A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU
With fitted interior over four drawers, 107cm wide; 114cm high
Condition report: Various scuffs, scratches, chips, knocks and marks commensurate with age and use. A more recent thin scratch to the second drawer. An old dent to the top right of the desk top.Some…
Estimate: £0 - £0
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI CANISTERS AND TWO COVERS
Meiji period
Of square section, each side painted with branches of chrysanthemum alternating with vases of peony, 24cm high (4)
One cover is a replacement, made out of plaster and lacquer. It is in poor condition. One vase has a long chip to the inner rim, approx. 10cm by 1cm. The original porcelain cover has a chip to the…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £150 - £250
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A CHINESE MANDARIN HAT
Early 20th century
With upturned black velvet brim, clear blue glass knop of the Third Rank official, white jade plume holder and two 'peacock feathers'
Minor wear, but overall in good condition
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A GOLD, DIAMOND SET AND ENAMELLED LADY'S FOB WATCH AND BROOCH (2)
The watch with a jewelled cylinder movement, the decorated enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, the inner and outer case detailed 18 K, the caseback enamelled with a pansy flowerhead, centred by…
Condition Report: The watch currently winds but is sluggish. Requires lubrication. The dial is in good condition The case rims are in good condition The pansy has a few surface nicks to the enamel…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £180 - £220
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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AN 18CT GOLD, KEY WIND, OPENFACED POCKET WATCH
The gilt jewelled lever movement numbered 8612, 18ct gold inner case, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and blued steel hands (the watch glass lacking), London 1856, with two…
Condition Report: The watch is currently working, it winds and runs. There is a hair crack to the dial which runs from the dial center, round the edge of the seconds and then out to four o'clock. The…
Hammer price:
£700
Estimate: £300 - £400
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A GOLD BRACELET
In a multiple link design, on a snap clasp, detailed 15 CT, gross weight 10.2 gms, with an associated case
It is not possible to lay the bracelet out perfectly flat as it is fitted with a safety chain. 18cm. The bracelet has been overgilded to make the appearance more yellow. Some of this gilding has…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A PAIR OF GOLD AND BLUE ENAMELLED FOLDING LORGNETTES AND TWO BRACELETS (3)
The lorgnettes detailed '585' and fitted with circular lenses, also a foil backed pink paste set bracelet, (Georgian with some later added links), length 18cm and a green paste set bracelet (one…
Condition Report: Gross weight of lorgnettes: 31.7gms. Gross weight of pink bracelet: 21.3gms Gross weight of green bracelet: 11,5gms. Slight damage to enamel on lorgnettes. When folded out, a 585…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £250 - £350
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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APIAN, Peter (1495-1552). Astronomicum Caesareum, Leipzig, 1967, modern…
APIAN, Peter (1495-1552). Astronomicum Caesareum. [Leipzig: 1967]. Folio (450 x 300mm). Coloured plates, 20 with volvelles, initials, some coloured and heightened with gold, tables. Attractively…
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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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
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15 July 2021
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BINDING - Carl von ECKARTSHAUSEN (1752-1803). Gott ist die Reinste Liebe.
BINDING - Carl von ECKARTSHAUSEN (1752-1803). Gott ist die Reinste Liebe. Mein Gebeth und meine Betrachtung. Bregenz: Gedruckt und Verlegt ben Jos. Brentano, 1800. 8vo (162 x 95mm). Engraved…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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BINDING - OVID (43 BC - 17 AD). Epistole Eroiche.
BINDING - OVID (43 BC - 17 AD). Epistole Eroiche … Tradotte da Remigio Fiorentino. Paris: Appresso Durand, 1762. 8vo (197 x 128mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the translator, engraved…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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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
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15 July 2021
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[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
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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
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15 July 2021
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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
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15 July 2021
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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
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
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15 July 2021
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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
The History of Little Fanny.
The History of Little Fanny, Exemplified in a Series of Figures. London: Printed by D. N. Shury, Berwick Street, Soho, for S. and J. Fuller, 1810. Small square 8vo (128 x 105mm). Booklet of 16-pages…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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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
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15 July 2021
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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
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15 July 2021
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MISCELLANY, 20th CENTURY - Muriel SPARK (1918-2006). The Ballad of Peckham…
MISCELLANY, 20th CENTURY - Muriel SPARK (1918-2006). The
Ballad of Peckham Rye. London: Macmillan, 1960. 8vo (190 x
130mm). Original eggshell blue cloth, spine lettered in red, dust-jacket with…
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius or "Pliny the Elder" (23-79 AD). The Historie of…
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius or "Pliny the Elder" (23-79 AD). The Historie of the
World: Commonly called, The Natural Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated
into English by Philemon Holland Doctor of…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving.
STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving. New York and London: The Macmillan Company, 1906. 2 volumes, large 8vo (218 x 150mm). Half titles, frontispieces and plates.…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST