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LE COMTE, Louis Daniel (1655-1728). Memoirs and Observations Topographical, Physical, Mathematical, Mechanical, Natural, Civil and Ecclesiastical. Made in a Late Journey Through the Empire of China. London: Printed for Benj. Tooke and Sam Buckley, 1697.8vo (188 x 115 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates (2 folding), 1 engraved folding table. (Toning and spotting affecting a few leaves.) Contemporary panelled calf gilt (rubbing to extremities). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Le Comte 's experience as a Jesuit missionary in China, with a folding plate depicting the observatory established by the Jesuits in Pekin. ESTC R15898; Wing L831.Property from a Prominent Chicago CollectionFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
MORE, Thomas, Sir. (1478-1535). The Workes ... wrytten by him in the Englysh tongue. Edited by William Rastell (1508?-1565). London: John Cawood, John Wally and Richarde Tottell, 1557. 4to (275 x 187 mm). Black letter, double column. Woodcut title border with the Queen's arms in top compartment and female figures with olive branches at sides [McKerrow and Ferguson 81]. Large and small woodcut initials. With the unsigned leaf after CC5, and the 8 unpaginated leaves of More's juvenilia. (Worming at beginning through ss6, a few wormholes at the end affecting text, short tears to a few leaves, D3 with a small flaw affecting a few letters, some minor dampstaining.) Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: Thomas, First Viscount Weymouth, Baron Thynne of Warminster (1640-1714), (engraved armorial bookplate dated 1704), by descent to; the Marquess of Bath at Longleat (offered Sotheby's London, 11 June 1979, lot 110). FIRST EDITION of the collected works in English. Rastell, living as a Catholic exile in Louvain during the reign of Edward VI, edited his uncle's English works, arranging them in chronological order and adding the "valuable marginal notes." The first quire, including the table compiled by Thomas Paynell, was printed by Cawood, but Tottell printed the rest of the book. ESTC S115047; Pforzheimer 743; STC 18076.Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
FILSON, John (ca 1747-1788). Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie a l'oueste de la Virginie. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1785. 8vo (202 x 120 mm). Half-title, facsimile fold-out map. (Lacking map, supplied in facsimile, small stain on title page, occasional spotting.) 19th-century quarter calf gilt with marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 gilt-lettered, the rest gilt-decorated, edges dyed red. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Howes F-129; Sabin 24338. [With:] [KENTUCKY]. M'MURTRIE, Henry (1793-1865). Louisville and Its Environs. Louisville: S. Penn, 1819. 8vo. (212 x 127 mm). Folding map and table. (Splits at creases of map, title and preliminary pages loose, spotting throughout.) 20th century tan calf (spine and front board sunned). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Alden Spooner (1783-1848), Brooklyn publisher of The Long Island Star (presentation slip); Brooklyn Apprentices' Library, later renamed the Youths Free Library, Brooklyn Institute (stamps, presentation slip); Long Island Historical Society (stamps, 1863 presentation slip). Howes M-174. Property from the Estate of Mary Patricia Reynolds, Bowling Green, KentuckyFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
IMLAY, Gilbert (ca 1754-1828). A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America. London: J. Debrett, 1793. 8vo (204 x 125 mm). Half-titles. Folding frontispiece map, 2 additional folding maps, and 1 folding table of distances. 20th-century calf, gilt.Second edition of Imlay's account of western expansion; expanded by the addition of John Filson's The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky (see lot 289), continually paginated comprising pp.269-415. With the author's name on the title-page erroneously listed as "George" instead of Gilbert. Bradford 2572; ESTC T51472; Howes I-12; Sabin 34355Property from the Estate of Mary Patricia Reynolds, Bowling Green, KentuckyFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). Child and Elephant Table. Zurich: Diogenes Verlag, 1978. Etching, on Arches paper, 14 x 11 3/4 in., SIGNED BY GOREY and numbered in pencil lower margin, 5/120. (Small surface abrasions to margins verso, cloth tape from framing upper margin verso, small pale stain upper margin.) According to Rick Jones of the Edward Gorey House, the common title for this etching, "Baby seated Under Rolling Elephant," is incorrect. This correct title appears in the original Diogenes brochure for this set of prints. One of 6 etchings created by Gorey and distributed by Diogenes Verlag in 1975, each consisting of 120 Arabic numbered and 20 Roman numbered copies. Though the etchings were sold individually, they are considered a set. VERY RARE: according to online records, no complete set of all 6 etchings has ever sold at auction, and no copy of this etching has ever sold at auction. See Goreyana Blogspot, 4 April 2011. Property from the Collection of Thomas J. BarrettFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). [Opere]. La Divina Commedia... con varie annotazioni, e copiosi rami adornata (Prose, e Rime Liriche Edite, ed Inedite) Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1757-1758. 4 volumes, 4to (277 x 205). Half-titles, title-page to vol. I printed in red and black, engraved portraits of Elisabetta Patrowna and Dante Alighieri, engraved dedication leaf, 109 engraved plates, engraved illustrations at the end of each Canto, letterpress folding table. (Vol. III with repairs to lower corners of leaves 1 and 2 of gatherings 2O-2Z occasionally affecting a few letters on 3 leaves, occasional minor mostly marginal dampstain, without: list of subscribers Eee3-4 vol. I, list of subscribers Fff4 vol. II, .) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, smooth spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges sprinkled green (a few joints separating, chipping to spines and lettering-pieces).A LARGE COPY OF THE FINE ZATTA EDITION, with plates after G. Zompini, M. Schiavone, F. Fontebaso, G. F. Marcaggi, M. Schiavone, G. Diziani, G. Magnini, G. Scaggiari, and J. Guarana. Zatta's edition, the first substantial critical edition since the mid-sixteenth century, was the first to contain Giuseppe Pelli's Memorie per servire alla vita di Dante e alla storia della sua famiglia, considered to be the most substantial biographical essay about Dante of the eighteenth century. Morazzoni 225. Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). American Notes For General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842.2 volumes, 8vo (197 x 120 mm). Half-titles. (Very minor spotting primarily affecting preliminaries.) Original grayish brown horizontally-ribbed blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt-lettered (slight fading to extremities and spine, tiny split to head of spine vol.I, corners bumped). Provenance: Edward A. Jones (signatures, 1842). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the second page of the vol.I table of contents misnumbered as page xvi and 6pp. of advertisements at the end of vol.II. Dicken 's preface to American Notes was removed from the preliminary pages and the original pagination was not immediately altered, as here, in the first state, with p. x incorrectly numbered xvi. In the second state, the preliminaries were reprinted with the correct pagination. The preface was not published during Dickens ' lifetime, and first appeared in Forster 's biography of Dickens. Eckel, p 108; Gimbel A66; Smith 2:3Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
20th-century chromium-plated table lamp the single column decorated with a dancing nymph, circular stepped base with button slide switch complete with milk glass globe shade. Also, two other similar table lamps with decorative crescent shape to stem (shades missing however one milk glass shade is included with this lot, but incompatible).table lamp height 45cm (18"), other lamps 33cm (13")Condition report: Two globes missing to pair of lamps, lamp with dancing figure fitted with globe which is possibly incompatible with the original spare globe included however not compatible with any of the lamps, chrome in fair to good condition, however, requires cleaning.
Four ash and elm Ercol single dining chairs, date stamp 1960, each with comb back solid seat, turned legs, accompanied by matching drop-leaf dining table.114cm (45") x 124cm (49"), height 71cm (28")Condition report: Both chairs and table in used condition, light watermarks to tabletop, chairs also showing signs of regular use, although not damaged.
Art Deco design occasional table, wavy-edged circular top cross-banded in walnut with corresponding quarter matched veneer to centre supported on four rectangular section legs accommodating four occasional tables of similar design. Made by 'A Tempo Product - London'.diameter 71cm (28"), height 51cm (20")Condition report: Multiple white scratching and some water damage to the smaller occasional tables (photographed). All original woodwork apart from the central feet of the four smaller occasional tables. One is original, one is missing and two have been replaced. Believed to be 1930's in age.
20th-century medical table, rectangular white and grey veined marble top, supported on polished steel frame, two frieze drawers, articulated casters.width 56cm (22"), depth 38cm (15"), height 85cm (34")Condition report: Interior drawers with reeded glass liners, with enamel cream coloured paint to internal frame suggesting the whole carcass was at one point painted and has now been stripped.
Eero Saarinen design dining table and chairs, the circular table on an aluminium pedestal, accompanied by seven tulip armchairs, all on white metal pedestals with fabric covered pad seats.Table height 74cm (29in), diameter 135cm (53in), chairs height 81cm (32in), width 66cm (26in), depth 56cm (22")Condition report: There is no evidence of a makers mark on any of the chairs or the table, chair seat pads re-covered, all metal pedestals with white paint flaking.
Linen - Irish crochet double size bed cover - White cotton embroidered double bed size - White knitted double bed cover - White embroidery anglaise pyjama case - 7 x white plain tablecloths (3x3) - Small pillow case - Small cotton hand towel - Cream linen tea cloth pastel embroidery (34x34) - Hand embroidered table runner.
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY DIAMOND NEGLIGÈE PENDANT/NECKLACEThe cushion-shaped diamond surmount suspending two knifewire drops set with similarly-cut diamonds, each side terminating with a rose-cut diamond in a foiled closed-back setting, to a fine trace-link chain, mounted in platinum, lengths: chain 38.7cm, pendant 5.3cm, cased by Hubert et Van Regemorter, 56, Rue de la Loi, 55, BruxellesFootnotes:This early 20th century diamond pendant is set with two well-matched rose-cut diamonds , it is unusual to find a matched pair of rose-cut diamonds of this quality and sizes : one of 9.2 mm x 8.75 mm and one of 9.1mm x 8.55 mm. The introduction of the multi-faceted rose-cut diamond can be traced back to the sixteenth century with the advancement of more sophisticated cutting techniques. In its original state, the rose-cut is formed of domed top with 24 facets and a flat base. The faceted domed top was intended to catch the light in a more effective way than the previously popular table-cut stones.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KEVIN COATES: 'PEGASUS II', 1978-9The miniature equine sculpture of a winged horse in gold and titanium, upon a schorl rock, signed and dated on the lower part of the mineral, dimensions 10.3cm x 5.0cm x 3.8cmFootnotes:Illustrated and described in 'Kevin Coates, A Hidden Alchemy. Goldsmithing: Jewels and Table-Pieces', Stuttgart, 2008, No 34.S.79.Kevin Coates produced a series of Pegasus sculptures mounted on crystal plinths, of which this is one of the earliest. Other variants include 'Pegasus' (1974, illustrated, p.110, No 6.S.74), 'Pegasus III' (1982, ill. No 78.S.82), 'Pegusus IV' (1983, ill. No 93.S.83) and 'Pegasus V' (1991, ill. No 203.S.91).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chinese hardwood envelope card table, late 19th century, folding top enclosing counter wells, above four frieze drawers, shaped apron carved throughout in relief with dragons and fruiting vine, cabriole legs, 77cm high x 55cm wide 清19世纪晚期 红木四方折叠式牌桌Condition Report: Crack to the wood and wear and knocks to the surfaceCondition Report Disclaimer
A pair of Chinese famille rose hexagonal vases, 19th century, Qing Dynasty, with moulded twin handles formed as mythical, the body painted with various Daoist immortals, 24.5cm high; a famille rose 'Wu shuang pu' vase and cover, 19th century, of lobed shape, decorated on the exterior with two figures from the Wu Shuang Pu ('Table of Peerless Heroes'), each figure accompanied by an inscription identifying the character, 17.8cm high; and a famille rose qianjiang-style wall pocket, 19th century, painted with birds and flowers and an inscription line, 26cm high (4)清19世纪 粉彩贺寿图六方瓶一对清19世纪 无双谱人物莲瓣形盖瓶一件及浅绛彩壁瓶一件Condition Report: One hexagonal vase with damage of 7.5cm x 2.5cm to the rim, the other one in good conditionThe wu shuang pu vase with damage to the mouth rim and neck, the cover cracked and restoredThe wall pocket with one shallow chip to the mouth and one to the foot rim Condition Report Disclaimer
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