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Lot 35
Photographs.- N. (W.H., photographer) The Pavilion, Brighton, albumen print, c.160 x 170mm. arched at head, mounted on thin card, caption and photographer's initials in ink below, mount a little soiled, 1854 § Charlton (J.G., photographer of Canterbury) Canterbury Cathedral, Norman vault arch, entrance to the 'Lavatory Tower', c.290 x 235mm., studio stamp on verso, [c.1895] § Wilton House and Cedars, albumen print, c.225 x 275mm., on card mount, [c.1880]; and a quantity of other photographs, mostly topographical or ecclesiastical, including many by Harold Baker of Birmingham (some signed by him on mount), 3 by Robert Welch of peat-cutting and cottages in rural Ireland, a view of John Bunyan's cottage, Anstey's cove Torquay with bathing huts and a later large image of an old woman with a donkey on Achill Island Co.Mayo in 1951, some mounted on card, v.s., [most late 19th century]. (c.100)
Lot 217
Richardson (George) A Book of Ceilings, composed in the style of the Antique Grotesque, first edition, title and text in English and French, engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 48 engraved plates, one double-page, most with small areas or details picked out in watercolour or coloured pencil, the latter very faint, a few with Richardson's name and dimensions supplied in ink within plate-mark, spotting to text, light marginal soiling to plates, small portion cut away from title (repaired), stamp removed from edge of first few plates, contemporary boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine a little faded, [Harris 735], folio, for the Author, 1776.⁂ Richardson was employed by the Adam Brothers for eighteen years and this work was his unsuccessful attempt to launch his own architectural practice. The list of subscribers includes Joseph Banks, William Chambers, John Carr of York, George Dance, Joseph Pickford at Derby, Thomas Sandby and many country house owners such as the Marquis of Rockingham.
Lot 131
Thucydides. The hystory, writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan, of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls, first edition in English, black letter, title within elaborate historiated woodcut border, woodcut initials, without errata f. (as often), occasional light marginal browning or finger-soiling, ink markings to title in an early hand, title strengthened at inner margins, bookplate and ink stamp to title verso, handsome 19th century hard vellum, spine darkened, minor wear, an attractive copy, [STC 24056], folio, [William Tylle], 1550.⁂ One of the earliest translations of Greek literature. Thucydides recounts the 5th-century B.C. war between Athens and Sparta and analyses the political and moral policies that fueled the combat.
Lot 50
'Ruiz Binder'.- Giambullari (Pier Francesco) Historia dell'Europa... nella quale ordinatamente si trattano le cose successe in questa parte del mondo dall'anno Dccc fino al 913 Di nostra Salute... , first edition, collation: *4, **4, ⁂4, ⁂*4, A-Z4, Aa-Ss4, Tt2, title with woodcut printer's device to title and portrait verso, woodcut historiated initials, title lightly soiled and with small repair, affecting a few letters of portrait frame verso, Venice, Francesco Senese, 1566 bound with Guicciardini (Lodovico) Commentarii... Delle cose più memorabili seguite in Europa: specialmente in questi paesi bassi, dalla pace di Cambrai, del mDxxix, insino a tutto l'anno m.D.lx. Libri tre..., second edition, collation: a8, b4, A-K8, title with woodcut printer's device and historiated initials, Venice, Domenico Farri, 1566, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional light staining, contemporary Roman morocco by the 'Ruiz Binder', central arms of Ruiz (a lion rampant, stamped in gold, holding a fleur-de-lis stamped in silver, within a cartouche flanked by the initials 'I R'), all within a rich border of gilt and tooled fillets, and gilt floral roll, spine ends and corners repaired, gilt gauffered edges, little rubbed, small 4to (book block 208 x 142mm; binding 213 x 157mm.)⁂ Bound by the 'Ruiz Binder' and bringing together two important histories of Europe by Florentine scholars. The works were finely bound around 1570 for Jeronímo Ruiz, member of a distinguished Valencia family living in Rome and associated with the Curia. His uncle Felipe (1512-1582) was secretary of the Papal Dataria. Hobson records 24 volumes bearing Ruiz's arms, all bound by the same Roman binder known as the 'Ruiz Binder', in light of his principal client. "Jeronimo had a taste for history and owned works by Lucius Florus, Dio Cassius, Sallust, Thucydides and Polybius, as well as Bembo's history of Venice, Olaus Magnus's of Scandinavia, Giambullari's of Europe, and both Cieza de Leon's and Zarate's of Peru [...] But he was no scholar. All the books are in Italian except a copy of Francesco Maurolico's Martyrologium, Venice 1568" (Hobson-Culot, Italian and French 16th-Century Bookbindings, p. 49). For the bindings made for Jeronímo Ruiz, the Roman craftsman used the same tools already employed by Maestro Luigi, one of three binders active in Rome and working for Giovanni Battista Grimaldi between 1536 and 1565. Hobson suggests that the 'Ruiz Binder' may be his successor. The Ruiz arms are stamped within the usual cartouche employed by this Roman binder. The present binding is one of 24 recorded in Hobson's census. The volume later entered the rich library of cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, sold in Rome in 1711. Provenance: Jeronímo Ruiz (sixteenth century armorial binding); from the library of Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (1651-1737; stamp 'Ex. Bibl. Ios. Ren. Card. Imperialis' on the first title-page; see Bibliothecae Josephi Renati Imperialis Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, Romae 1711, in the Appendix, p. 554); 'De Pigis' (ownership inscription on the first title-page); Count Orazio Samminiatelli (twentieth century, Perignano, near Pisa; see A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, no. 19). Literature: I: EDIT 16 CNCE 20914 II: Adams G-1534; EDIT 16 CNCE 22315. Binding: Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, Amsterdam 1975, no. 19; Hobson-Culot, Italian and French 16th-Century Bookbindings, no. 17.
Lot 243
Sturm (Johannes) De accurata circuli dimensione et quadratura, 1633 bound with Ludus fortunae, ad recreandam societatem, 1635 [but 1633], together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut printers device to titles, woodcut initials, occasional light spotting or browning, mostly marginal, final gathering of first work loose, ink stamps to titles, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, 4to, Leuven, François Simon.⁂ Two rare works by the Belgian mathematician Johannes Sturm. The first dealing with the then-popular problem of attempting to square the circle, the second with games and fortune telling. Provenance: 'I.C.S.I.' (contemporary ownership inscription on the title-page); José Bayolo Pacheco de Amorim (1918-2013, stamp on the title-page, with the printed shelfmark '14009').
Lot 233
S.E. Asia.- Malay.- Werndly (George Henrik) Maleische spraakkunst, uit de eigen schriften der Maleieres opgemaakt; met eene voorreden, behelzende eene inleiding tot dit werk, en een dubbeld aanhangsel van twee boekzalen van boeken, in deze tale zo van Europeers, als van Maleiers geschreven, title with woodcut device, woodcut tail-pieces, ink stamp to title and a few other ff., some light browning, early 20th century straight-grain morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, Amsterdam, R. & G. Wetstein for the [Dutch] East Indies Company, 1736.⁂ Rare first edition of this Malay grammar printed for the Dutch East India Company. It includes 'the first bibliography of Malay books by Europeans and indigenious authors' (Landwehr VOC 759).
Lot 115
Brontë (Charlotte [pseudonym "Currer Bell", novelist, 1816-55) Autograph address to her father "Revd. P. Bronte", on envelope, Penny Red stamp in right hand corner, laid in an album leaf, 72 x 119mm., post mark Conduit Street & Leeds, 25th Ju[ne] 1850.⁂ From a letter written while Charlotte Brontë had been in London as a guest of her publisher, George Smith, where she visited the Royal Academy, dined with Thackeray and sat for her portrait by George Richmond.
Lot 58
Language.- Persian.- Dieu (Louis de) Rudimenta linguæ Persicæ, title printed in red and black and with first word in Persian, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, small ink stamp to outer margin of title, and a partially erased small ink stamp to final verso, 19th century half calf, [Willems 477; Smitskamp 312], small 4to, Leiden, House of Elzevier, 1639.
Lot 107
Henry V (King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, 1386-1422).- Letters from Michael Guernier, Baillie of Maine and Meulan for the King of France and England [Henry V], stating that by order of Sir Walter Hungerford, Sir John Tiptoft, Jehan le Feron, Estiennot Vincent and others and their aides have been sent to Meulan to make a barrier from the causeway of the pool to the river Seine for the lodging and security of the sovereign and for the placing of his garrison, manuscript in French, on vellum, 14 lines, lacks seal, folds, slightly creased and browned, ink no. 19 at head, ink stamp of a star at tail, 115 x 230mm., 19th July 1419.⁂ Meulan was a vulnerable point on the water transport link between Paris and Rouen and with a bridge over the Seine. Walter Hungerford, first Baron Hungerford (1378-1449), soldier, administrator, and speaker of the House of Commons; served at the sieges of Caen and Falaise (1417), Cherbourg (1418), Rouen (1418-19), and Melun (1420); and at the long siege of Meaux (1421-22).John Tiptoft, first Baron Tiptoft (c. 1378-1443), administrator and speaker of the House of Commons.
Lot 84
Ephemera.- A New Post Coach, "The Union Railway"... from the Red and White Lion Hotels, Banbury... to the Aylesbury Station, printed broadside, small tear with slight loss, folds, browned, framed and glazed, 360 x 235mm., 1840; and a quantity of other ephemera, including: 2 silk weave pictures, framed Banbury Hunt Steeple Chases & Pony Races, 1864; fly-fishing tie in glass, framed Drinkwater bookplate, Drinkwater's grandfather's seal stamp etc., v.s., v.d. (qty).
![Witchcraft.- [Boulton (Richard)] A Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery, and Witchcraft..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lackin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d9be7778-42d8-4646-8671-ab2700ead06d/0cee7e43-cfa0-4fcd-81b8-ab270179663a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 21
Witchcraft.- [Boulton (Richard)] A Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery, and Witchcraft..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, title lightly soiled and with ownership stamp of John Brymer to verso, cropped, later calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, a little rubbed and faded, splits to joints, 12mo, for E.Curll...J.Pemberton, 1715; and 5 others, mostly imperfect pamphlets, 8vo et infra (6)
Lot 61
Hermetic writitngs.- Ursinus (Johann Heinrich) De Zoroastre Bactriano, Hermete Trismegisto, Sanchoniathone Phoenicio, Eorumq(ue) scriptis, & aliis, contra Mosaicae Scripturae antiquitatem, first edition, lightly browned throughout, later vellum, [Caillet 10946; Rosenthal 867; Jantz 2564], 8vo, Nuremberg, Michael Endter, 1661.⁂ First edition of this chronology and critique of hermetic writings, including those by Zoroaster, Hermes Trismegistus and Sanchuniathon. Provenance: 'Bibl. Stud. Acad. Laus.' (ink stamp to title).
Lot 234
Southern Asian languages.- Alphabets.- Amaduzzi (Giovanni Cristoforo) and Cassiano Beligatti Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum. Universitatis Kasi, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, Devanagari characters in text, partially erased ink stamp to title, causing small hole and paper thinning, ink stamp to final verso, some water-staining and spotting, contemporary vellum, gilt morocco label to spine, [Smitskamp 206; Birrell & Garnett 12], Rome, Typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1771; and a first edition of Alphabetum Grandonico-Malabaricum, Rome, 1772, 8vo (2)⁂ A Sanskrit alphabet as used at Kasi University, Benares, with Christian texts in parallel Latin and Hindi.
Lot 215
Paine (James) Plans, Elevations, Sections, and other Ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Donacaster, first edition, engraved title-vignette incorporating portrait of the architect by Grignion after Hayman, 17 engraved plates numbered 1-21, 4 double-page, title with contemporary ink signature "Rich Allanson" at head, contemporary ink inscription "John S.Wright's Book" on front free endpaper and with his ink stamp to title, some light soiling or foxing, mostly at beginning and end, contemporary reverse calf, rubbed, rebacked, repairs to corners and edges, [Harris 668], folio, for the Author, 1751.⁂ Paine was appointed Clerk of Works at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, in 1737 when he was only nineteen years old and he continued to supervise the building there until 1750, but Doncaster Mansion House was his first major project, from 1745-48.
Lot 1073
GERMANY, THIRD REICH, MAPS, COMPRISING WESTKUST VON ENGLAND LIVERPOOL BUCHT, SHEET 802, OBERKOMMANDO DER KRIEGSMARINE 1917, WITH EAGLE AND SWASTIKA AND CIRCULAR INK STAMP OF THE SAME, 96 X 73CM AND ZEITZONENKARTE DER WELT, IN COLOURS, SHEET 2807 1940 WITH EAGLE AND SWASTIKA UPPER LEFT, CIRCULAR INK STAMP OF THE SAME AND DATE 1941,1,3, A BRITISH ADMIRALTY CHART OF LOUGHS WILLY IRELAND, ENGRAVED 1860, ELECTRO TYPED 1920, ANNOTATED IN RED INK IN GERMAN AND WITH BOXED SQUARE STAMP Ze 1940 AND PHOTOGRAVURE OF BRITISH OFFICER'S FROM THE KABUL - KANDAHAR CAMPAIGN AUGUST 1880, PUBLISHED BY H. J. WHITLOCK AND SON LIMITED 1911 (UNFRAMED) (4)
Lot 254
Boxed set of 22ct gold and Britannia Standard silver replica stamp issues, commemorating The Marriage of HRH The Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, 14th November 1973, comprising a 22ct gold ingot (26.5g approx) and a Britannia silver ingot (26.5g approx), No. 1320 of a limited edition of 3000, in presentation case
Lot 3053
A 9 3/8-Inch Symphonion Disc Musical Box, serial No. 28682, with twin diametric-combs, each with blued comb screw washers, on reeded cast gilt bedplate, ebonised soundboards, tri-language instruction colour lithograph inside the lid with Mitsching ink stamp, start/stop and crank-wind to front, in plain stained beech case with raised central panel bearing later applied framed copy of the Putti garden study, with 20 discs - 12in. wide. Condition: F II 2
Lot 3059
A Key-Wind Musical Box Playing Twelve Airs, By Brechet & Lecoultre (neé F. Lecoultre), circa 1848 Serial No. 21265, Gamme No. unknown, with small single-spring motor, single-section comb on plain brass bedplate bearing the BBC stamp, in red stained interior, in plain light mahogany case with lid, (lacking tunesheet) - case width 26in., the cylinder 18.3/4in. Condition: G-F IV 4(i)
Lot 3066
A Small Key-Wind Musical Box By Lecoultre Frères, serial no. 25981, playing four unidentified airs, single spring motor, one-piece comb with LF stamp, on plain brass bedplate, in stained interior, tunesheet reprinted with illegible writing, in stained oak case with veneered mahogany lid and line inlay - 11in., the cylinder 4.7/8in. Condition: F-P II 2
Lot 142
^ Infantry officer’s sword spadroon with hallmarked silver mounts by Thomas Cullum, London, 1794, maker’s stamp TC, straight single edge blade 32.25” cut with a single fuller and etched with crowned GR and martial trophies, stirrup hilt of conventional form with side bar, ring for dress knot, cushion-shaped pommel, reeded ivory grip, retaining the top half of its leather scabbard with all the HM silver mounts including chape, locket engraved Cullum King’s Cutler Charring Crofs within a circle, twin hanging rings, oval button. Good condition, some age wear, bottom half of leather scabbard missing. Note: for details of the maker see London silver-hilted Swords, L Southwick, Royal Armouries 2001, p.84-5.
Lot 164
Georgian naval officer’s dirk c.1800, curved tapered single edge blade 18” with crowned broad arrow stamp, cut with a single narrow fuller, regulation brass mounts, recurved crosspiece, lion’s head pommel, ribbed wooden grip (chipped along one side). Good condition, covered with old protective varnish. Note: See Naval Swords and Firearms, HMSO, May and Kennard, 1962 Pl. X for identical dirk.
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