A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND DRAGON ROBE
Late 19th/early 20th century
Woven with nine silver coloured dragons set amid cloud scrolls and auspicious emblems above wave and lishui border, black ground neck band and cuffs, 127cm length
Some staining to the blue lining, but generally in good condition with minor markings
Hammer price:
£1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED BLUE GROUND SILK ROBE
Early 20th century
Emroidered with sprays of white flowers highlighted in pink, 103cm length
Some staining to the white lining but generally in good condition
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
A CHINESE EMBRIODERED BLUE GROUND SILK ROBE
Late 19th/early 20th century
embroidered with colourful insects and flowers above breaking waves against a dark blue ground, 101cm length
Some tears, fraying and loss of embroidery
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
TWO CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK APRON SKIRTS
Early 20th century
One embroidered with two dragon panels and flowers and insects against a red ground, the other embroidered with similar panels against a cream ground, each approx. 94cm length
Some staining, particularly to the cream skirt
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (240-186 BC). Argonauticon libri IIII.
APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (240-186 BC). Argonauticon libri IIII. Schola vetusta in eosdem libros, quæ palmam
inter alia omnia in alios poetas scripta, obtinere existinantur. Cum
annotationibus Henrici…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
BARTHOLOMEUS ANGLICUS (c. 1203-72) & Stephen BATMAN or BATEMAN (1542-84,…
BARTHOLOMEUS ANGLICUS (c. 1203-72) and Stephen BATMAN or BATEMAN (1542-84, co-translator and editor). Batman upon
Bartholome, his Booke De Proprietatibus Rerum, Newly corrected, enlarged and
amended:…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
BASKERVILLE PRESS - Joseph ADDISON (1672-1719). The Works.
BASKERVILLE PRESS - Joseph ADDISON (1672-1719). The Works.
Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. 4 volumes,
4to (295 x 233mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
BINDING - Johann ARNDT (1555-1621). Paradys=Gärtlein Voller Christlicher…
BINDING – Johann ARNDT (1555-1621). Paradys=Gärtlein Voller Christlicher Tugenden. Lüneberg: Gedruckt und Verlegt bey Johann und Heinrich Sternen, 1645. 16mo in 8s (75 x 48mm). Woodcut borders and…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Exhibition of English Embroidery. [etc.]
BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Exhibition of English Embroidery executed prior to the Middle of the XVI Century. London: Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1905. Large 4to (405 x 320mm). Half…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)]. Hudibras, Cambridge, 1744, 2 vols.,…
[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)]. Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LLD. Adorn’d with a new Set…
Estimate: £70 - £100
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824). Manfred. A Dramatic Poem, London, 1817,…
BYRON,
Lord (1788-1824). Manfred. A Dramatic
Poem. London: John Murray, 1817. Half title, 2-line printed quote from
Hamlet on title, 80-pages with imprint of T. Davison on p.80. Wise I, p.123.
…
Estimate: £70 - £100
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
Calligraphic Manuscript - “Simplicity. An essay by Coventry Patmore…
Calligraphic Manuscript - “Simplicity.
An essay by Coventry Patmore written out by Irene Wellington. 1951.” [No
place]. Small 4to (185 x 135mm). Fine calligraphic manuscript on 8-pages in red,
black…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
COOK, James (1728-79), John HAWKESWORTH (1715-73), and others. An Account…
COOK,
James (1728-79), John HAWKESWORTH (1715-73, editor), and others. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by
the Order of his Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern
Hemisphere ...…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book.
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main
a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs,
Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
DANTE ALIGHIERI (c. 1265-1321). La Comedia.
DANTE ALIGHIERI (c. 1265-1321). La Comedia, with the commentary of Christophoro Landino. Venice: Octavianus Scotus, 23 March 1484. Folio mostly in 8s (331 x 230mm). 270 leaves, Roman type, 64-lines…
Hammer price:
£9,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The Botanic Garden. [etc.]
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The
Botanic Garden; A Poem; in Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation.
Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes. London: J. Johnson,…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
ERASMUS (1466-1536). Adagiorum chiliades iuxta locos communes digesta. …
ERASMUS (1466-1536). Adagiorum
chiliades iuxta locos communes digesta. [Frankfurt:] Sumptibus hæredum Andreæ
Wecheli, Claudij Marnij, et Io. Aubrij, 1599. Folio (346 x 225mm). Woodcut
device on title…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
[GERARD, John (1545-1612)]. The Herball or General Historie of Plantes.
[GERARD, John (1545-1612)]. The
Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. London: Edm. Bollifant for Bonham and John
Norton, 1597]. Folio (306 x 205mm). Woodcut illustrations (lacks title,
portrait,…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
GILLIES, John (1747-1836, translator & editor). Aristotle's Ethics and…
GILLIES,
John (1747-1836, translator and editor).
Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics, Comprising his Practical Philosophy,
Translated from the Greek. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell …
and…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
GUILLIM, John (1550-1621). A Display of Heraldrie.
GUILLIM, John (1550-1621). A Display of
Heraldrie: Manifesting A more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof than hath
beene hitherto published by any, through the benefit of Method … The third…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
JOHNSTON, Alexander Keith (1804-71). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. …
JOHNSTON, Alexander Keith (1804-71). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography … A New Edition. Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1877. Folio (493 x 330mm). Coloured double-page frontispiece with overlay, 48…
Hammer price:
£320
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & Jessie M. KING (1875-1949. illustrator). L’…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) and Jessie M. KING (1875-1949, illustrator). L’ Habitation Forcée, translated by
Louis Fabulet and Robert d’ Humières. Paris: Editions René Kieffer, 1921. 4to
(230 x…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
La Malice des Hommes découverte dans la Justification des Femmes; par…
La
Malice des Hommes découverte dans la Justification des Femmes; par Mademoiselle
J***.
Bar-Sur-Seine: chez Malvost, [n.d. but late 18th/early 19th-century]. 12mo (140
x 86mm). 24-pages, woodcut…
Hammer price:
£70
Estimate: £70 - £100
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
LUCRETIUS (94-55 BC). De rerum natura libri sex.
LUCRETIUS (94-55 BC). De rerum natura libri
sex. Ad optimorum exemplarium sidem recensiti. Accesserunt variæ lectiones, quæ
in libris MSS. et eruditorum commentariis notatu digniores occurrunt,…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST