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Lot 2
SIDNEY E WILSON (ENGRAVER), SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY COLOURED MEZZOTINT, PUBLISHED 1912, Portrait of a Lady, possibly Lady Hamilton, 12” x 9”; plus ERNEST STAMP (ENGRAVER), COLOURED MEZZOTINT, PUBLISHED 1920, A Gentleman in 18th Century Apparel before a Window, 10” x 6”; plus one other (3)
Lot 312
JOHN CYRIL HARRISON, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, LIMITED EDITION (351/500) COLOURED LITHOGRAPH, Winter Landscape with Pheasant and Woodcock, 13” x 18”; plus DOROTHEA BUXTON-HYDE, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, LIMITED EDITION (545/850) COLOURED ARTIST’S PROOF WITH PUBLISHER’S BLIND STAMP, “Tawny Owl”, 15” x 22” (2)
Lot 11
Rosellis (Antonius De) Monarchia sive de potestat first and only edition 114 ff. fol. 112 blank double column 67 lines Gothic type capital spaces some with guide-letters [BMC V 357; Goff R-327; Hain 13974] Venice Hermannus Liechtenstein 1487 bound after Institoris (Henricus) In Errores Monarchiae Antonii de Rosellis 24 ff. double column 67 lines Gothic type capital spaces marginal water-stain to title [BMC V 565; Goff I-161; Hain 9237] Venice Jacobus Pentius de Leuco for Peter Liechtenstein 1499 bound after Natalis (Herveus) "Brito" In quattuor Petri Lombardi sententiaru 4 vol. double column title in red and black and with the engraved bookplate of the Civic Library of Heilbronn to lower margin decorated woodcut initials woodcut printer`s device at end with final blank ink stamp to lower margin of d2 of vol.2 [Adams N52] Venice Lazarus de Soardis 1505 together 3 works in 1 vol. ink ownership inscription dated 1530 mounted on front pastedown a few spots or marginal finger-marks 16th century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards metal clasps lower cover with two holes and a a mark suggesting it was once a chained binding split to upper joint soiled and rubbed folio *** An attractive sammelband of three scarce works. Roselli`s treatise discusses the powers of the papacy and it`s relationship with the General Council and in so doing defends the primacy of the papacy. His doctrine was refuted by the Dominican Henricus Institoris in 1499 in the second work present here.
Lot 22
Raymundus de Penaforte Summula... Gothic letter large capital space with guide-letter to a2 a few woodcut initials early ink ownership inscription to verso of final text f. ink stamp to foot of a8 some trimming and a little chipping to edges lightly browned modern calf gilt [Not in Adams] 8vo [Strasbourg] [J. Knoblouch] 1518. *** Penaforte`s talents were employed by the Vatican to produce manuals concisely listing the decrees or decretals of the popes from previous generations.
Lot 27
Ludolphus de Saxonia (Cartusiensis) In Psal. Davi double column Gothic letter title in red and black and within an ornate woodcut architectural border woodcut initials ink stamp to lower margin of title small hole to head of Q6-8 affecting part of psalm number on Q6 a few other ff. closely trimmed at head some water-staining particularly at end contemporary limp vellum later blue paper to spine this rather worn upper joint splitting but holding firm slightly soiled [Not in Adams] 8vo Lyon Antoine Vincent [1542].
Lot 30
Dionysius Carthusianus. Comentariorum Opus in Psa title with woodcut printer`s device woodcut criblÚ initials title water-stained at foot and with 2 ink stamps and early ink ownership inscription at head 1 stamp obscurring part of imprint some water-staining particularly to preliminaries mostly marginal but occasionally just within text some light browning new endpapers contemporary limp vellum soiled [Not in Adams] folio apud Dionysiam & Hieronymum de Marnef viduam Spectabilis viri Ambrosii Girault 1547.
Lot 31
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) Opera quae extant omnia edited by C.S. Curio title with woodcut printer`s device woodcut historiated initials title with early ink ownership inscription and small faint ink stamp some marginal water-staining heavier at end lower margin of 2B1 repaired just touching bottom line of text and catchwords verso and recto contemporary calf lacking backstrip (revealing fragments of early ms. ff. used in binding) worn [Adams S886] folio Basel [per Ioannem Heruagium et Bernardum Brandum] 1557.
Lot 35
Aristotle. Logica ab eruditisimis hominibus conver 7 parts in 1 vol. titles with woodcut printer`s device with blanks E4 (end of part 1) and Q6 (end of part 5) many ff. with extensive early ink notes within text in a neat small hand ink stamp to first title part 5 L1 verso and lower margin of verso of part 7 F6 (final text f.) first title and A2 with a few small holes title repaired verso covering a few words A2 with loss of a couple of letters some water-staining heavier to part 5 contemporary vellum upper joint splitting soiled [Not in Adams] large 8vo Paris ex officina Gabrielis Buon 1571.
Lot 57
Gregory X (Pope) Summons to the Abbot of Cluny to manuscript in Latin on vellum 10 lines one large and 4 small initials with pen-and-ink decoration later docket on verso some soiling stamp of both sides 205 x 255 mm. 27th April 1271. *** Pope Gregory X (1210-1276) elected in 1271 after a three year vacancy of the papacy immediately summoned the Second Council of Lyons to consider most importantly the union of the Western and Eastern Churches and the re-conquest of the Holy Land. Cluny abbey in France with its dependent houses was the most influential in Western monasticism in the 10th and 11th centuries although later eclipsed by the rise of the Cistercian and Mendicant orders.
Lot 75
Meerendre Belgium.- Sententie libelle manuscript Meerendre Belgium.- Sententie libelle manuscript in Dutch 46 ff. official stamp at the head of first p. some marking contemporary vellum docket on cover creased and rubbed marked with transcriotion folio Ghent 1717. *** Report of a legal case between the small comunity of Meerendre near Ghent and church authorities.
Lot 91
Bronzini (Cristofano) Della Dignita & ; Nobilit 3 parts in 1 vol. first edition title with large engraved arms 3 imprimatur ff. with large woodcut printer`s devices woodcut initials and head-pieces title with 2 ink stamps browning and foxing 18th century half morocco spine gilt and with a red morocco label corners worn rubbed and scuffed small 4to Florence Zanobi Pignoni 1622. *** The incredibly rare first edition of the first book of Bronzini`s defence of women dedicated to the Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria. We have been unable to trace any copies at auction in the last 25 years and have located only one copy in a library (Folger). The work was withdrawn from circulation and placed on the Index of Prohibited books in December 1622; being re-issued in 1624 and then subsequent parts later. Bronzini celebrates the abilities and skills of women and in doing so provides much detailed biographical information on the female writers and artists of the time. Provenace: Pietro Odescalchi (ink stamp to title).
Lot 94
Erasmus (Desiderius editor).- Ambrosius (Saint) O woodcut historiated initials woodcut printer`s device to verso of final text f. ink number stamp to verso of title and lower margin of D3 D5 & 6 water-stained (D6 less so) lightly browned some light spotting towards end modern vellum-backed boards [not in Adams] 8vo Antwerp apud Ioannem Steelsium 1542.
Lot 123
Vegetius Renatus (Flavius) De Re Militari libri qu Vegetius Renatus (Flavius) De Re Militari libri quatuor [ & other works] device on title and on verso of otherwise blank f. at end corner of title torn [Adams V333] Paris Christianus Wechelus 1535 bound with Lascaris (Andreas Janus) De Romanorum militia et Castrorum metatione...ex Polybii historiis [ & other works] Greek and Latin texts device on verso of otherwise blank f. at end lAdams P1802] Basle Balthasar Lasius & Thomas Platterus 1537 2 works in 1 vol. some staining occasional marginalia some scoring contemporary speckled calf little rubbed fly-leaf becoming loose Macclesfield copy with bookplate on fly-leaf and blind stamp on p. 3 8vo
Lot 128
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) De Benifizii first edition in Italian title within ornate woodcut architectural border woodcut historiated initials imprimatur f. at end ink stamp of `Sig. Ant Buonamici` to outer margin of A2 occasional early ink marginalia and underlining some browning and staining 18th century mottled calf spine in compartments and richly gilt rubbed [Not in Adams; Censimento 16 CNCE 34611] Florence [Lorenzo Torrentino] 1554; and a defective copy of Petrarca Lyons 1558 small 4to & 12mo
Lot 154
[Arnauld (Antoine) and Pierre Nicole. La Logique o second edition title with woodcut printer`s device errata f. woodcut initials stamp of Dominican priory to title and errata very small sections torn away from lower corners of C12 & D1 lightly browned contemporary calf a little worn but holding firm 12mo Paris Charles Savreux 1664. *** Expanded edition of one of the most important works of logic of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Lot 157
d`Aulnoy (Marie Catherine Comtesse) Nouvelles ou d`Aulnoy (Marie Catherine Comtesse) Nouvelles ou Memoires Historiques 2 parts in 1 first edition issue with Lyon titles minor browning old ink stamp on half-title bookplate of Edward Phelips on front paste-down later black morocco g.e. by Cape of Paris 12mo Lyons Amaulry 1693.
Lot 157A
Aquino (Carlo d`) Sacra Exequialia in Funere Jacob title with engraved arms engraved folding frontispiece and 17 plates 2 double-page by Alexander Specchi after Sebastiano Cipriani title with faint library blind-stamp to lower corner and some spotting occasional light spotting elsewhere mostly marginal 20th century half calf over older marbled boards boards rubbed [Berlin Kat. 3238; Cicognara 1486; Ruggieri 1012] folio Rome typis Barberinis 1702. *** The memorial for the funeral of James II King of England Scotland and Ireland held at the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome. Many of the single-page plates are emblematic in character and extoll the virtues of James these include three bird`s eye views of London Paris and Rome.
Lot 299
AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN SILVER POSTAGE STAMP BOX compressed circular with triangular based finial above three compartments with sloping lids, each pierced with a heart revealing a Victorian stamp and on three wirework feet, 8cm h, by Gray & Co, London 1898, the underside engraved for the retailer, W THORNHILL & CO LTD 144 NEW BOND ST W Well made silver novelties such as the present lot were a speciality of the London firm of manufacturing silversmiths, Gray & Co, which traded from Great Portland Street, W. Walter Thornhill & Co became well known for the sale of such trinkets supplied by the leading London makers of the day, including Wright and Davis & T Johnson. See Culme (J), The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914, Woodbridge, 1987, two vols, vol I, p196 et seq. Complete and in fine condition, free from damage or repairs
Lot 441
PLUTARCH. LES OEUVRES MORALES ET MESLEES DE PLUTARQUE TRADUITES DE GREC EN FRANCOIS... PAR MAISTRE JACQUES AMIOT... folio, two vols in one, woodcut device to title and initials, 18th c engraved bookplate of Corbet D`Avenant and label of R Corbet of Adderley, later half calf, Paris: B Macé, 1587, Jean Froissart - Le tiers volume [only of 4] de L`Histoire et Cronique, folio, woodcut device to the title and initials, oval library stamp (Malvern Public Library), calf rebacked, aeg, Lyon: 1560, and a 16th century German edition of Josephus (waf, 3)
Lot 471
FALCONER (WILLIAM) THE SHIPWRECK A POEM IN THREE CANTOS C L Dodgson`s copy with his purple ink name stamp, new edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, calf backed boards, London: Albion Press, 1806, [Gilles] Menage - Menagiana ou Les Bons Mots..., David Garrick`s copy with his engraved bookplate, vol IV (only, of four) calf upper board detached, Paris: 1729 and W E Lilley - The Life and Work of General Gordon at Gravesend, presentation copy signed by Gordon`s sister Augusta, the dedicatee, London 1885 (3)
Lot 1571
BOX 21 AUSTRALIAN WINE Deakin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Jacob`s Creek Three Vines Shiraz Cabernet Tempranillo 2007 Ballast Stone Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Kilikanoon The Medley GSM 2006 14 Shores Reserve Wrattonbully Merlot 2006 Bissy Merlot 2006 Andrew Peace Winemakers Choice Sagrantino 2005 Hardys Anniversary Shiraz 2008 Hardys Stamp Riesling Gwurtztraminer 2008 Airlie Bank Chardonnay 2008 Katnook Estate Riesling 2008 Wakefield/Taylors Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Lot 1610
BOX 60 AUSTRALIA MIXED WINE Richard Hamilton Centurion Shiraz 2007 Trentham Estate Pinot Noir 2008 McWilliams Show Reserve Muscat Hardys Stamp Cabernet Merlot 2008 Deen De Bortoli Botrytis Semillon 2006 Banrock Station Cabernet Merlot 2008 Hardys Crest Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Banrock Station Shiraz Mataro 2008 Paxton Thomas Block Chardonnay 2008 Campbells of Rutherglen Muscat Jacob`s Creek Sparkling Shiraz NV Banrock Station Cabernet Merlot 2008
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