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Lot 223
Sussex & Kent. Speed (John), Sussex Described and divided into Rapes with the Situation of Chichester the cheife citie thereof and the Armes of such Nobles as have bene dignified with the title of Earles since the conquest and other accidents therein observed, pub. Roger Rea, c.1662, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, inset town plan of Chichester, ‘open book’ cartouche, trimmed to neat line with slight loss to strapwork margin, ink ownership stamp to verso with slight showthrough, 380 x 495mm, together with, Kent with her Cities and Earles Described and observed, pub. George Humble, c.1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Canterbury and Rochester, trimmed to neat line with slight loss to strapwork margins, sparse near contemp. manuscript annotation to map, ink ownership stamp to verso with slight showthrough, 380 x 500mm -2
Lot 234
World. Ortelius (Abraham & Galle Philippe), Typus Orbis Terrarum, c.1588, hand coloured engraved miniature map of the world on an ovoid projection, 80 x 110mm, French text on verso, together with, Cluver (Philip),Orbis Terrarum Typus, pub. Amsterdam, c.1676, hand coloured engraved map of the world on a hemispheral projection, insular California, ink ownership stamp in lower margin, 150 x 260mm, plus, Ortelius (Abraham & Vrients Jan Baptist),Globus Terrestris 1600, c.1713, hand coloured engraved miniature map of the world on a hemispheral projection, repaired marginal closed tear not affecting image, 120 x 150mm. The first described item. R.W.Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.161. Item two. Shirely no. 407 Item three. Shirley no. 231, but later issue by Lasor a Varea of Padua. -3
Lot 238
World. Bellin (Jacques Nicolas), Carte des Variations de la Boussole et des Vents Generaux que lÂ’on Trouve dans les Mers les plus Frequentees, pub. Paris, 1765 [but later Italian edition of c.1797], hand coloured engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection, large ornate cartouche, old folds, 555 x 860mm, together with Essay dÂ’une Carte Reduite Contenant Les Parties Connuees du Globe Terrestre..., pub. Paris, 1748 [but later state], hand coloured engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection, ornate cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, old folds, ownership stamp on verso with slight showthrough, 515 x 710mm -2
Lot 240
Yucatan & Honduras. Mar de las Antillas Hoja VI. Carta del Golfo de Honduras con parte de Yucatan y de la Isla de Cuba, pub. Direccion de Hidrografia, Madrid, 1868, uncoloured engraved chart, lighthouses highlighted with watercolour, blind stamp of the Spanish hydrographic department, slight offsetting, 950 x 620mm. A detailed Spanish chart of the channel between Yucatan and Cuba, south of the Mosquito coast of Honduras. Belize is marked Honduras Inglesa. -1
Lot 347
Brownrigg (William). The Art of Making Common Salt, as now Practised in most parts of the World; with Several Improvements Proposed in that Art, for the use of the British Dominions, 1st ed., 1748, half-title, six folding engraved plates, errata leaf at rear, ink number stamp to lower margin of C3, some dampstaining, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked and slight wear to extremities, 8vo. Kress 4887 -1
Lot 369
Rutty (John). A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, both Cold and Not, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other Parts of the World..., 1767, title in red & black (with ink stamp), spotting and browning throughout, 20th c. half calf, 4to, together with Short (Thomas), The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, Particularly those of Scarborough..., 1734, half-title, four engraved plates (including 3 folding), hinges cracked, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn, 4to -2
Lot 386
Clayton (Thomas, 1673-1725). Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus. An Opera, after the Italian Manner as it is PerformÂ’d at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her MajestyÂ’s Servants, first edition, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1705, texblock only, occasional spotting and offsetting, ownership ink stamp to title page verso, contained within marbled paper envelope box, 4to. The first full length opera in the Italian style to be performed in England. Thomas Clayton was appointed to the KingÂ’s Musick in July 1689; he spent some period of time in Italy at the turn of the century, and on his return produced Arsinoe, with a libretto translated (probably by Motteux) from an Italian text by Stanzani. A contemporary critic condemned the music, but it enjoyed considerable success and paved the way for the introduction of Italian opera to England. -1
Lot 445
* Rossini (Gioachino, 1792-1868). A portrait from life of the composer Rossini, circa 1828, fine and rare half-length life-size portrait, oil on canvas, depicting the composer seated at a damask covered table, holding a quill pen and with manuscript music beside him, relined by Francis Leedham (probably mid-19th century), with his blind stamp to verso of stretcher, 87 x 75cm (34.25 x 29.5ins), modern antique-style ebonised wood frame, with printed labels to verso of the Historical Portraits gallery, 31 Dover Street, London, inscribed with the number 2137 Provenance: Purchased by Anthony Gasson from Phillip Mould Historical Portraits, London, circa 2000 An important and rare unattributed portrait of Rossini in his mid-thirties, around the time of the composition of his most famous opera William Tell. In this portrait the composer appears just a little older than he does in the famous head and shoulders portrait with cap of 1820 in the collection of the International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna. The Museum also holds an oil portrait of Rossini by Pietro Bettelli from 1818 The pose in our portrait is similar to the photograph of Rossini by Leopold Ernest Mayer & Pierre-Louis Pierson, c. 1855 Francis Leedham (1794-1870) was a picture cleaner and liner active by 1831 from his premises on Little Edward Street, London. He was particularly productive for the art collector and antiquarian Lord Northwick, and later the National Gallery where he relined at least fifteen Turners. -1
Lot 480
* Baker (Janet, born 1933). A good group of six signed large vintage gelain silver prints by Ronald Gunn, appearing in ‘Les Troyens’ with Scottish Opera, 3 May 1969, all signed by Baker, one in black ballpoint pen and five in silver marker, photographer’s credit stamp to verso of each, 36.5 x 25.5cm (14.5 x 10ins), and one the reverse. Widely admired for her dramatic intensity, it was perhaps best represented in her famous portrayal as Dido, the tragic heroine of Berlioz’s Magnum Opus, ‘Les Troyens’, conducted by Alexander Gibson. -6
Lot 523
* Puccini (Giacomo, 1858-1924). Vintage signed postcard, c. 1905, head and shoulders real photo postcard, signed and dated vertically downwards either side of his face, ‘Giacomo Puccini, Torre del Lago, 3.1.09’, adhesion marks to verso affecting imprint details to left margin, addressed in Puccini’s holograh to ‘Mr Herbert Hugh Harvey, 41 Hugh A., Belgrave Road, London, S.W.’, without message, stamp or postmark, verso somewhat toned, 135 x 85mm. This card was signed by Puccini at a time of great tension, and operatic high drama, in the household he shared with his common-law wife Elvira. On 1st January the jealous Elvira had wrongly accused their maid Dora Manfredi of having an affair with the maestro. Further insults were publicly made and tragically the entirely innocent and virgin Dora committed suicide on 23 January. -1
Lot 571
Barter (C.). Alone Among the Zulus, by a Plain Woman, The Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa, c. 1866, four b&w engravings incl. frontis, together with Recollections of a Visit to British Kaffrarian, c. 1866, three b&w engravings incl. frontis., light toning throughout, ex libris stamps to front endpapers, both vols. in uniform orig. gilt dec. cloth binding, spines rubbed, slight loss to hinges, 8vo, and Slatin (Rudolph C. Pasha), Fire and Sword in the Sudan, A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895, translated by Major F. R. Wingate, 3rd ed., 1896, numerous b&w illusts. missing map at rear, ex libris stamp to front endpaper, toned and stained throughout, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, front and rear boards, toned and marked, spine worn at head and foot, hinges torn, 8vo, and thirty-one other Zulu war and Africa reference, including Life of General Gordon, 1885, Shaka Zulu by E. A. Ritter, 3rd imp., 1955, South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswick, 1900, some ex libris, many in d.j.s, 8vo -34
Lot 587
Milne (A.A.). The House at Pooh Corner, 1st ed., Methuen, 1928, numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard, contemporary ownership name on half-title, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers browned, front free endpaper with booksellerÂ’s oval embossed stamp to upper outer corner, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, original salmon cloth, spine and margins faded, some light soiling, 8vo, together with a 5th edition of Winnie-the-Pooh, and a 13th edition of When We Were Very Young, both in original cloth in bright condition, plus copies of Now Were Are Sixty, and Now We Are Sixty (and a Bit), by Christopher Matthew -5
Lot 638
Parliamentary Papers (Transportation). Report from the Select Committee on Transportation Ordered by the House of Commons, to be printed, 10 July 1812, ex libris Birmingham Law Society with stamp to title page, repeated elsewhere, worming to outer margin of first fifteen pages, not affecting text, recent cloth, folio, together with Eighth Report by the Commissioners of Religious Instruction, Scotland, Edinburgh, 1838, orig. blue wrapper, 4to, and Report from the Select Committee on Public Monies, 21st July 1856, orig. blue wrapper, 4to, plus other similar law related, statutes, etc., mostly 18th and 19th century, mainly leather-bound, folio, 4to & 8vo (3 shelves & a carton)
Lot 651
Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and Their Foundations, with a brief sketch of the distributions of gold over the Earth, 3rd ed., 1859, col. frontis., numerous b&w illusts. and plts., light spotting throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with De La Beche (Henry T.), Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset, pub. H.M.S.O., 1839, col. folding map frontis., numerous b&w illusts., ex-libris stamp to title page and front endpaper ‘Office of Commissioners of Railways’, some light spotting, orig. cloth binding, spine faded and rubbed, 8vo, and Rutter (John), Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset and of its Antediluvian Bone Caverns, 1st ed., 1829, numerous b&w illusts. and plts., ex-libris stamps to front endpaper and half title, ‘Incorporated Law Society’, contemp. green half morocco, rubbed spine, large 8vo, plus other 19th c./20th c. geology reference, some in d.j.s, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & 2 cartons)
Lot 309
Samuel Austen, a silver pair cased pocket watch, hallmarked London 1826 Samuel Austen, a silver pair cased pocket watch, hallmarked London 1826, with two piece hinged cases, casemakers stamp WR, with a white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, gold spade hands, verge fusee movement, no 56278, the engraved and pierced balance cock depicting a grotesque mask amongst floral foliage, three arm steel undersprung balance, Bosely type regulator, cylindrical pillars, case 53mm diameter View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Lot 481
An Edwardian silver stamp holder, Sydney & Co, Chester, 1905, in the form of an envelope with bright-cut decoration, 4g; an Edwardian silver sweet dish, Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 1907, of heart-shaped form, 31g; and an Edwardian silver cigar holder, Griffiths & Singleton, Birmingham, 104, of cylindrical form, gilt interior, 10g (3)
Lot 185
A quantity of mixed china comprising a vase with an abstract pattern decorated in shades of red, black, grey and white, an Italian bowl in the form of a pouting flat fish, a pottery stamp showing the design of the squirrel, a small square pin dish decorated with black and gold stylised butterfly, etc
Lot 226
An early 20th Century French silver double lipped sauce boat on stand, the boat with reeded wavy edged rim and twin foliate cast scrolled handles, raised on stem and oval foot, the attached stand with raised quatrefoil edge and reeded rim, French control marks and stamp for Paul Canaux & Cie, 21cm wide, approx 450g.
Lot 390
A late 19th Century French Japy Freres gilt brass and champleve enamel four glass mantel clock, circular gilt dial with Arabic numerals, eight day striking movement, numered 1394 4 11, stamped with Japy Freres Medaille D'honneur stamp. The dial centre, border, pendulum, free standing corner pillars, domed centrepiece and front and side borders of the case decorated in polychrome champleve enamel, the case with gilt metal corner spire finials, 18 x 16 x 37cm h.
Lot 490
A collection of seven silver sovereign cases, being four single examples, three with engraved decoration, a double case bearing monogram to cover, an undecorated combination sovereign vesta case, and a combination sovereign and stamp case having all-over scroll leaf engraved decoration, various dates and makers but principally late 19th / early 20th century (7)
Lot 1252
A Special Limited Edition of thirty-nine Postage Stamps in 22 k gold commemorating the Greatest Sports Spectacle in History - The 1984 Games - The Worlds First Gold & Silver Banknotes - and four 23 K Olympic Godl Stamp First Day Covers Limited Edition 168/8000 Condition report: No condition report available on this lot
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