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Lot 858
A fabulous collection of 90 planes by IOHN GREEN (1768-1808) in little used original condition undoubtedly purchased together and bear the stamp of J.ADIN, the collection includes 24 H & R's inc. 7 pairs from a set of 36, a centre bead, 3 boxed double reeds, 2 boxed cluster reeds, 6 beads, 5 ogees, 4 ovolos, pairs of side beads and snipe bills, 2 rebates, a mitre plane with an adjustable boxwood mouth, badger, compass, smoother, 7 Grecian ovolos, 7 quirk ogees, 5 quirked ogee and beads and 3 astragal and cove moulders, all contained in a large cabinetmaker's pine chest measuring 43" x 29" x 27" with two sliding banks of 12 drawers, the tops and fronts veneered in mahogany with central flush brass pulls, all over a tool well divided into 3 compartments, the centre one with fitted saw rack. Inside the front is a counterbalanced sliding case for squares with a flush pull. The lid is veneered in mahogany with a brass plate inscribed "Presented by The Great Nieces of JOHN ADNEY of Derby1788-1867" The chest still needs some attention as it did when this collection was sold by us in our catalogue No 21, the tools are in wonderful condition, just one wedge missing G++
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Sumerian Cuneiform Clay Tablet.- Revenue tablet, list of sheep, beams of timber, garden material etc., as rental, drawn up for incorporating in the Cadastral survey made by officers of the Temple of the Sun-God at Lagash [Telloh], "Based as genuine by Dr. Budge, Brit: Museum 1904 A.D."; Account or revenue Table drawn up in connection with the administration of revenue under the direction of the priests of the Temple of Lagash, clay tablets, incised with lines of Sumerian cuneiform on the obverse and reverse, some slight surface wear affecting some text, a few cracks, 30 x 34mm., Lagash, [c. 2300BCE]; and another similar cuneiform tablet, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces).⁂ Lagash, now Telloh in southern Iraq, one of the most important capital cities in the ancient lands of Sumer, located halfway between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. There were numerous temples in Lagash and such documents were used as accounting tools for their dues.Provenance: ALs from the wife of Rev Leonard Harding Squire (1854-1918), to her parents enclosing a description of the second mentioned tablet by Sir Ernest Wallis Budge (1857-1934), orientalist, 14th April 1900.
Lot 182
Binding.- L'Office de la Quinzaine de Pasque, Latin-François, a l'usage de Rome et de Paris, double column, title with woodcut arms, the odd instance of contemporary ink crossings out, some spotting and staining, contemporary red morocco with the arms of Philippe, Duc d'Orléans and Marie Louise d'Orléans, central arms within elaborate borders of various rolls, including garlands, large flower-head and flower and stem corner-pieces, spine in six compartments, all but one with central floral tool within a border of foliage tools, the other with a red morocco label, head of spine neatly repaired, corners of upper cover little worn, those of lower cover renewed, rubbed, g.e., 8vo (binding 204 x 136mm.), Paris, Libraires associés, 1739.
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