edit16 12671; Tomash & Williams C101], folio, Rome, Francesco Zanetti, 1581.⁂ First edition of the most important and substantial work on gnomonics published to that date.Provenance: "Abbatiae Carcerum" (i.e. the abbey of Santa Maria delle Carceri (near Padua), engraved bookplate on inside covers); Rev. Antonio de Lazzaris, canon of the Congregation of San Giorgio (inscription on inside front cover); "TA" (red monogram stamp).
Lot 277
NO RESERVE Time measurement.- Ungerer (Alfred) Les horloges astronomiques et monumentales les plus remarquables de l'Antiquité jusqu'à nos jours, first edition, illustrations, later green cloth, Strasbourg, 1931 § Littrow (Joseph Johann von) Calendariographie oder Anleitung alle Arten Kalender zu verfertigen, Gothic letter, Library of Congress duplicate stamp to endpaper, library cloth, Vienna, J. G. Heubner, 1828, [Tomash & Williams U2 & L118]; and 2 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (4)
Lot 288
Wolff (Christian Johann von) Mathematisches Lexicon, first edition, Gothic letter, title printed in red and black, diagrams and illustrations, engraved frontispiece, ink stamp and inscription to title, bookplate, contemporary calf, Leipzig, Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1716 § Heilbronner (Johann Christoph) Versuch einer mathematischen Historie, erster Theil, Gothic letter, browning, eighteenth-century blue wrappers, uncut, preserved in custom drop-back box, Frankfurt und Leipzig, Samuel Wohler, 1739, [Tomash & Williams W104; H95], 8vo (2)
Lot 38
Babbage (Charles) The Exposition of 1851; or, Views of the Industry, the Science, and the Government of England, first edition, half-title, ex-library copy with ink stamp to title and book label, original cloth, spine slightly faded and with small nick at head, cloth chemise and slip-case, [Tomash & Williams B24; Van Sinderen 61; Norman 95; Origins of Cyberspace 67], 8vo, John Murray, 1851.⁂ "Babbage had been proposed to head the Industrial Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851, but was rejected because of his early radicalism and his conflicts with the government over the Difference Engine. Resentful over his treatment, Babbage decided to publish a book on the Exhibition to set before the public the ideas that he otherwise would have presented to the Exhibition's governing committees. Babbage's Difference Engine, although certainly one of the engineering marvels of the nineteenth century, was not included in the Exhibition" (Norman).
Lot 58
Bion (Nicolas) The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, translated and edited by Edmund Stone, 2 parts in 1, including supplement, second English edition, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, 30 folding engraved plates, small portion of loss to plate 7 margin, occasional very light browning, some spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, covers worn and repaired, [Baillie p.145; Tardy p.36; Tomash & Williams B160], folio, J. Richardson, 1758⁂ Provenance: Bindon Blood (1755-1855, ink stamp to verso of title, dated 1793 in manuscript); Cardinal Hayes Library, New York, Manhattan College, (blindstamp to title).
Lot 67
Brewster (Sir David) Letters on Natural Magic, Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, first edition, text illustrations, including 2 with movable parts, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco with gilt stamp to upper cover, extremities rubbed, [Origins of Cyberspace 47; Tomash & Williams B248; Toole Stott 136], small 8vo, John Murray, 1832.⁂ Includes mention of Babbage's engine: "Of all the machines which have been constructed in modern times, the calculating machine is doubtless the most extraordinary..."Provenance: Law Society of Upper Canada (gilt stamp to upper cover).
Lot 84
NO RESERVE Computer conferences.- Chu (Jeffrey Chuan) Proceedings Of A Symposium On Large Scale Digital Computing Machines, illustrations, original cloth-backed wrappers, stamp to upper cover, wear to spine, [Lemont, IL], 1953 § Birkhoff (Garrett) and others. Transactions of the symposium on fluid mechanics and computing, 2 vol., original cloth, New York, 1953-54 § Cybernetics. Circular causal, and feedback mechanisms in biological and social systems. Transactions of the sixth conference March 24-25, 1949, New York, bookplate of Princeton University, library cloth, original wrappers bound in, New York, 1950, [Tomash & Williams C87, B169, G92 & V33]; and 9 others, conferences and symposia, 8vo (13)
Lot 215
Edward VII Art Nouveau silver and green glass desk stand, the rounded oblong tray with whiplash double pen-rest flanked by two green glass bottles, each with hinged silver cover and pierced gallery, sponsor Martin Hall & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1904, on four tapering supports, 17cm wide, retailers stamp beneath of Manoah Rhodes & Sons Ltd, Bradford, numbered 1385, 18.2toz gross approx Condition: Both hinged covers to inkwells slightly 'sprung'. Metal polish residue to glass bodies can be easily removed. Tray surface has light superficial scratching but overall sound. **General condition consistent with age.
Lot 343
E.Leitz Wetzlar brass and black-lacquered microscope, the main tube with rack-and-pinion coarse focus adjusting, over three objectives and a circular stage with plano-convex swivel mirror on Y-shaped base, printed card 'Mikroskop Nr110436', the mahogany case with matching numbered stamp to door edge, with trays of further pieces and objectives, the case 34cm high Condition: Appears in good original order but untested and unwarranted. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 361
Regency Campaign-style brass-bound rosewood 'Tompson Patent' writing box or lap desk, the hinged rectangular cover with vacant central brass cartouche and bound edges, enclosing gilt-tooled Morocco pouches for Days of the Week, over pen tray, lidded compartments and ink bottle apertures, hinged plush-covered writing slope with GRP Patent lock, and oval stamp 'Tompson Patent with Royal Arms', the sides with flush-fitted handles, 51cm x 26.5cm x 18cm high Condition: Hinged cover has an 8.5cm crack to centre left side, ink stain to rear left corner, otherwise superficial scratching, brass ware in original condition but rather dull, wear to sides of a couple of pouches to underside of cover, some tears to sides of card pouch behind this, very minor losses to pen tray, possibly one ink bottle missing, some discolouration and fraying to edges of plush writing slope and missing its tabs, rod missing to right edge which would release panel to secret drawers (accessed via right hand inkwell aperture), - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 389
Mountaineering Interest - Smith, Albert - 'The New Game of the Ascent of Mont Blanc', believed second edition circa 1861, comprising: game board of eight linen-backed folding sections, each with hand-coloured lithographic prints, A.N. Myers & Co, London W., from C. Adler Printing Establishment Hamburg, verso with pair of original wine Morocco covers and purple stamp of Emma S. Windsor, Kindergarten, Toy, and Crawling Rug Depot, 50 Harrington Road, South Kensington, S.W., together with painted bone spinning 'Teetotum' of octagonal form, five of six 'men' and original box with gilt Morocco title to the cloth-hinged cover plus approximately seventy associated German brass counters stamped Spiel Marke and 'Fortuna' or 'Kechen Pfennig', the game sheet 52.5cm x 40cm (open), the box 23cm x 15cm x 5cm high Condition: Game sheet appears slightly trimmed to lower edge, light foxing and staining particularly along joins, a few further dark marks as per image, scattered foxing verso but wine Morocco covers are sound, game sheet may have had an outer slip case (now lacking), rule book missing, one coloured counter missing, German brass counters believed to be associated, box in good original order with only a few light speckles, cloth hinge intact, extremely light scuffing to corners, but overall sound - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 423
East India Company 12 bore full stocked flintlock holster pistol, circa 1840, the round steel barrel 9" with swivel ram-rod and stamped with English proof at the breach, the lock plate with swan neck cock and EIC lion and with small Turkish/Persian stamp to the tail of the plate, the walnut stop with brass furniture and small lanyard rim, 15" overall Condition: Cock appears to be seized, signs of surface wear, scratching, light denting to walnut stock, barrel showing signs of tarnish, trigger appears to be moving, - would advise viewing in person prior to bidding - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 647
Robert Burrows (fl.1851-1856) - Oil on canvas - Lock scene with two figures fishing, signed and dated 1870 lower left, 24cm x 33cm, in a gilt gesso frame Condition: The reverse with stamp for Geo Rowney & Co, Rathbone Place and Oxford Street, some touching in and re varnished. **General condition consistent with age
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