A GOLD, OPAL AND DIAMOND RING
Mounted with a row of oval opals graduating in size to the centre stone and with pairs of diamond points at intervals (one diamond point lacking), the mount decorated with scroll pierced sides,…
Condition Report: The second opal in has a chip on the edge. The others have slight surface wear and scratching. One rose diamond point missing. Second opal in on other side is quite chipped around…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £250 - £350
3 August 2021
, 11:00 BST
3 August 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 - Bible, in Dutch.
BINDING - Bible, in Dutch. Biblia Dat is De gantsche H. Schrift. Dordrecht: [publisher's name too small to be legible], 1777. Engraved title and 6 plates [bound with:] Het Nieuwe Testament.…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
[BRAITHWAITE, Richard (1588-1673)]. Drunken Barnaby’s Four Journeys to…
[BRAITHWAITE, Richard (1588-1673)]. Drunken Barnaby’s Four Journeys to the North of England. In Latin and English Metre. Wittily and merrily (tho’ an Hundred Years ago) compos’d; found among some old…
Estimate: £70 - £100
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
BROWNE, Thomas (1605-82). Pseudodoxia epidemica.
BROWNE, Thomas (1605-82). Pseudodoxia
epidemica: or, Enquiries into Very many Received Tenents, and commonly Presumed
Truths … The Second Edition, Corrected and much Enlarged by the Author. London:…
Hammer price:
£320
Estimate: £150 - £250
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
FINE PRINTING, PROSPECTUSES [etc.]
FINE PRINTING, PROSPECTUSES - A
collection of c. 60 prospectuses, catalogues, sample pages, invitations,
announcements, letters from publishers [to Lionel Dakers], etc. relating to
private press and…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
HIERONYMUS, Saint [Saint JEROME] (c. 342 - 420). Epistolae.
HIERONYMUS, Saint [Saint JEROME] (c. 342 - 420). Epistolae. Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 14 July 1490. 2 parts bound in one volume, folio (405 x 268mm). Part I: 183 leaves (of 184, lacking initial…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
HIRST, Damien (b. 1965). I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere,…
HIRST, Damien (b. 1965). I
want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always,
forever, now, edited by Robert Violette. London: Booth-Clibborn Editions,
1997. 4to (330 x…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
MARITIME - The Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion."
MARITIME - The
Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion." ... For Private Circulation only. [No place: no
publisher], October 1st, 1915 - April 1st, 1916. 3 issues bound in one, 4to
(300 x 203mm). Wood-engraved…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh. [etc.]
MILNE,
A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1926. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title,
illustrations by E. H. Shepard (some spotting and staining). Original green
pictorial…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Butterflies. [etc.]
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Butterflies. Eighth Edition, newly revised, corrected and enlarged. London: John C. Nimmo, 1895. Large 8vo (250 x 172mm). Title printed in red…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST