D'Auton (Jean). Histoire de Louys XII, Roy de France..., Paris, 1615, black and white engraved title, some toning and minor water damage, bookplate to front endpaper, later gilt decorated full calf, boards slightly marked and rubbed, 4to, together with Stuart (Andrew), Genealogical History of The Stewarts..., printed for A. Strahan, 1798, black and white engraved table frontispiece, some spotting and light marks, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine rubbed, large 8vo, and Castiglione (A.P.), Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier..., printed by W. Bowyer, 1727, lacking frontispiece, some toning and light marks, later calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, rubbed with minor loss, 4to, plus other 17th-19th century antiquarian literature, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition generally good, 8vo/4to (approximately 95 volumes) (6 shelves)
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Blackwall (John). Observations Conducive towards a more Complete History of the Cuckoo, [bound with:] Tables of the Various Species of Periodical Birds observed in the Neighbourhood of Manchester [and:] Observations on the Notes of Birds, including an Inquiry whether or not they are Instinctive, 1st separate editions, [Manchester]: for the author by the executors of S. Russell, Deansgate, 1824 [-23, 24], 3 works in 1 volume, half-title to each, first work with hand-coloured engraved plate of cuckoo eggs, second work with folding letterpress table, bookplate of W. H. Mullens, co-author of A Bibliography of British Ornithology (1917), contemporary half calf, gilt spine, 8vo (21 x 13 cm) Freeman 345, 343, 344; Mullens & Swann p. 68. These papers were privately printed for the author from the Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester; in this format they appear to represent his first independent appearance in print. Copac traces two, three and one copy respectively, all at Manchester University or the Natural History Museum. Blackwall is best remembered for A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland (1861-4). (1)
A carved oak Jacobean overmantel, the three sections decorated with various scenes including a man with a ruff around his neck holding a bible, reputedly Thomas Earl of Surrey, central panel showing a feast with angels, servant and dog underneath a table and the wife Francis Countess of Surrey, surmounted by a biblical text, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers as they may be angels unaware", 57cm x 179cm. Originally purchased from Kenninghall Place, near Banham, Norfolk
An Edwardian mahogany draw-leaf table with extra half-leaf stored below, supported on fluted square tapering legs to spade feet with applied sunflower medallions, length 122cm (152cm when extended) and a set of six early-to-mid 20th century mahogany wheel-back dining chairs, including one carver (7).
A walnut 1930s part bedroom suite comprising a galleried chest of two-over-three drawers on short shell-carved cabriole legs and a matching triptych dressing table with single frieze drawer flanked by a bank of two drawers on long shell-carved cabriole legs, height 150cm (2).
A Continental Kingwood marquetry table, the central reserve decorated with Roman Gladiator on a chariot with four horses, within a geometric multi-border, cross-banded in kingwood and line inlaid, supported on a twin-pillar base, each column with two shaped legs, 74.5 x 80 x 54cm.
A matched walnut bedroom suite comprising a Victorian rounded-corner single-door wardrobe with central mirror, height 197cm, a bow-front tallboy chest of six drawers and a 1930s walnut veneered pedestal dressing table with triptych mirror over twin banks of three drawers and central frieze drawer, supported on carved cabriole legs (3).
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