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Full title: A Chinese wooden table screen with grisaille plaque, 19th C.Description: H.: 57,5 cm (the screen)Dim.: 39 x 25,5 cm (the plaque)Information concerning condition reports:The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Full title: A Chinese wooden table screen with qianjiang cai plaque, 19/20th C.Description: H.: 57,5 cm (the screen)Dim.: 39 x 25,5 cm (the plaque)Information concerning condition reports:The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
dating: 17th - 20th Century provenance: Italy, 'P. VIRGILII MARONIS PRIORES SEX LIBRI AENEIDOS ARGUMENTIS, EXPLICATIONIBUS NOTIS ILLUSTRATI, Autore Ioanne Ludouico de la Cerda Toletano...'; Lione, MDCXII (1612). With beautiful, engraved title page depicting Virgil, Caesar Augustus, Calliope, Clio and obviously Aeneas. Pages in good conditions with some yellowing and damp stains. In Latin. 759 pages with numbers and table of contents. Ligature of early 20th century with hard cover and back partially reinforced with canvas and featuring gold impressions. The flyleaf features a long dedication dated 'June 1948' and handwritten by Hemingway, in which the author speaks about his state of depression and about his intention to kill himself, and mentions that he is working on 'The Old Man and the Sea'. The owner was a friend of Hemingway; they met in Italy during the First World War.Provenance: owners' heirs. The volume has always been owned by the family. height 34,5 cm.
dating: about 1870 provenance: Belgium, Rifle, round, 11 mm cal barrel, high foresight; smooth six-shot cylinder with Liege test bench mark. Front opening, the cylinder is secured by a chain. Smooth frame. Checkered wooden grips, suspension ring. Mechanics to be checked. See a similar revolver with chain, but with seven-shot in 'The Revolver '1865-1888' by Taylerson, p. 119, table 8 below. length 29 cm.
Académie universelle des jeux, Contenant les règles de jeux de Cartes permis; du Trictrac, des Echecs, de la Paulme, du Mail, du Billard, & autres. Avec Des instructions faciles pour apprendre à les bien joüer. Paris, Le Gras, 1718. 8°. Mit 1 Kupferstichfrontispiz. (Verschiedene Spiele spielende Personengruppen) Mit 1 Textholzschnitt (Trictrac). 3 Bll. (incl. Titel), 354 Seiten, 2 Bll. (Table + Catalogue) Dunkelbrauner Lederband mit Rückenvergoldung. (81) * Nicht bei Barbier; vergl. v. d. Linde I, 391, spätere Ausgaben; Linde - N. 3418; vergl. Kieler Schachkat. 1995 ff. ohne diese Ausgabe. Ein populäres Handbuch mit vielen Spielbeschreibungen in französischer Sprache. Die Abteilung Schach ist von Seite 256 - 280 dargestellt. Innen papierbedingt gebräunt, teilweise stärker und vereinzelt fleckig. Der Einband ist bestoßen und hat Defekte am Rücken. Seltenes und frühes Spielbuch der Serie.
(Greco, Gioacchino) Divertissemens innocens, contenant les règles du Jeu des Echets, du Billard, de la Paume, du Palle - Mail, et du Trictrac. Den Haag, Moetjens, 1696. 12°. Mit 1 Frontispiz. Titel in Rot und Schwarz, 10 Bll., 476 (recte 496) Seiten, 3 Bll. Table. Neuer hellbrauner Lederband mit goldverziertem Rücken. (81) * Van der Linde I, 363; Kieler Schachkatalog 2052 (alle mit abweichender Kollation, da nicht erkannt wurde, dass die Paginierung nach Seite 456 springt); Linde - N. 3473. Gioacchino Greco (um 1600 - 1634) war der bedeutendste Schachmeister des 17. Jahrhunderts. Das Neue an seiner Abhandlung über das Schachspiel war, dass er intuitiv das Wesen des Kombinationsspiels erfasste. Auch heute noch zählen seine Bücher zum Rüstzeug jedes Turnierspielers. "Grecos Matt" ist in die Schachgeschichte eingegangen. Im Jahre 1625 überarbeitete er seine Abhandlung, und erwähnte erstmals die neue Form der Rochade. Das überarbeitete Handbuch erschien erst nach seinem Tode. Hier eine der mehreren erschienenen Ausgaben mit der Verwendung seines Textes. (Vergl. v. d. Linde) Enthalten sind noch andere Spielebeschreibungen. Zustand: Vorsätze erneuert. Innen papierbedingt gebräunt und vereinzelt fleckig. Seltene Ausgabe.
Villot, F. (Frédéric) Origine astronomique du jeu des échecs, expliquée par le calendrier Egyptien; ou mémoire relatif à la methode de formation et à l'exposition d'une table qui présente d'une manière distincte, et dans le plus petit espace possible, toutes les combinations d'une nombre de signes donné; suivi d'une application de cette même méthode aux sept jours de la semaine, représenté par les sept planètes connues des anciens; application de laquelle il résulte un Calendrier perpétuel et complet pour toute division hebdomadaire du temps, et nottament un triple calendrier pour l'année vague des Egyptines, pour leur grande période solaire ou année sothique, et pour l'année de la periode égyptienne lunaire, triple calendrier dont le jeu des échecs offre la fidèle représentation. Paris, Treuttel & Würtz etc., 1825. 8°. Mit 1 gefalteten Kupfertafel. Vortitel, Titel und 87 Textseiten. Halblederband mit goldgeprägtem Titeldruck auf Rücken und Rückenvergoldung. Kopfgoldschnitt. (81) * Schmid, S. 351; van der Linde I, 12, Fußnote 19; Linde - N. 194. Sehr seltene Schrift, die den Ursprung des Schachspiels behandelt. Zustand: Orig. Umschlag eingebunden. Innen etwas gebräunt und fleckig, unten randig. Wenige Seiten mit Defekten. Rücken verblichen.
Afrika. Madagaskar. Schachfiguren aus Holz mit Miniaturschachtisch aus Holz. Die eine Partei in dunkelbrau, die andere naturfarben. Aus den 1980er Jahren. Höhe König 3,0 cm; Bauer 2,2 cm. Größe Tisch 30,5 x 16 x 7,5 cm. (44) * Komplettes Schachspiel nach stilisierten afrikanischen Motiven. Der Tisch hat auf der Oberseite eine Schachbrett und zwei Tiermotive. Beiliegt: Asien. China. Schachfiguren aus Kunststein. Aus den 1980er Jahren. Höhe König 9,0 cm; Bauern 6,0 cm. Komplettes Schachspiel, das nach chinesischen Motiven gestaltet ist. Zustand: Alle Teile mit Alterungs-, Benutzungsspuren und kleinen Beschädigungen. / Africa. Madagascar. Chess set made of wood with a miniature wooden chess table. One side in dark brown, the other natural. Around 19 King 3,0 cm high, pawn 2,2 cm. Complete chess set based on stylized African motifs. The table has a chessboard and two animal motifs on the top. / China. Chess set made of artificial stone. Around 19 King 9,0 cm high, pawn 6,0 cm. Complete chess set designed according to Chinese motifs. - All parts with minor chips and small damages.
NO RESERVE Lotti (Lotto) Rimedi per la Sonn da Liezr alla Banzola. Dialoghi del Dottor Lotto Lotti nel suo Idioma naturale Bolognese, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, charming engraved plate by Giacomo Maria Giovannini of women sitting around a table carrying out various chores by candlelight, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century red morocco, by Delaunay of Paris (stamp to front endpaper), spine in compartments, spine neatly repaired, rubbed at extremities, lightly marked, g.e., [Cat. Marz, 544], small 4to, Milan, Carlo Frederico Gagliardi, 1703.⁂ First edition with a good provenance of these six dialogues in a Bolognese dialect, which shed much light on the contemporary theatrical and musical scene, being based on the experiences of the author as a librettist. Provenance: Count Guglielmo Libri-Carrucci della Sommaia (his sale Silvestre & Jannet, Paris, 28th June, 1847); sale by Duquesne of a private library, Ghent, 28th November, 1857; Angelo Mazorati, sold by him Bologna, 1932; Marino Parenti (bookplate); M. & L. Sordelli (bookplate and red ink stamp).
Food & Drink.- Jameson & Son (John) & others, distillers. Truths about Whisky, second edition, 4 folding lithograph plates, occasional spotting, with card showing scale for jars and beer casks loosely inserted, original cloth, 1879 § Roose (Samuel) The Wine and Brandy Dealer's Complete Guide and Stock Book, containing a new and complete Treatise on Ullaging..., first edition, large folding table signed by the author, with label "Lot No.322 From the Beaudesert Library sold at Christie's on Jan. 25/26, 1905" to front pastedown, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt but lacking portion at head, London & Wolverhampton, 1835 § Faulkner (Frank) The Art of Brewing..., first edition in book form, 5 plates (foxed at edges), original cloth, 1876, all a little rubbed, the firsts with small stains to lower cover; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (6)
Games & Puzzles.- Hoffmann (Professor Angelo J. Lewis) Puzzles Old and New, 1893; King Koko, 1904 § Hutchison (G.A., editor) Indoor Games and Recreations, [c.1889] § Gordon (Mrs. Alexander) Double Acrostic Enigmas, Second Series, 1868 § Whitehouse (F.R.B.) Table Games of Georgian and Victorian Days, reprint, Royston, 1971 § Matthews (W.H.) Mazes and Labyrinths, original cloth-backed boards, spotted, 1922, illustrations, all but the last original cloth, the first three pictorial, the fifth with dust-jacket, most rubbed; and c.60 others on games and puzzles including an album of newspaper cuttings of acrostics, v.s. (c.65)
Japan.- Crebillon (Claude Prosper Jolyot de) L'Ecumoire ou Tanzaï, et Néardarné, Histoire Japonoise, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispiece, titles in red & black, bookplate of Lord Northwick, contemporary cats-paw sheep, a little rubbed, upper joints cracked, spine ends of vol.1 chipped, Pekin [Paris], Lou-Chou-Chu-La, 1756 § [Fenouillot de Falbaire (Charles-Georges)] Les Jammabos, ou les Moines Japonois; Tragédie dédiée aux manes de Henri IV, engraved plate after Gravelot, original yellow wrappers, uncut, contemporary ink note to upper cover, soiled, spine defective, "Londres" [?Paris], n.p., [c.1779] § Klaproth (J. von) Mémoire sur l'Introduction et l'Usage des Caractères Chinois au Japon, folding table, original wrappers, uncut, Paris, 1829; and another 1735 edition of the first lacking 2 leaves and an odd vol. of Delaporte's Le Voyageur François of 1767 concerning Japan, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first is a scarce satirical and licentious tale first published in 1734, supposedly a translation of a Japanese fairy tale, criticising the Papal Bull Unigenitus which opposed Jansenism.
Japan.- Sadler (A.L.) Cha-No-Yu. The Japanese Tea Ceremony, folding genealogical table of tea masters loose in pocket at end, plates and illustrations, original cloth, Japan & London, [c.1933] § Koyama (Fujio) & others, editors. Sekai Toji Zenshu. Catalogue of World's Ceramics, vol.7: Tea-Ceremony Implements, Japanese text with introductory booklet in English tipped in, illustrations, original cloth, [Tokyo], 1955, both a little soiled; and another on the tea ceremony, 4to (3)
NO RESERVE America.- Hall (Capt. Basil) Travels in North America, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding hand-coloured engraved map, folding table, map lightly offset and with tear to inner edge, contemporary half calf, a little worn, joints split, one cover almost detached, Edinburgh, 1829 § Trollope (Frances) Domestic Manners of the Americans, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 24 lithographed plates by Ducôte after Hervieu, tissue guards, occasional light foxing, broken and becoming loose, original blue cloth, paper labels, rubbed and marked, cockling to upper covers, 1832, 8vo et infra (5)
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