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![Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527) The Florentine Historie. London: by T[homas] C[reede] for VV[illiam] P[onsonby], 1595. Folio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e154d3cb-0cea-4b63-a8dc-a9130111b048/45a1c25c-cd1f-459e-fe42-fef1f363fe4d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 112
Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527) The Florentine Historie. London: by T[homas] C[reede] for VV[illiam] P[onsonby], 1595. Folio, first edition in English, small folio, title within ornamental woodcut border, title slightly browned, margins of title somewhat chipped, bound in contemporary tan lightly speckled calf, ruled and tooled in blind compartments, corner tools with initials I.W.; rebacked, 10 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. A-T6, V4 (V4 may be integral blank or binder's endleaf). http://estc.bl.uk/S113983 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Lot 162
Smith, John (b. 1648?) The Art of Painting. London: Printed for Samuel Crouch, at the Corner Shop of Pope's Head Ally, on the right hand next Cornhill, 1676. First edition, octavo, rare, three U.S. copies in ESTC, bound in very good contemporary or slightly later marbled sheepskin, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. Smith's work was written to assist other makers of sundials in painting the faces of their devices. He describes grinding colors with oil, the tools of painting, gold leafing, recommends color choices, gives recipes for glue, provides a reading list "for him that would be a Compleat Dialist," describes how to paint sun dials, painting interiors ("wainscot, doors, windows, posts, rayles, pales, gates, and the like), and makes suggestions with an eye to the preservation painted surfaces "to resist weather, and preserve Timber or woodden works from rotting." A2-8 (lacking license leaf, A1), B-F8, G2. http://estc.bl.uk/R37566 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Lot 44
Cotgrave, Randle (d. 1634?) A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. London: by Adam Islip, 1611. First edition, folio, title page printed within elaborate woodcut compartment, contents in remarkably good condition, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt lozenge on each board, gilt tools in center of each compartment, rebacked, 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Cotgrave's work is an important landmark in comparative lexicography.Cotgrave: lacking the folding table of conjugations [A]4 (A1 blank and present), B-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Zzz6, Aaaa-Nnnn6 (Nnnn6 blank & present). http://estc.bl.uk/S107262 Estimate $1,000-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Lot 405
Tools - a small tool chest and tools including Woden No 41/2 plane; brace and bits; tenon saw; handsaw; lump hammer; spirit levels etc.; engineering books, Audels engineers and mechanics guide nos 1, 7, 8; Audels carpenters and builders guide; Rogers machinists guide; Steel ship building; a set of six step step ladders.
Lot 3656
A collection of early 20th century copper printing blocks, each of the 48 blocks engraved with tools, machines and accessories from everyday scenes of agriculture and husbandry, each block with a numbered label, various sizes; an album raisonné of the farming blocks printed impressions, numbered 1 - 48 as per block labels, card boards, 8vo
Lot 3733
Scott (David), The Engineer and Machinist's Assistant: Being A Series of Plans, Sections, and Elevations of Steam Engines, Spinning Machines, Mills for Grinding, Tools, &c. & c., Taken from Machines of the most approved Construction at present in operation, with Descriptions and Instructions for Drawing Machinery, Black and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, [n.d., 1849], apparently complete, 122 full-page illustrative plates, allegorical title-page by T. Watt after Joseph Martin Kronheim (1810-1896), 20th century black leather spine and red morocco lettered title label, crown folio
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