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A Chinese hardwood and mother-of-pearl marquetry table cabinet, arched handle above a pair of rectangular doors enclosing an arrangement of five drawers, inlaid with flowers, scrolling tendrils, insects and figures in battle, shaped apron, scroll feet, 39cm high, 33cm wide, c.1900
Political Sammelband - Burke (Edmund), Reflections on the Revolution in France, second edition, J. Dodsley, London 1790, iv+356pp; Paine (Thomas), Rights of Man: Being An Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, fourth edition, J.S.Jordan, London 1791, x+171pp; Anonymous [the Revd. David Williams], Lessons to A Young Prince, By an Old Statesman, On the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution, To which is added, a Lesson on the Mode of Studying and Profiting By Reflections on the French Revolution by Edmund Burke, sixth edition, H.D.Symonds, London 1791, 182pp, the title-page with an engraved portrait of George, Prince of Wales [later George IV] by A. van Assen and pasted with an obituary notice of the philosopher and economist Adam Smith; A Letter from Mr. Burke, To a Member of the National Assembly; In Answer to Some Objections to His book on French Affairs, first edition, re-printed for J. Dodsley, London 1791, 74pp, (4), table of contents in ms. ink to front pastedown, inscribed D.Gell and Hopton 1791 later on, bound in full period mottled calf, 4to Provenance: most probably, Sothebys, Hopton Hall, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1989.
Sporting, Hunting, Fishing and Motoring Miscellany - Pennell-Elmhirst (Captain "Brooksby"), The Cream of Leicestershire: Eleven Seasons' Skimmings, Notable Runs and Incidents of the Chase, first edition, George Routledge and Sons, London 1883, 8vo, cloth boards; Mills (John), The Flyers of the Hunt, first edition, "The Field" Office, London 1859, 12mo, cloth boards; Priam (C.J. Collins), Dick Diminy; Or, The Life and Adventures of a Jockey, Ward and Lock, London [c.1860], 12mo; Stephen (George), The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse, [lacking title-page, probably Saunders & Otley, London 1836], half-leather; Clarke (Charles), Crumbs From A Sportsman's Table, Chapman and Hall, London [c.1880], quarter-leather and marbled boards; Grey (Sir Edward), Fly Fishing, The Haddon Hall Library first edition, J.M. Dent & Co., London 1899, full period cloth; Golding (Harry), The Motor Boy, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London (7)
Voyages of The Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert 1873-1877, being the diary kept by Admiral Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen while commander of the royal yacht, full black morocco journal with 67 pages of ink ms., containing accounts of daily occurrences that would only seem ordinary on such a vessel, including 'His Majesty The Shah of Persia [Naser al-Din Shah Qajar]; T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales [the future Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Denmark], The Czarevich and Czarevna of Russia [the future Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna, Dagmar of Denmark and sister of Queen Alexandra], The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge and Prince Arthur to review the Fleet at Spithead' on Monday 23rd June 1873 with various British courtiers and military, diplomatic and political grandees in attendance on the multiple royals, along with a four-page table on the divisions and royal yachts in attendance at the naval review, supplemented by a further annotated map of their positions in the harbour throughout the review; 'a collision occurred between the "Alberta" & schooner "Mistletoe". The schooner sank in 3 minutes & in spite of all efforts to save her people 3 lives were unhappily lost', Wednesday 18th August 1875, 6.12pm; the annual dinner on the Royal George , 31st December 1876, when His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen was the recipient of an address of praise on his relinquishing the command of the royal yachts, while his wife was promised a celebratory vase [still under execution at the time of the dinner, however the prince has pasted the presented design into this diary]; countless manoeuvres of the royal family around the Isle of Wight and to Osborne House with time for sunbathing; notations on the visits of other royal relations and visiting dignitaries; annual promotions and appointments; compilations of points passed and anchorages on journeys, as well as maritime data and figures, 12mo, bound by Ramage of London, numbered spine, the front board titled in gilt, the text block gilt-edge, the front with the prince's armorial bookplate Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904), was born the eldest son of Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804-1856) and Countess Maria Klebelsberg (1806-1880). Ernst's father was Queen Victoria's maternal half-brother, thus ensuring an illustrious naval career in attendance on behalf of his monarchical cousins in England. Having joined the Royal Navy in 1849. Following his father's death in 1856, he acceded to the title and two years later married Princess Marie of Baden (1834-1899) in 1858. After having been promoted to captain in 1860, Ernst then commanded HMS Magicienne and HMY Victoria and Albert until relinquishing the command in 1874. Thereafter he was Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, 1885; full admiral 1887; and retired as such in 1895. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the civil division of the Order of the Bath in 1863, a Knight Grand Cross in 1866 and an honorary Knight Grand Cross in the military division in 1887, amended to additional Knight Grand Cross later that year. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1898.
A late 19th/early 20th century Japanese lacquered table cabinet, gilded brass carrying and drawer handles, four short drawers over a cabinet door with three further drawers and a long base drawer decorated with various landscape scenes, on bracket feet with shaped apron, 12 x 14 2/8 x 8 6/8
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