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Evelyn (John). Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the propagation of timber in his Majesty's dominions: as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662... To which is added The Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth... with notes by A. Hunter, 2 parts in one, York: A. Ward for J. Dodsley, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, 40 engraved plates (one folding), folding table, engraved plate and folding table in 2nd part, advertisement for the work at end, occasional light offsetting and toning, bookplates, contemporary calf, spine rubbed with vertical split, joints cracking, some edge wear, 4to, together with Thomas Pennant's History of Quadrupeds, 2 volumes, 1781 & Arctic Zoology, 3 volumes including Supplement, 1784 (defective and ex-libris)Qty: (6)
England & Wales. Cary (John), Cary's New Map of England and Wales with Part of Scotland, on which are carefully laid down all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and the Navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests &c &c, 1st edition, 1794, dedication, printed title with slight staining, general map of England & Wales (frayed with slight loss), table of explanation and 76 (complete) engraved map sheets (numbered 1 - 81 and omitting 62/63, 71/72 & 80 as intended), all with contemporary outline colouring, each page laid on contemporary linen, slight fraying and loss to some map sheets, slight spotting and staining, contemporary limp morocco 'envelope style' binding, rubbed and worn at extremitiesQty: (1)NOTESA copy of Cary's multi-sheet map of England Wales adapted for travelling, with each map sheet backed with linen and gently rolled over to create a pocket-sized portable map.
Nottinghamshire. Greenwood (C. & J.), A Map of the County of Nottingham from an actual survey made in the years 1824 & 1824..., Greenwood, Pringle & Co, 1826, large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on four conjoined sheets, the whole laid on linen, calligraphic title, compass rose, table of explanation and an engraved panoramic vignette of Nottingham, several repaired marginal closed tears, some affecting the image. slight staining, dust soiling and toning, the lower margin attached to a near-contemporary stained wooden batten, 1380 x 1040 mm, contained in a purpose-made modern gilt cloth tube, together with Sanderson (George). This Map of the County of Nottingham from a Careful Survey, made in the Years 1834 & 1835 is Respectfully Inscribed..., 1836, engraved large scale map of Nottinghamshire with contemporary outline colouring on four sheets, calligraphic title, compass rose, table of explanation and a panoramic vignette of Webeck Abbey, some dust soiling and staining, several marginal closed tears with slight loss to the strapwork margins, some tears affecting image, each sheet laid on later paper, each sheet approximately 685 x 515 mm, together with another 7 county maps of Nottinghamshire, including examples by Harrison, Kitchin, Langley Gentleman's Magazine (publisher), Van den Keere and ButtersQty: (12)
* Watercolours and drawings. A collection of 115 watercolours and drawings, on paper or thin card, mid 19th-early 20th century, comprising 72 watercolours or wash (some with pencil or pen & ink), 8 pen & ink (some with pencil, one with watercolour), and 35 pencil, some heightened with white bodycolour, several signed or initialled, a few with titles or inscribed on verso, one pencil & watercolour sketch captioned 'Place for embarking Elephants on the Island of "Karativoo" [sic] - (or Amsterdam) - opposite Ceylon, March 22nd 1837', one pencil and wash on paper of Tynemouth lighthouse, mounted on paper (signed and dated in pencil J.W. Carmichael 1864, beneath drawing), mount paper with additional early ink manuscript annotation: 'by J.W. Carmichael of Newcastle on Tyne. Sent to Mr. Davison of Hartlepool, being a reduction of a fine drawing of Tynemouth lighthouse by T.M. Richardson', a few with some creasing or minor edge fraying, occasional mostly minor marks or spots, one with closed edge tear, 3 with losses to lower edge, smallest sheet size 8.6 x 12.5 cm, largest sheet size 37.8 x 30.8 cm, many mounted, plus 26 various prints, including etchings, and two Flemish early to mid 19th century oil on tin interior scenes, one showing an barber-surgeon's shop, with a man attending to a patient's foot, and another man being shaved at a table in the background, some marks and surface scratches with loss, the other depicting an interior with old man seated on a bed with a harp, and girl with a tambourine looking on in the background, a few small scratches with slight loss, both with 19th century auction stencil to verso 34 YC, each 25 x 21.5 cm, contained loosely in a card folderQty: (141)NOTESArtists include: Frederick Adcock, Donald Hughes, Edward C. Booth, A. S. Hartrick (entitled 'On the beach, Rostrevor, and dated '95'), and J. W. Carmichael.
Molinier (Etienne). A Mirrour for Christian States: or, A Table of Politick Vertues considerable amongst Christians, divided, into three books, reviewed, and augmented, by E. Molinier... translated into English, by William Tyrwhit, 1st English edition, London: Thom. Harper, 1635, few woodcut decorative initials, some light marginal damp staining to few leaves, late 19th century/early 20th century calf, black morocco title label to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESESTC S112798; STC 18003. First English edition of Étienne Molinier's Les Politiques Chrestiennes.
Circle of Edward Collier Still life with musical instruments, scores and books on a table draped with a rug Oil on canvas 72 x 119.5cm; 28¾ x 47in Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1946, lot 35, where purchased by Edward Croft-Murray; From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980) Exhibited: London, Victoria and Albert Museum, William & Mary and their Time, June-August 1950, no. 4 (as Attributed to Collier) The two books shown are Thesaurus Musicus (1696) and A Collection of Ayres by Henry Purcell (1697). The latter shows an engraved portrait of Purcell after John Closterman (1670-1711). A possible attribution to Thomas Warrender (1662-c.1715) has been suggested.
Nicolas de Largillière (French 1656-1746) Portrait of Monsieur Aubert, General Director of the Bridges and Roads of France, three-quarter-length, by a writing table Inscribed A Monsieur/M*nsi*** Aubert/Controlle* général des Ponts/ Chaussée de france (lower left) Oil on canvas laid on panel 134.5 x 103cm; 53 x 40½in Provenance: Arnold S. Kirkeby (1901-1962); By whom given to Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1955; By whom sold, Sotheby's, New York, 10 January 1991, lot 82; Christie's, London, 7 July 2010, lot 186, where purchased after the sale by the executors of the late Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009); The Trustees of Exbury House Literature: R. Brown, Bulletin of the Art Division, Los Angeles County Museum, VIII, 1957, pp.8-9, no. 4; S. Schaefer and P. Husco, European Paintings and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, 1987), p. 53, illustrated, as dated c. 1735; To be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné de l'Oeuve de Nicolas de Largillière, by Dr Dominique Brême, as a work of c.1725-1730
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