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Click here to subscribeRot-braunes Clemence Leder. Leicht konischer Korpus mit großem und kleinem Innenfach sowie schmaler Schulterriemen. Nietenlogo. Date-Stamp P sowie D im Quadrat. Herstellerzeichen. Taschen-H. 27 cm. 35 cm x 9 cm. Staubbeutel.A vintage red brown leather "Christine" bag by Hermès. Manufacturer's mark. Dust bag.Paris. Hermès. 2000.
(1894 Berlin - 1987 Hannover)Abstraktion mit ArchitekturmotivenDie Arbeit Grundmanns spiegelt den prägenden Einfluss der beiden Bauhaus-Meister Johannes Itten und besonders Paul Klee wider, dessen Schülerin Grundmann 1928-1931 in Dessau war. Auch Adolf Hölzel gehörte zu den bedeutenden Protagonisten der Abstraktion, den sie 1927 in Stuttgart kennenlernte. Öl (oder Tempera)/Lwd., auf Karton kaschiert. R. u. monogr.; Verso Nachlass-Stempel mit Nr. "113". Darstellung ca. 16 cm x 16 cm. Rahmen.Oil (or tempera?) on canvas, laid down on cardboard. Signed with monogram. Estate stamp with no. on the reverse.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Aktfotografie eines jungen PaaresFarbfotografie/Kodak-Fotopapier. Auf dem Passepartout (Hinterlegkarton) sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". 20,2 cm x 29,7 cm; Passepartout 25 cm x 36 cm.Colour photograph on Kodak photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the mat (backing cardboard), blind stamp by the artist.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Zwei weibliche Akte im GartenSchwarzweißfotografie. Silbergelatineabzug/Fotopapier. Verso sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". Darstellung 24 cm x 17 cm; Blatt 30,2 cm x 23,8 cm.Lit./Abb.: "Vier Meister der erotischen Fotografie. Sam Haskins - David Hamilton - Francis Giacobetti - Kishin Shinoyama. Dokumentation einer Fotoausstellung", Texte von Michael Naumann et. al., Bertelsmann-Verlag, Gütersloh 1970.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the reverse. Blind stamp by the artist.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Liegender weiblicher AktFarbfotografie/Fujichrome-Fotopapier. Verso sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". Darstellung 20 cm x 30 cm; Blatt 23,7 cm x 34 cm.Colour photograph on Fujichrome photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the reverse. Blind stamp by the artist.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Liegender weiblicher AktSchwarzweißfotografie. Gelatinesilberabzug/Fotopapier. Verso sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". Darstellung 21,9 cm x 28,7 cm; Blatt 23,8 cm x 30,2 cm.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the reverse. Blind stamp by the artist.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Sitzender weiblicher AktSchwarzweißfotografie. Gelatinesilberabzug/Fotopapier. Auf dem Original-Passepartout sign. u. dat. (19)92. Miit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". 30,2 cm x 23,6 cm; Passepartout 34,2 cm x 25,5 cm.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)92 on the original mat, blind stamp by the artist.
(1838 Rinteln - 1911 Düsseldorf)"Zur Blattzeit im Hunsrück". Originaltitel.In lockerem Duktus erfasste Waldlandschaft des bedeutenden Jagdmalers, der häufige Aufenthalte im Harz, Teutoburger Wald und Hunsrück nutzte, um unablässig Tiere in ihrer natürlichen Umgebung zu beobachten. Gouache/Papier; R. u. ortsbez. "Horath", sign. u. dat. 1909; Verso von seinem Sohn Erwin Kröner (orts-)bez. u. betitelt sowie mit Nachlass-Stempel und -Signatur versehen. Bildausschnitt ca. 20 cm x 27 cm. Rahmen. Gouache on paper. Inscripted with location "Horath", signed and dated 1909. Verso inscripted with title, location, estate stamp and signature from the artists son Erwin Kröner.
(Geb. 1930 Wendorf) "Bruch". OriginaltitelLithographie/Velin, 2000. Sign., dat. und nummeriert 59/100. Trockenstempel der Erker-Presse, St. Gallen. Ger. Läsuren. Blatt 60 cm x 80,5 cm. Lithograph on wove paper, 2000. Hand-signed, dated and numbered 59/100. Dry stamp of the Erker-Presse, St. Gallen.
Graugrünes, sog. Saugefarbenes Clemence Leder und silberfarbene Hardware. Gerundeter Korpus mit großem Innen- und flachem Seitenfach sowie schauseitig gestanztem H-Logo. Breiter Schulterriemen aus Canvas. Date-Stamp A B8 008 ZB. Herstellerzeichen. Taschen-H. 35 cm. 33 cm x 9 cm. Staubbeutel.A vintage "Evelyne" cross body bag by Hermès. Manufacturer's mark. Dust bag.Paris. Hermès. 2017.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Liegender weiblicher AktSchwarzweißfotografie. Gelatinesilberabzug/Fotopapier. Verso sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". Darstellung 19,3 cm x 29 cm; Blatt 23,8 cm x 30,2 cm.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the reverse. Blind stamp by the artist.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Zwei liegende weibliche AkteSchwarzweißfotografie. Gelatinesilberabzug/Fotopapier. Verso sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". Darstellung 19,3 cm x 29 cm; Blatt 23,8 cm x 30,2 cm.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the reverse. Blind stamp by the artist.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Liegender weiblicher AktSchwarzweißfotografie. Gelatinesilberabzug/Fotopapier. Auf dem Original-Passepartout sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". 12,5 cm x 16 cm; Passepartout 23 cm x 29,8 cm.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the original mat, blind stamp by the artist.
(Geb. 1957 Fritzlar)Ohne TitelAntimon-Hartbleiguss, 2011. Innen geprägte Signatur, Bez., Dat. u. Nummerierung "griffelkunst 2011 (/) St. Balkenhol (/) - 215-". Guss durch das Atelier für Kunstformung Ulrich Wolff, Karlsruhe. Edition Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg, Nr. E 469. Das Multiple des vor allem als figürlich arbeitenden Bildhauer bekannten Künstlers verfremdet die Darstellung des Automobils durch das silberne Metall. Durch die Offenheit des unbesetzten Fahrzeugs, das an eine französische Simca-Limousine oder an eine Mercedes-"Heckflosse" der 1960er Jahre erinnert, evoziert es zugleich vielfältige Assoziationen, Fantasien für Geschichten und Interpretationsmöglichkeiten zwischen Kritik am kapitalistischen Kultobjekt, Nostalgie und Reminiszenzen an die Pop Art. Ca. 12 cm x 34 cm x 13 cm.Antimonial lead alloy cast, 2011. Signature stamp, numbered 215, edited by Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg.
(1858 Radeburg - 1929 Berlin)"Witwe Bolte jeht zum Ball". OriginaltitelIn bewegtem, flüchtigem Duktus die Darstellung der üppigen Dame mit großem Hut im Profil. Graphit/Papier; Verso auf montiertem Bl. Nachlass-Stempel in Rot "Nachlaß Prof. Heinrich Zille" m. Monogr. "S. Z." (von Sophie Zille, Schwiegertochter des Künstlers) sowie auf dem Etikett bez. und betitelt. Nachgedunkelt und Knickfalte in der unteren Hälfte. Passepartoutausschnitt 14,5 cm x 5,5 cm. Rahmen.Pencil on paper. Red estate stamp with monogram "S. Z." by the artist's daughter in law Sophie Zille. Minor crease in the lower half.
(1894 Berlin - 1987 Hannover)Abstrakte FarbflächenkompositionDie Arbeit Grundmanns zeigt in ihrer souveränen Ausgewogenheit der unterschiedlich farbigen und großen Flächen exemplarisch, wie sie durch ihre Ausbildung bei Paul Klee am Dessauer Bauhaus (1928-1931) beeinflusst wurde, der zusammen mit seinem Kollegen Wassily Kandinsky wesentlich für die Bauhaus-Lehre verantwortlich war. Aquarell/Papier, auf Karton kaschiert. R. u. sign.; Verso Nachlass-Stempel mit Nr. "AF 15". Darstellung ca. 19 cm x 12,8 cm. Rahmen.Provenienz: Aus dem Nachlass der Künstlerin.Watercolour on paper, laid down on cardboard. Signed. Estate stamp with no. on the reverse.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Stehender MädchenaktSchwarzweißfotografie. Gelatinesilberabzug/Fotopapier. Verso sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". Darstellung 23,8 cm x 15,2 cm; Blatt 30,2 cm x 23,8 cm.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the reverse. Blind stamp by the artist.
(1858 Radeburg - 1929 Berlin)"Frau mit Pleureuse". OriginaltitelRadierung, Vernis mou und Stoffdruckverfahren/Bütten, 1903. Sign.-Stempel "H. Zille" in Schwarz. Wvz. Rosenbach 32IIId. Plattenmaß ca. 43,6 cm x 20,3 cm; Blatt ca. 54 cm x 29,5 cm.Etching and vernis mou on paper, approx. 1903. Signature stamp.
(1933 London - 2016 Paris)Liegender weiblicher AktSchwarzweißfotografie. Gelatinesilberabzug/Fotopapier. Verso sign. u. dat. (19)94. Mit dem Blindstempel des Künstlers: "DAVID HAMILTON RAMATUELLE FRANCE". Darstellung 19,2 cm x 28,2 cm; Blatt 23,8 cm x 30,2 cm.Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. Signed and dated (19)94 on the reverse. Blind stamp by the artist.
JEAN DEGOTTEX (1918-1988)Sans titre (deux œuvres) (i) : Sans titre, (report), 1977daté 28.2.1977 et avec le cachet de l'artiste au reversacrylique sur papier dated 28.2.1977 and with artist's stamp on the reverse acrylic on paper 26.4 x 25.4 cm. 10 3/8 x 10 in. (ii) : Sans titre (recto-verso), 1982daté III.82 et dédicacé pour Valèrecollage et acrylique sur papierdated III.82 and dedicated pour Valèrecollage and acrylic on paper 25.2 x 33.5 cm. 9 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.Footnotes:Un certificat d'inclusion au catalogue raisonné actuellement enpréparation sera délivré par Monsieur Dominique Bollinger, au nom du Comité Jean Degottex. ProvenanceCollection particulière, France (acquis auprès de l'artiste)Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
JIRI KOLAR (1914-2002)Susanna e i vecchi 1975 monogrammé et daté 75 ; signé, titré, daté 75, contresigné, daté 75 et avec le cachet de Archivio Jıří Kolář au reverscollage sur carton signed with the artist's monogram and dated 75 ; signed, titled, dated 75 twice and with the stamp of the Archivio Jıří Kolář on the reversecollage on cardboard27.5 x 40.2 cm.10 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.Footnotes:Cette œuvre est enregistrée sous le n° 0031975 auprès de l'Archivio Jıří Kolář, Lecco ; un certificat de l'Archivio Jıří Kolář sera remis à l'acquéreur. ProvenanceGalleria Melesi, LeccoAcquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Mostly Great British Queen Victoria stamps, including five 1840 penny blacks four with red and one with black MX cancels, imperf penny reds including examples with MX cancels, perf penny reds, half penny 'bantams', various QV surface printed issues, penny lilac block, 1887-92 unused block of forty-two one halfpenny stamps etc, housed in 'The Paragon Postage Stamp Album
Great British, Commonwealth and Empire Queen Victoria and later stamps, including Aitutaki, Antigua, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Canada, Cayman Islands, Charkari, Cochin, Cyprus, Egypt, Fiji, Great Britain including 1840 penny black with red MX cancel, Grenada, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica etc, housed in 'The New Ideal Postage Stamp Album'
Two Edwardian silver stamp holders modelled in the form of envelopes, the first example detailed 'Stamps', hallmarked Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham 1903, the second of plain form, hallmarked Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham 1902, approximate total weight 0.38 ozt (11.8 grams)Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches and nicks.The first example with a few small indentations.Second example with knocks to suspension ring mounted heart.Hallmarks clear and legible.
Five early 20th century silver stamp holders modelled in the form of envelopes, comprising three foliate engraved examples, and two plain examples, one with applied detail 'Stamps' verso, hallmarked Albert Ernest Jenkins, (makers mark to one example worn and indistinct), Chester 1904, 1906, 1908 and 1912, approximate total weight 0.60 ozt (18.6 grams)Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches and nicks.Some small indentations and some compression.Hallmarks with some wear in places, but generally legible.
Late Victorian silver stamp box, of plain rectangular form, the hinged cover engraved 'Stamps', opening to reveal a gilt interior, hallmarked Mappin Brothers, Chester 1900, L7.5cm, approximate weight 1.89 ozt (58.8 grams)Condition Report:General light wear commensurate with age and use, predominantly in the form of some surface scratches and nicks.Slight knock to underside. Some general light wear to gilding of interior.Makers mark with some slight wear to top, but generally hallmarks clear and legible.
SCHLUMBERGER FOR TIFFANY & CO: GEM-SET SALAMANDER BROOCH, CIRCA 1960The stylised salamander with textured decoration, set with step-cut tourmalines and turquoise eyes, accented with brilliant-cut diamonds to the claws, signed Schlumberger Studios and Tiffany & Co, length 6.0cmFootnotes:Jean Schlumberger (1907-1987), the French artist-jeweller par excellence was born in Alsace to a family of prosperous textile industrialists. His Meissen flowers mounted as clips caught the attention of Elsa Schiaparelli who commissioned him to design costume jewellery during the 1930s. After establishing workshops in New York and Paris, Tiffany appointed Schlumberger Vice President of the firm in 1956. While at Tiffany, Schlumberger was given total artistic freedom with his own department on the mezzanine of their Fifth Avenue store, and he was the first designer at Tiffany permitted to stamp his creations with his name. Through exceptional draughtsmanship and remarkable imagination, Schlumberger translated the inspiration he drew from the flora and fauna of the natural world into the vibrant and whimsical jewels that are his trademark. His choice of materials and textures creates a beautiful balance, even in his most unconventional designs.Within European folk tradition, the salamander is symbolic of immortality. Said to be born from flames and invulnerable to fire, salamanders have been hailed by occultists as the 'elemental spirit of fire'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Miniature books.- The Famous History of Valentine and Orson, pencil inscription to pastedown, 1801; The History of the Seven Champions of Christendom, 1801; A Collection of Tales of the Fairies, 1801; The Fables of Pilpay, an Ancient Indian Philosopher, 1801, "Lilliputian Folio Editions", each 35 x 28mm., light spotting, original coloured boards with blind stamp decoration to covers, lightly soiled, reprinted for R. Snagg; and 6 others, small books (10)
China.- Edkins (Joseph) A Grammar of the Chinese Colloquial Language, commonly called the Mandarin Dialect, first edition, ink stamp to title and 2 other ff., a few ff. with light damp-stain at lower edge, front endpaper torn away from gutter foot, contemporary morocco-backed boards, Shanghai, London Mission Press, 1857.⁂ First edition of a handbook that was essential for English speakers aiming to obtain competence in Mandarin Chinese, with the required knowledge of vocabulary, functional grammar and an awareness of the main types of verbal interaction. Edkins was a prominent English sinologue who lived in China for 57 years, publishing fourteen books on the Chinese language and culture, including a catalogue of the Chinese collection of the Bodleian Library (1876).
Hawking (Stephen) The Universe in a Nutshell, first edition, signed by the author with thumb-print, additionally inscribed and signed by Karen Sime (Hawking's Personal Assistant) "Forward to the brave new world!" and with ink stamp "Right thumb-print of S W Hawking witnessed by Karen Sime" above her signature and date "7.12.01", illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 4to, Bantam Press, 2001.⁂ A letter of provenance accompanies the lot.
[Eliot (George)].- Evans (Mary Anne, later married name Mary Ann Cross, novelist, 1819-80) Receipt signed "Mary Ann Cross" for £44 0s 4d from the trustees of her late father's estate, manuscript, signed by Eliot over a One Penny Inland Revenue stamp, folds, 125 x 200mm., June 1880.⁂ George Eliot married John Walter Cross (1840-1924) in 1880.
Thames.- Payne (Charles, Registrar of Twickenham) The Pleasure Steam Navigation on the River Thames: From its Rise to the present time, with fifty years personal recollections by The Author, manuscript, 177pp., ink stamp of "The Shiplovers Society of West Australia" on title, original half straight-grained morocco, gilt, rubbed, oblong 4to, October 1894.
Troy.- Early English provenance.- Columna (Guido de) Historia destructionis Troiae, collation: [a-i10 k8 l10 m-o8], [132] ff., the first and last blank, 34 lines (variable), Gothic type, opening initial in red and blue, the others in red, chapter headings, paragraph-marks and foliation in red, occasional early ink marginalia and notes in different hands (see note below), initial blank detaching, f.33 small section of upper corner torn away, affecting one number of supplied foliation, ff. 51 & 61 tear to lower inner corner, mostly marginal, but on f.51 just touching 1 letter recto and verso (without loss), f.94 short marginal tear at foot, a few ff. working loose, some spotting and staining, remains of early 17th century vellum document used in binding (mentioning Southwark), 17th century English calf over pasteboards, spine in compartments, covers with triple blind-ruled borders, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, housed in a modern dark brown morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, gilt, folio (284 x 196mm.), [The Netherlands,?Utrecht], [Printer of Alexander Magnus, ?Gerardus de Leempt], [c.1477-1479].⁂ A very good wide-margined copy of the editio princeps of this history of Troy by the 13th century Sicilian judge Guido de Columna. Here with evidence of early English readership. Only two other copies (one of this edition) are recorded as being in England before 1557. Recorded holdings show no copies in an Italian institution, and locate only one in the United States (Walters, Baltimore). Furthermore, we can trace no other copy at auction. Around 1271 Matteo della Porta, the Archbishop of Salerno had suggested to the author that he write a work in Latin on the fall of Troy. The first book was written within the lifetime of the archbishop, but without his encouragement the final 34 books were not written until 1287, when all were completed within three months. The work is based on the mid-twelfth century Roman de Troie of Benoît de Saint-Maure. The first book goes back to Peleus, father of Achilles, and the search for the Golden Fleece, while the final book deals with the death of Ulysses. It enjoyed huge success in its time.It is one of only four books that are attributed to the so-called 'Printer of the Historia Alexandri Magni'. It has been suggested that the printer was in fact Gerardus de Leempt. The suggested timeframe of printing comes from the watermarks present, which are found in books printed 1477-1479 (see Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries, available through the ISTC entry). It is feasible that the 'historia troiana' written on the first and final blank in red crayon was done so at the atelier of the printer. Provenance: 'Wyllyam Algar' and 'Tho secund[?i]' (?Thomas Twine) (16th century ink inscriptions to recto of initial blank); 'Nulla sors longa, dolor est voluptas / invicem cedunt; brevior voluptas', a quotation from Seneca's Thyestes, ll.596-597 (ink inscription of c.1600 to recto of front blank); f.131 ink accounting notes in an English 16th century hand and a few lines from book III of Chaucer's Book of Fame, ll. 1564-1572; The Macclesfield copy (engraved North Library armorial bookplate with press mark 116. F. 12, and armorial blind-stamp to upper margin of first 3 ff.). References: BMC IX, 108; Goff C-768; HC 5505; GW 7224; Bod-Inc C-392; BSB-Ink G-431; ISTC ic00768000.
Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Narodnye Razskazy, first edition, title reinforced at inner margin and with bookshop ink stamp at foot, pp.5/6 holed from paper flaw, slightly affecting text, a couple of small marginal nicks, one leaf with pagination shaved, foxing, modern marbled boards, 8vo, Prague, Eduard Valecka, 1888.⁂ Rare. We can find no copy having been sold at auction. The planned publication of this book by a Russian mediator or "Posrednik" in 1887 was forbidden by imperial censorship. So this first edition was issued in Prague by Eduard Valecka, a publisher and translator, who was in contact with major Russian authors like Tolsoy, Tchaikovsky etc.
Secret Speech denouncing Stalin.- Khrushchev (Nikita Sergeyevich) O Kulcie Jednostki I Jego Nastepstwach, first edition, both issues, original printed wrappers, first issue with ink stamp ???947 and (in red) 'Da zwrotu', with spine crudely repaired with cloth tape, second issue with ink stamp 13770 on upper cover, 8vo, Warsaw, Marzec, 1956.⁂ Very rare and important copies of both issues of the first edition of Khrushchev's speech, given to a closed session of Communist Party delegates on 25 February 1956, in which he openly denounced the deceased dictator Joseph Stalin (who died in March 1953). "Khrushchev recalled Lenin's Testament, a long-suppressed document in which Vladimir Lenin had warned that Stalin was likely to abuse his power, and then he cited numerous instances of such excesses" (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online). This Polish translation of the speech was the only version that circulated during the Cold War, the official Russian text being unknown until its publication in 1989. The CIA counterfeit edition, with false imprint Moscow 1959, was in fact a translation into Russian from the present Polish text, which was smuggled out of Moscow and leaked, via Israel, to the USA. The work appeared in two issues - both here present - with the various interjections and ovations (eg pp. 30 and 31 "(poruszenie na sali)" [movement in the hall]) included; and without the interjections but with a second part of 'Unpublished material' including Lenin's testament and his 'On the National Question' and Stalin's notes.Major pieces of cold-war history.
Astronomy.- [Edwards (John)] Cometomantia. A Discourse of Comets, only edition, lacking initial blank, title browned and laid down, lower right corner of title defective with loss to a few words, mostly of imprint, blind stamp of Unitarian Home Missionary College, N1 with tear to inner margin, affecting some text, U4 with small hole to a couple of letters, some light spotting and finger-soiling, front free endpaper detached, later vellum, rebacked, leather label to spine, 8vo, [Wing E199], Printed for Brab. Aylmer, [1684].⁂ Rare in commerce, we can trace one copy at auction since 1946. The book treats both the physics and meaning of comets, discussing (as the title page indicates) their "substance, place, time, magnitude, motion, number, colour, figure, kinds, names, and more especially their prognosticks, significations and presages."
Slavery.- Hall (Marshall) The Two-Fold Slavery of the United States: with a Project of Self-Emancipation, first edition, half-title, 2 folding maps, one with short split to fold, advertisements at end, one or two ff. neatly strengthened at gutter, ex-library with occasional inkstamps, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked, library label to upper cover, ink number stamp to lower cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1854.⁂ Scarce in retail. Last sold at auction in 1979.Marshall Hall (1790-1857), and English physician who had undertaken a 15-month journey in America, argues that for demographic, economic, and moral reasons the emancipation of slaves is a necessity rather than a choice. This imperative is complicated, however, by the fact that the United States suffered from a "two-fold slavery:" the first being the enslavement of millions of black; the second, and more pernicious in his view, being the "prejudice" and "oppression" suffered by free blacks.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Gregynog Press.- Aesop. The Fables of Esope, Translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by William Caxton, number 51 of 250 copies, wood-engraved pictorial title and numerous illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker and initials by William MacCance, Welsh natural sheepskin with spine titled in black, seemingly in imitation of the original binding by the Gregynog Bindery but with the bindery's stamp to foot of rear pastedown, uncut, a fine copy preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Harrop 20], 4to, Newport, Gregynog Press, 1931 [1932].⁂ One of the press's masterpieces.
Miniature Books.- Alamancs.- The Almanack Explained, 24pp., engraved throughout, view of Carlton House extending over 4 pages, duty stamp in red ink to index, contemporary red roan with onlaid strips of navy and cream elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, lightly rubbed at extremities but a bright and excellent example, g.e., matching slip-case, 32mo (60 x 35mm.), Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1796.
Mormonism.- Smith (Joseph, translator) Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi, electrotype edition, half-title, ex-Manchester Public library copy with large bookplate to front pastedown and ink stamp and pencil numbers to verso of title, occasional finger-marking, lightly browned, contemporary black half morocco, by George Winstanley of Manchester, gilt spine in compartments, arms of Manchester at head and white ink numbers at foot, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [Sabin 83056], rare, 8vo, Liverpool, Printed and published by William Budge, 42, Islington, 1879.
Nash (John).- Spenser (Edmund) The Shepheardes Calender, number 47 of 350 copies on hand-made paper, additional pochoir illustrated title and pochoir illustrations by John Nash, original vellum-backed cream silk, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket (spine very slightly rubbed), board slip-case (bit worn), Cresset Press, 1930 § Lewis (John) John Nash: the Painter as Illustrator, number 13 of 150 special copies with a portfolio of 6 wood-engravings printed from the original blocks and signed by the author, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, spine very slightly faded, additional prints all numbered in pencil and with embossed stamp of the estate, printed at the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge and loose in folder (spine browned), together in board slip-case, Godalming, Pendomer Press, 1978, small folio & 4to (2)
Nash (Paul, 1989-1946) The Wall - Dymchurch, copper engraving on Saunder's mould-made paper, image c.130 x 200mm., tipped into card mount, loose in original wrappers, [1970s]; with another copy of the same, labelled "first proof 22 Sep. 75" in ink on lower margin, tipped into card mount, both with PNT stamp of Paul Nash Trust in margin (2)⁂ Printed from a rare copper plate of c.1923 discovered in Nash's studio after his death and issued by the Tate Gallery and Alexander Postan Publishing. These are from the library of Iain Bain, Head of Publications at the Tate Gallery and expert on copper-plate printing, who supervised the impressions. Nash was previously unknown to have worked in copper.
Henry Marc, Paris: a 19th Century black slate and marble mantel clock, the enamelled roman dial with visible brocot escapement, two train movement striking on the hour and half-hour, with maker's stamp and numbered 47702, with outside count wheel, the ornate architectural case having gilt metal classical plaque and engraved foliate detailing, on brass bun feet, 37cms high.From the Leslie Southall Collection.
R. & C. (probably Richard & Cie): a late 19th Century gilt brass repeating carriage alarm clock, with enamelled roman dial and subsidiary alarm dial, the platform lever escapement striking on a gong, maker's stamp to backplate, with key, height with handle lowered 14.5cms.From the Leslie Southall Collection.
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