(Evariste Régis Abbé) Christianity in China Tart (Evariste Régis Abbé) Christianity in China Tartary and Thibet 2 vol. Oxford & Cambridge University Club stamp to titles and bookplates contemporary half morocco by Harrison Pall Mall spines darkened corners and joints rubbed [cf. Yakushi H445i] 1857; Souvenirs d`un Voyage dans La Tartarie et le Thibet 2 vol. illustrated by J.M. Planchet with letter to the illustrator loosely inserted and 2pp. letter in contemporary hand tipped in illustrations and maps later cloth gilt original wrappers bound in corners rubbed Peking 1924; and another Huc 8vo and 4to (5) *** Huc and Joseph Gabet both French missionaries travelled through China and Tibet reaching Lhasa in 1846. They were subsequently expelled.
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Moshemius (Johannes Laurentius) Historia Tartaroru engraved device to title and folding map woodcut head-piece and initial library ink stamp to title some browning and foxing contemporary vellum later ink lettering to spine slightly soiled [Cordier 765] 4to Helmstad Frederick Christian Weygand 1741. *** An important history of the Christian missions to Central Asia and China. The first part gives a brief history of Christianity up to Ghengis Khan and it is followed by a detailed history of Christian missions to the Mongol Empire up to Tamerlan. The second part reproduces texts from Kircher`s China Illustrata and Assemani`s Bibliotheca as well as 97 letters between European kings and Mongol Khans.
Riasanovsky (V.A.) Customary Law of the Mongol Tri recent half morocco Harbin 1929 § Umehara (S.) Studies of Noin-Ula Finds in Northern Mongolia limited to 500 copies numerous plates text in Japanese with English summary cloth Tokyo 1960; Mongolia folding map wrappers Historical Section of the Foreign Office confidential 1919 § Wolff (O.) Geschichte der Mongolen oder Tartaren bit browned library stamp on title contemporary half cloth Breslau 1872 § Muhammed en-Nesawi. Histoire du Sultan Djelal ed-Din Prince du Kharezm. translated by O. Houdas frontispiece binder`s cloth Paris 1895; and others similar v.s. (c.120)
![(Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste Comte de) [Voyage (Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste Comte de) [Voyage dans le Levant] plate vol](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2801077/541-2010923161043_468x382.jpg)
(Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste Comte de) [Voyage (Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste Comte de) [Voyage dans le Levant] plate vol. only 77 aquatint plates only (of 80) lacking number 31 and 2 unnumberered plates spotting and browning heavy on some plates ownership entry on pastedown snall stamp on fly-leaf contemporary half calf spine gilt worn joint partly split broken internally [Blackmer 614 note] landscape folio Prague P. Bohmanns Erben [1823]. *** First published in Paris in 1819. `Two editions...were also issued in 1819 with the text in 8vo and the folio plates to be purchased separately. A dual-language French/German edition in this same format was published at Prague in 1823” [Blackmer]
(Sir William) Travels in Various Countries of the (Sir William) Travels in Various Countries of the East; More Particularly Persia 3 vol. 4 folding engraved maps 82 engraved plates some folding or double-page bookseller`s ink stamp to front free endpaper of all vol. and title of vol.1 vol.2 plates water-stained other vol. plates with occasional spotting or foxing and some marginal water-staining all vol. occasional spotting to text ff. attractive contemporary tree calf gilt spines richly so vol.1 and 3 joints with short splits corners a little worn rubbed generally a good set [Borba de Moraes p.642; Ghani p.291; Not in Blackmer or Atabey] 4to 1819-1823. *** This scarce work contains much on the archaeology manners and customs of the Middle East. Sir William Ousely was secretary to his brother Sir Gore Ousely who was sent to Persia as Ambassador in 1810. The author visited Madeira Rio de Janeiro Ceylon the Malabar coast Bombay the Persian Gulf and Bushire Shiraz Fasa Darab Persepolis Isfahan Tehran the ruins of Rai the Caspian Sea the province of Mazenderan Tibriz Constantinople and Smyrna.
A French ormolu mounted ebonised striking eight day Portico clock, mid 19th century, with moulded surround to entablature, supported by four columns with ormolu capitals, the stepped base raised on bun feet, cast bezel to silvered Roman dial with engine turned centre and signed `GUYERDET AINE PARIS` blued steel Breguet hands, the twin barrels movement with conforming makers stamp to back plate, anchor escapement and count wheel strike on bell, no pendulum or key, 43.5 cm high (a.f.).
A Small Black Gift Bag containing Great Britain FDC`s, Also British Commonwealth QEII mint errors and minor flaws as received from new issues supplier. Noted Jamaica 1964 to 1969 definitive`s 6d with blue omitted (normal for comparison); Northern Rhodesia 1963 Arms 1d missing value, Ceylon U.P.U. Headquarters with blue omitted. Also Stamp booklets from Australia and Canada - noted Australia 1952 3s6d, 1957 - 1959 4s and 5s (with waxed interleaves)
A Carton containing a Ultra Violet light, unused album pages, Lighthouse SF-cutter, Morley-Bright watermark detector, index cards, tweezers, quantity of Showgard mounts in differing sizes, The Stamp Atlas by Stuart Rossiter and John Fowler and empty stockbooks. Also binder containing few Great Britain stamps, all eras
Disaster Mail. May 1953 Comet Crash Calcutta - Air letter from Burma to Scotland. Hand stamped Salvaged Mail/ "Comet Crash, Near Calcutta"/ and May 1953 in purple. Also 10th January 1954 Comet Crash - Air letter from Burma to Scotland. Hand stamped Damaged by seawater/Comet Mail in red. Also two stamp albums and a tin containing miscellaneous stamps and covers
Bartlett (Edward). A Monograph of the Weaver-Birds, Ploceidae, and Arboreal and Terrestial Finches, Fringillidae, Parts 1-5 in one (all published), published by the Author, Maidstone, 1888[-89], thirty-one litho. plts. by F.W. Frohawk (inc. 12 hand col.), ink library stamp to verso of title and blind library stamp to plt. 1 (frontis.) & title, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a little frayed at head & foot of spine, 4to (1)
Curtis (William, and others). The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden Displayed [continued as Curtis’s Botanical Magazine... ], vols. 1-74, 1790-1848, a near complete run lacking only vol. 71 (plates 4132-4202), a total of approx. 4300 hand-col. plates including some folding, lib. blind stamp to upper corner of every plate within the plate impression and some blind stamps to text leaves, some spotting and occ. offsetting, scattered light and occasionally heavier browning, lib. labels to pastedowns, together with General Indexes to the Plants contained in the first Fifty-Three Volumes (or old series complete) of The Botanical Magazine, by Samuel Curtis, 1828, eng. port. frontis., some damp staining and browning at front, ex-lib. with label to front pastedown and several blind stamps to upper outer corners of text leaves and frontis., near-uniform contemp. quarter or half calf gilt over marbled boards, vols. 1-42 bound in 21 vols., worn with some leather loss and many covers detached, 8vo (53)
[Syme, Patrick]. A Treatise on British Song-Birds. Including Observations on their Natural Habits, Manner of Incubation, &c. with Remarks on the Treatment of the Young and Management of the Old Birds in a Domestic State, 1st ed., Edinburgh, John Anderson, 1823, half-title, fifteen hand-col. eng. plts. (complete), title-page with small area of browning (off-setting) at blank gutter, marbled edges and endpapers, hinges splitting, near contemp. green half calf gilt by G. Winstanley, Manchester, with his ink stamp on verso of front free endpaper, extrems. rubbed, spine faded, 8vo (1)
MAP. – M. PHILLIPS. 2nd Edition of the Grand Southern Tour of England, including a Principal Part of the East, West, & Inland Counties. London: 1821. (1019 x 1826mm.) Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, in 48 sections backed onto linen. (Some spotting.) Folding within contemporary slipcase (slipcase discoloured). Provenance: King’s College Library (ink stamp to cloth); Dr P. Penfold (ink stamp to cloth).
KENNETT, Basil. Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, the Antiquities of Rome… ninth edition. London: 1731. 2 parts in one vol., 8vo (193 x 119mm.) Portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, engraved plates (6 folding, 1 double-page). (Worm damage to first few leaves including frontispiece, some browning and spotting, folding plate torn, a few other leaves slightly tattered to edges, old creasing.) Contemporary panelled calf (head and foot of spine chipped, joints split). Provenance: Arthur Rawlin Pains (crossed-out signature dated 1784 to front-free endpaper; Henry Eycott (signature dated 1790 to front-free endpaper and stamp dated 1792 to title-page); C. Smith (inscription dated 1806).
A pair of oriental silk pictures, depicting exotic birds and foliage, signed, together with; After James Frederick Adams 1914-1984- "Market Place, Wells", publ 1980 by Venture prints limited; colour reproduction print, signed and numbered 60/500 in pencil, bears publishers blind stamp, 47.5x63cm: After Nicholas Watts born 1947- "Le Mans 1995"; colour reproduction print, signed and numbered 352/500 in pencil, bears 3 other signatures in pencil, one dated, 50x68cm.,
* Dieter Roth, German 1930-1998- Untitled; lithograph printed in blue and violet, signed, numbered 1/28 and dated 72 in pencil, 63.5x89cm: together with one other similar lithograph by the same hand, similarly signed, numbered 1/28 and dated 72 in pencil: G Lowry, mid-late 20th century- "Night Sleep"; etching with aquatint, signed, titled, inscribed `AP` and dated 72 in pencil, 69.8x53cm: Gerald Scarfe b.1936- Emperor of cats; lithograph printed in colours, signed, titled, numbered 27/99 and dated in pencil, 64.5x50cm: Tavee, mid-late 20th century- Doorway; etching, signed, dedicated and dated 15 September 1984 in pencil, 56.5x75.5cm: After Ernst Fuchs, Austrian b.1930- "Ernst Fuchs, Munchen Wolfgang Ketterer Villa Stuck Das Graphisch Werk 1945-67 6.9.-15.10.67 Prinzregenten Straze", publ by Brenner Brahm & Co., Frankfurt am Main; lithograph/poster printed in colours, 86x60.5cm: Feliks Topolski, Polish 1907-1989- Autobiography; mixed technique screenprint, and off-set lithograph printed in colours, signed and inscribed `AP` in pencil, bears publisher`s blind stamp, 100x75cm: together with a further nine artist`s prints and reproductions by and after different hands, all mid-late 20th century, many signed, (17) (unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Red Roofs - Cafe au Lait - A Clarice Cliff shallow circular fruit bowl circa 1931 hand painted with a tree and cottage landscape over a brown stipple ground with orange, green, red and black banding, CAFE AU LAIT and Bizarre mark with Lawleys back stamp, width 26 cm. Condition - No chips, cracks or restoration.
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