Barnaud (Nicolas) Le Reveille-Matin des Francois, et de leurs voisins, 2 vol. in 1, collation: a-b8, c4, A-K8, a-m8, early 18th century French red morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo (160 x 100 mm.), 'A Edimbourg, De l'imprimerie de Jaques Jarnes' [i.e. Strassburg, Bernard Jobin], 1574. ⁂ The true first complete edition in French, or in any vernacular language, of a highly incendiary polemic, perhaps the most famous of all contemporary Huguenot writings, which justifies tyrannicide by dedicated rebels and 'soldats Chrestiens', and (in the new second dialogue) develops a theory of social contract and a plan for organized communal and 'federative' insurrection. Inspired by the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre at Paris (24 August 1572, which is described in the first dialogue), it has sometimes been attributed, wholly or in part, to Theodore de Beze, Francois Hotman, Huges Doneau, or Montaigne's friend Etienne de La Boetie, but the assembly and clandestine publication is now firmly ascribed to Nicolas Barnaud (1538-1604), a rather mysterious Huguenot alchemist/occultist. Barnaud travelled widely in Europe, first as a Calvinist activist, later attempting (it is thought) to establish a kind of international hermetic network along the lines of the Rosicrucians, associating with the likes of Thaddeus von Hajek, Anselmus de Boodt, and probably John Dee--who, like Gabriel Harvey, owned a copy of this seditious text. In its final form of two dialogues (the first dialogue appeared alone under a different title at Basel in 1573), the Reveille-Matin was published simultaneously in Latin, as Dialogi ab Eusebio Philadelpho cosmopolita in Gallorum et caeterarum nationum gratiam compositi, also with a false Edinburgh imprint, and translated into German in 1575 and 1593, still as emanating from 'Edimbourg'. STC distinguishes three discrete editions of the '1574' French version, of which this is demonstrably the first, with line 10 on p. 7 ending 'quon', and the errata on p. 152 all uncorrected. Provenance: the Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and small embossed stamp to first 3 leaves). Literature: STC 1464, evidently not in the British Library; Rothschild 3125 does not distinguish editions.
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![Hierocles, Alexandrinus. Commentarius in aurea Pythagoreorum carmina [Graece]; bound with, Aurea Pythagoreorum Carmina, toget](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dfd0ae87-7b72-44bd-9d38-a72a00a83cab/b85e5932-e31e-4b7b-86d5-8817181d8a0a/468x382.jpg)
Hierocles, Alexandrinus. Commentarius in aurea Pythagoreorum carmina [Graece]; bound with, Aurea Pythagoreorum Carmina, together 2 works in 1, collation: a12, A-O12, P6; a12, A8, B4, C8, D4, E8, F4, G8, H4 (a12 and H4 blank), woodcut devices on titles, contemporary limp vellum, 12mo (140 x 80 mm.), Paris, ex Typographia Steph. Prevosteau, 1583-85. ⁂ First work: editio princeps of the fifth-century neo-Platonist's only surviving complete work, a commentary on the Golden Verses attributed, no doubt falsely, to Pythagoras, widely celebrated in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The Greek text was edited by Curterius from a manuscript in the library of his former pupil and dedicatee, Francois de la Rochefoucauld, newly appointed as abbot of Tournus, collated in part (by the help of correspondents) with a Vatican MS. Curterius provided his own Latin translation on facing pages, though the Latin version of Giovanni Aurispa had been available in print since 1474. Second work: first edition of Theodore Marcile's Latin version of the Golden Verses, which at once rivalled Curterius': the entire Greek and Latin texts, derived from Hierocles, appear here on facing pages, followed by an extended Latin commentary on the Greek terms and phrases. Marcile (or Marcilius, of Arnheim in Holland, 1548-1617) was a prominent classicist and occasional poet, the editor of Lucian, Martial, Persius, Horace, Catullus, Suetonius, Justinian, et al., and the successor to Jean Passerat as Professor of Latin at the College Royal de Paris. Verses in praise of Marcile by Jean Dorat (Greek, with a Latin translation) and Janus Fonteius are placed at the end of the book, and Marcile's dedication, in prose and verse, is also of considerable interest, being to three noble young English students in Paris-- presumably at one time his pupils--William, Charles, and Richard Percy, sons of Henry Percy, eighth Earl of Northumberland. The assembly of these two independent editions, as a kind of 'definitive Golden Verses', may have been the idea of their publisher Etienne Prevosteau, for a similar pairing is found in bound-together volumes at Harvard and in the Hunterian collection at Glasgow. Provencance: the Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and small embossed stamp to first 2 leaves); 'De Maupry' and 'Dumiens' (early French signatures to first title). Literature: Adams P2314 and 2313
Manilius (Marcus) Astronomicon, edited by Joseph Scaliger, 2 parts in 1, collation: α-δ4, A-R4; *-**4, ⁂2, a-3S4, woodcut device on titles, small hole in C1 with slight loss of text, astrological diagrams in text, Latin and Greek text with occasional Hebrew and Arabic (in the new type Raphalengius had acquired for the project), near contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, spine ends chipped, joints cracking, 4to, Leiden, ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Christopherum Raphelengium, 1600. ⁂ Scaliger's massively revised second edition of Manilius (first issued at Paris in 1579) is one of the monuments of late humanistic classical scholarship, and of scholarly polemic as well - in this instance against the whole school of modern astrology. Anthony Grafton devotes a sub-chapter of his magisterial Joseph Scaliger: A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship (ii [1992], 437-59) to 'The Second Manilius, 1597-1599: Reprises and Reprisals', pointing out that Scaliger here re-based his text on the recently-discovered C11 Gembloux MS, and that all his revised commentary took into account that new source, whereby 'in Scaliger's work as textual critic and exegete the second Manilius marked a culmination, perhaps the highest point on the high arc of his humanistic scholarship'. Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and small embossed stamp to first 3 leaves). Literature: Smitskamp, Scaliger Collection, no. 98; Adams M 365.
Bell ringing.- Roccha (Angelo) De Campanis Commentarius, first edition, title within woodcut architectural title, 4 engraved plates (2 folding), woodcut decorative initials, X4 blank, ink stamp of religious institution to title, plates trimmed, some browning and spotting, occasional staining, modern calf, small 4to, Rome, apud Guillelmum Facciottum, 1612. ⁂ Rare early work on church bells and bell ringing. It includes a 6pp. section on horology and bells. Please note:Lot 250 – This is listed on COPAC.
Potter (Beatrix) The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition, in panoramic format, first issue with London & New York on the back of the wallet, comprising 14 colour illustrations facing text printed in green, all within green borders and linen-backed, title and imprint on mounted mottled rose paper, ink stamp reading "Property Room, Not To Be Taken Away" to verso of final panel, light damp-staining to head of panels and inside covers, original red cloth wallet covers with mounted colour illustration, lettering and decorations in black, printed lettering to tab reading "One Shilling Net", very short closed tear to clasp, some light rubbing but an excellent example overall, [Linder p.183 & 426; Quinby 11], oblong 16mo, 1906. ⁂ In the scarce variant red binding (see also lot 23), the ink stamp and the presence of the "One Shilling Net" lettering (not found on the usual blue-grey cloth copies), indicates that this may have been a rejected trial binding and that this copy came from the Warne archives. As the model for Miss Moppet, Potter borrowed a kitten belonging to a local mason which however proved to be a somewhat difficult subject, as she wrote in a letter of that year: "I have borrowed a Kitten and I am rather glad of the opportunity of working at the drawings. It is very young and pretty and a most fearful pickle."
Cornwall.- [Trelawny (Sir Harry, seventh baronet, dissenting minister, Church of England clergyman, and Roman Catholic priest, of Trelawne, in the parish of Pelynt, Cornwall, bap. 1756, d. 1834)] Diary, autograph manuscript, 36pp., slightly browned, oval ink stamp n verso of wrappers, original marbled wrappers, lettered direct on upper cover, wrappers working loose, 8vo, 17th August - 3rd September 1785. ⁂ Much of this diary concerns Trelawny's visit and decision to buy Bochym Manor, near Mullion, on The Lizard. Other topics mentioned are dealing with a new vicar, Mr. Gay, farming interests, and a friend, Salusbury Brereton (antiquary, 171-98), "August 25th. I called upon my acquaintance of last year John Tallack and ordered some specimens of stones to send Mr Salusbury Brereton - Old Tippet of the Lizherd lighthouses he told me has been dead three or four months between seventy & eighty year old... ."
Réunion (previously Île de Bourbon, island and region of France in the Indian Ocean).- Freycinet (Louis-Henri de Saulces de, French Rear-Admiral, Governor of the Île de Bourbon, 1820-27, 1777-1840) Notice et extraitre, manuscript in French, written in a sloping left hand, 15pp., slightly browned, later paper cover stamped in red "Archives de Laage", folio, n.d. [c. 1827]. ⁂ A history of the natural products of Réunion, covering the period from 1715, when coffee was first introduced up to the early 19th century. Freycinet also details the many fruits introduced under La Bourdonnais and Poivre, the landowners who cultivated them, their various successes or failures, apparently quoting partly from local knowledge or records. In particular it was Monsieur Hubert "who taught the creoles how to propagate and maintain nutmeg trees" (page 8). Provenance: Archives de Laage, with their stamp and pencilled identification "de la main de l'admiralH de Freycinet".
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. Or, The Roly-Poly Pudding, first edition thus, first issue with undated title and small advertisement to front free endpaper verso, colour frontispiece, plain and full-page colour illustrations, faint ink gift inscription dated 26.XII.26 and bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, original light red boards with mounted colour illustration, light sunning to spine and covers, short splits to foot of joints, still a very good copy overall, [Linder p.427; cf. Quinby 15], 16mo, [1926]. ⁂ Frederick Warne & Co. republished The Roly-Poly Pudding in 1926 with the new title and in the smaller format in order to make it uniform with the rest of the series.
![[Guevara (Antonio de)] The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and Eloquent Oratour, translated by John Bourchier, 2nd Ba](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dfd0ae87-7b72-44bd-9d38-a72a00a83cab/77812eca-325e-4fc2-ca07-2921c7f6a748/468x382.jpg)
[Guevara (Antonio de)] The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and Eloquent Oratour, translated by John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, black letter, title within woodcut architectural title, woodcut decorative initials, later ink notes on the work and other subjects in English and French to front free endpapers, P3 and 2O1 neatly supplied from another copy, partially erased ink stamp to verso of title, causing 2 very small holes, R5 hole within text with loss of a few words, R6 paper flaw without loss of text, stained, 17th century calf, sympathetically rebacked in modern calf, spine with black leather label, lower corners worn, rubbed, [STC 12442], 8vo, [W.Copland for] Abraham Vele, 1557. ⁂ Rare at auction. Guevara was a Spanish chronicler and moralist. Provenance: Joseph Hancock (contemporary ink signatures); H. Peach (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
16th century Italian printing in London.- Machiavelli (Niccolò) L'Asino D'Oro di Nicolo Macchiavelli, Con Tutte L'Altre Sue Operette, 3 parts in 1, titles with woodcut printer's devices, woodcut decorative initial and head-piece, final f. blank, 4pp. 18th century ink notes in French on Machiavelli to front free endpapers, ink stamp removed from upper corner of a front free endpaper and lower corner of final text f.,18th century polished calf, gilt, spine in compartments, spine ends little chipped, upper joint split, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 17158], 8vo, Rome [but London], [John Wolfe], 1588. ⁂ Rare at auction. Wolfe had been apprenticed with John Day, and when this came to an end he travelled to Italy to perfect his trade. Only he and John Charlewood were printers of Italian works in England in the late 16th century. Some 20 of Wolfe's works appear in the catalogues of the Frankfurt Book Fair between 1581 and 1591. Provenance: 'Bibliothèque de M. De Laus de Boissy, Ecuyer Lieutenant-particulier du Siège de la Connétablie, Rapporteur du Point-d'Honneur; Membre des Académies de Rome, Padouë, &c. &c..' (large engraved bookplate to front pastedown).
Cope (Sir Anthony), The Hystory of tvvo the most noble Captaynes of the World, Anniball and Scipio: of their diuers battailes and victories, exceeding profitable to reade. Gathered and Translated into English out of Titus Liuius, and other Authours, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorative initials, lacking D2&7, tape repairs to A1&2, smaller tape repairs to B1, H7 and 2H8 and ¶1, occasional spotting, 17th century calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked in modern calf, black leather label to spine, corners worn, [STC 5721], 8vo, by Willyam How, 1590. ⁂ The Heber copy of a work that is rare at auction. Provenance: Richard Heber (Bibliotheca Heberiana small ink stamp to front free endpaper); Sir Charles Frederick (large engraved armorial bookplate to front free endpaper); David Seewi (2 triangular bookplates to front pastedown and endpaper).
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr. Tod, first edition, first or second printing with date on title, colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates, plain title vignette and illustrations in text, ink gift inscription dated Xmas 1912 and blind-stamp to front free endpaper, spotting to endpapers, original grey boards with mounted colour illustration, light discolouration to spine and lower cover, still an excellent copy, [Linder p.429; Quinby 21], 16mo, 1912. ⁂ The first title in the short-lived "New Series" of books suggested by Warne. This series was marked by pen and ink drawings in the text and by the thicker, more elaborate bindings. Potter objected to the change and the series reverted to the earlier format after Pigling Bland.
Byron, 4th Baron Byron, (William, 1669-1736) Tree struck by lightning, watercolour over graphite, inscribed and dated '1718' lower left, on laid paper with partial watermark of fleur-de-lis, sheet inset onto early, possibly contemporary, paper mount with gold heightening, 200 x 265 mm. (7 7/8 x 10 1/2 in), light spotting and minor browning Provenance: Prue Heathcote-Williams (label on reverse); Gifted to Sir John Clement Witt by his wife (inscription on reverse of frame with collector's stamp [L.2228b]); Thence by descent ⁂ A very similar drawing by the artist William Byron is held in the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, and is on a matching mount to the present work (see acc. no.: B2001.2.697). The artwork of William Byron rarely appears on the market and there is little known about the artist; yet another watercolour by Byron is held in the British Museum (see acc. no.: 1881,0611.134), and an enlightening description of Byron can be found in Kim Sloan's 'A Noble Art: Amateur Artists and Drawing Masters c.1600-1800', 2000, no. 55.
Edward Harland Duckworth. A collection of Nigerian photos from the estate of Henry Jarvis Savory M.SC. Savory was the head of a department at Ibadan University whilst Duckworth was Inspector of Education in Nigeria. They became colleagues and close personal friends. Edward Harland Duckworth (1893-1972) educated at Cheltenham College, the City and Guilds Engineering College in Finsbury, and the Royal College of Science, Imperial College, University of London. Served with the Royal Engineers during World War I, after which he returned to London University where he took an honours degree in Chemistry and became an Associate of the Royal College of Science. After temporary teaching posts at Cheltenham, Haileybury and Wellingborough, he developed the science department at Dean Close School in Cheltenham. Duckworth's name was suggested to E.R.J. Hussey, Director of Education in Nigeria; Hussey was looking for someone to take charge of the development of science in Nigeria. Duckworth was made Inspector of Education in Nigeria in 1930. In 1944 the post of Inspector of Education was abolished and Duckworth was officially designated "Editor of Nigeria (Magazine) and Organiser of Exhibitions" In this post he fought for the recognition of Nigerian arts and crafts, the establishment of museums and the preservation of "antiquities," and above all for a wider concept of education in the country.He retired in 1953 and went to live with his sister in Cheltenham. He died in January 1972.His papers and photographs are held in institutions such as the Bodleian Library, The Northwestern University Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, The Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts; Birmingham University and the National Archives etc. Loose photos:'Bathing, Kurama Waters, Lagos, Nigeria' 29.5 x 37cm Folder of 42 loose black and white photographs, mostly by E H Duckworth, with Duckworth stamp on reverse, or annotated 'Duckworth' by hand. One photograph by D.S. Foulkes Roberts, 1938.Some also stamped 'Copyright Photograph By "Nigeria" Magazine, or Editor "Nigeria" Magazine, The exhibition Centre, Marina, Lagos'Mostly A5 in size, some larger, some A6, some cropped for publication purposes.Many of the larger photos have been annotated, with cropping and printing instructions on overlaid tracing paper and generally prepared for probable use in a publication called 'Life in the White Man's Grave'. Photograph dates include: 1930, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1949, 1952 Envelope of a further 53 similar photographs, also with Duckworth Copyright stamp or annotated 'Duckworth by hand. Eight in large format (prints larger than 20cm) the majority approximately 15 x 20cm. Some also inscribed on reverse with magazine captions and printing instructions. Fascinating, historical subject matter include:Pyramids of groundnut sacksGeledge masksIbibio memorialsCloth marketThe Emir of AbujaHouses, highly decorated in mud relief."The Old Learning. Students outside the Arabic Library founded by the Emir of Kano.Road making through difficult country. 1949The Emir of Kano studies an Arabic classic with Sheikh Bashir of the Law School, Kano Also: A Cambridge University Press exercise book: 'A Geography of Western Nigeria' by James Grant.A slim publication by the Government of Nigeria: Nigeria's Imports. Likely date: 1950Obituary: Edward Harland Duckworth by H.J.Savory M.SC. 3 printed sheets. 'Nigeria'Photograph album, 30.5 x 40.5cm belonging to H.J.Savory.54 well filled pages, including inside covers with 3 large full-page images probably by Duckworth. Most pages filled with on average 9 photos = approximately 460-500 photographs of the Savory's personal life in Nigeria, their home, friends, pets, plants, students, tribes people, carvings, a student production of Twelfth Night and a Midsummer Night's Dream, the university, Ibadan locations etc. Some dates in pencil 1949-50, 1952-3. Some images of Queen Elizabeth II opening Queen Elizabeth II Hall at Ibadan University in February 1956. (See inside back cover)
Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940)Woman Reading (1904-5)Oil on panel, 37 x 46cm (14½ x 18'')Artist's atelier stamp verso, Merchant's stamp verso. Blanchet, 20 rue, St Benoit, ParisProvenance: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Vente O'Conor, 7/02/1956; Roland, Blowse and Delbanco, London (label verso); William E and Elizabeth Wallace; Christie's, London, 8th November 1990, No.103; where purchased by current owner.Exhibited: Roderic O'Conor Exhibition Roland, Browse, Delbanco, London 1964 Cat. No. 8 Roderic O'Conor : A Selection of his best works Exhibition Roland, Browse, Delbanco, London 1971 Cat. No. 19Literature: Benington, Jonathan, 'Roderic O'Conor', Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1992, Catalogue No.119.This quietly restrained painting was among the lots sold in Paris at the 1956 Hotel Drouot auction of the contents of the joint studios of Roderic O’Conor and his wife, Renée Honta. The work was among those purchased by Dr. Henry Roland of Roland, Browse and Delbanco in Cork Street, London, the gallery responsible for introducing O’Conor’s work to a wider British, Irish and international audience. Many of the works which the gallery bought in Paris were untitled, and when this painting was first exhibited in London in 1964, and again in 1971, it was shown under the ascribed, or given, title of Woman Reading. A close analysis of the painting reveals that the woman is in fact not reading, but is in the act of dressing and is putting on a garment, probably a blouse or chemise. The positioning of her left hand, which is pulling on the garment, has created a ridge of tension which is further confirmed as such by the excess fabric hanging below her hand. The positioning of her right arm and her inclined head is a further indication that she is not reading but is clearly in the process of dressing. O’Conor’s painting was made in his rue du Cherche Midi studio in Paris, with his model seated on a red fabric upholstered French armchair, with gilded, fluted wooden arms and back, which appears frequently in his studio paintings. O’Conor moved into this Montparnasse studio when he returned to Paris in 1904 following a thirteen-year association with Brittany where he had painted at Pont-Aven, Le Pouldu and Rochefort-en-Terre as a member of Gauguin’s circle of artists. The change of environment from rural coastal Brittany to cosmopolitan Paris had an immediate effect on O’Conor’s subject matter. Vigorously painted landscapes and stormy seas gave way to studio still-lifes and paintings of female models. This work is indicative of an awareness of Pierre Bonnard’s quiet and intimate paintings at the turn of the century, and is revealing of O’Conor’s obvious admiration for his work from this period in Bonnard’s career. Both O’Conor and Bonnard were represented in the sixth, seventh, and eighth exhibitions in the important series organized by the Barc de Boutteville and shown in his gallery in rue Peletier in 1894 under the title Exposition des Peintres Impressionistes et Symbolistes. O’Conor, a discriminating collector, also acquired several Bonnard works for his own collection.The 1904 date on the Blanchet stamp verso also provides useful information in dating of the painting, as Blanchet was a well established artist’s colour merchant, framer, and supplier of canvas and related art materials. The company’s address in 1905 was 20 rue St. Benoit in Montparnasse but later that year they moved to 38 rue Bonaparte in Montparnasse. This makes it probable that the work was painted by O’Conor circa1904-05. Dr. Roy Johnston, March 2017
Seán O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964)Portrait of the Writer Máirtin Ó CadhainPastel, 45.75 x 35.5cm (18 x 14'')Signed and dated 1951Exh. Trinity College (Dublin) 1972, Sáirséal agus Dill commemorative exhibition.Repr. Cois Caoláire (1953); An tSraith Dhá Tógáil (1970); As an nGéibheann (1973); An tSraith Tógtha (1977); An Post, Celtic Scholars (2006).Provenance: Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh (publisher); by descent.An iconic portrait, reproduced in most of Ó Cadhain’s published work from 1953 onward.Born in a Gaeltacht area of west Co. Galway, interned in the 1940s for IRA activities, Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906-1970) was the most original and powerful writer in the Irish language for many generations. His Cré na Cille (1949), recently published in English translation, deployed the speech of his home area in its full vehemence and variety. It was followed by a series of short story collections focused on powerful character studies, moving from the small farms of Connemara to the big city where he spent much of his adult life. In 1956 he became a lecturer at Trinity College, and later Professor and Fellow there. In 1967 he was awarded the inaugural Irish-American Cultural Institute Award for his collection An tSraith ar Lár, published after a long period of creative silence. Around this time the Nobel Prize committee was beginning to focus on recognising major writers from minority cultures, and if Ó Cadhain had lived a few years longer it is likely that he would have been a serious contender.The present portrait was commissioned by Ó Cadhain’s friend and publisher Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh. It offers an excellent likeness of the writer in his maturity, its forceful style reflecting his sometimes choleric temperament. It is reproduced in Cois Caoláire (1953) and in most of his subsequent works. In 2006 it was reproduced by An Post in a postage stamp series commemorating ‘Celtic Scholars’.
Stamp /stamps Black box with several items as follows: substantial quantities of UMM British Caribbean sheets (QE2) with a high face value in (local) dollars - very many mint stamps; 4 boxes of unaddressed Eire covers with a variety of fine cachets of several years (approx. 100 Eire covers);
Stamp /stamps. A miscellany of items in a blue paper folder. Within these pages the collector of these has provided an interesting and extensive commentary with photos of related material. These, it would appear, are not generally of the actual items e.g. some photos are of mints whereas the actuals are used; mostly, the postmarks also differ. The true collectability and value will depend on the buyer's informed view and, sometimes, watermark checking. The assemblage would be worthy of further study.
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** Stamp /stamps : Five fine covers and a piece. (1) Rare FDC of Downey Head KGV Coronation day postcard [Jun 22 1911] with clear Edinburgh postmark. Message and impressed black printing on reverse add charm. (2) 1948 Silver Wedding FDC, airmail GB to USA - front and back postmarks confirm date. (3) Another FDC Downey head Coronation day cover shows a very clear Jun 22 1911. The reverse has an impressed Fettes College impressed letterhead (Tony Blair's school); card away from the stamp is bent. (4) Two cards and one piece used in the Channel Islands during German occupation. The bisect pair cover postmark is unusual - having Sark as well as Guernsey in the double ring. The KGV (photogravure) bisect is St Peter Port 27 Dec 1940 as cds. The 2d KGVI bisect is (as it should be) dark orange with a 25 JA 1941 Guernsey cds.
Millais, after, Mongon by, The North West Passage, all prints published by British and Foreign Artists Association, blind stamp, 33cm x 49cm; other,s The Death of the First Born; Watts, afrter, Portrait of Sir Frederick Leighton; Unger, after, Portrait of Hans Markart; Courtry, after, Portrait of Meissonier; all unframed, etc (19
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