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An African stand with seven ivory cocktail sticks, together with two ivory busts of women carrying cauldrons on their heads, all attached to wooden plinths, the tallest bust H19cm, early 20th century. (10) Provenance: N & L Karantokis Estate.

Venetian School, c. 1620 Ottoman Honey Merchant Oil on unlined canvas Dimensions:  77 (H) x 103 cm. (L)  (30 3/8 x 40 ½ inches) This incredibly rare early depiction of an Eastern Mediterranean or North African honey merchant is thought have been painted circa 1620. It predates the Flemish-French painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) by around 100 years. Vanmour has been considered, until the emergence of this painting, to be the earliest and most refined recorder of Ottoman secular life. In the present painting, the honey merchant sits in his carpeted tent in obvious control of the trade around him. His accountant sits in deference whilst the apiarists and their workers present their straw skeps, or hives. This fascinating scene of everyday life in the Ottoman world, an Empire which included the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa, illustrates much more than at first glance. Such an early depiction executed in oil on canvas is exceptional. Aside from the two iconic painters Gentile Bellini (active about 1460; died 1507), with his portrait of the Sultan Mehmet II of 1480 in the National Gallery, London and the aforementioned Van Mour, there are scarce western depictions of Ottoman or North African existence.   The artist of Ottoman Honey Merchant was probably Venetian both on stylistic and cultural grounds. The artist seems to be aware of the Bassano family of artists, reflecting their same blocky figures. The book-keeper turned away from the viewer is also familiar stylistically tothe Bassano dynasty. Certainly the strong and particular narrative content suggests therecording of a first-hand experience, although the potential name of this itinerant artist is not currently known.   Venetians were still the largest foreign community in Istanbul during the sixteenth century and remained the Ottomans’ most important international trading partners well into the seventeenth century. This mutually beneficial relationship provided each partner with access to key ports and valuable goods. Though territorial wars intermittently interrupted their relationship, both empires relied on trade for their economic well-being. As a Venetian ambassador expressed, ‘being merchants, we cannot live without them.’  The Ottomans sold wheat, spices, raw silk, cotton and ash (for glass making) to the Venetians, while Venice provided the Ottomans with finished goods such as soap, paper and textiles. The same ships that transported these everyday goods and raw materials also carried luxury objects such as carpets, inlaid metalwork, illustrated manuscripts and glass.    Honey was a highly significant commodity in Ottoman Empire during the period 1200 to 1700.  It was produced in huge quantities in almost every non-arid coastal region, from the Black Sea all the way to modern day Morocco, although it was most abundantly harvested in Attica and Turkey. The honey was used as a sweetener but also as a preservative for fruitsand fresh produce like meat, the wax from the bees was a pleasant-smelling core source of lighting and the honey could also be used medicinally as a natural antiseptic. Unsurprisingly, the Ottoman rulers had their own tax code for honey, with the duty collected being one akcËeor two akcËes from each beehive, depending on the locality and custom. The painting is redolent with period detail:  the merchant sits on a flat weave rug; in front of him is a painted tray (possibly either metal or papier maché) with a brass coffee pot and a white, glazed cup and saucer.  He wears prayer beads on his wrist.  The blue and white tent has been erected close to a town gateway which can bee seen beyond.  The book-keeper wears what appears to be a black burnous with a white hood;  this garment derives from the Berber Nomadic tribes and therefore strongly suggests that the scene could be identified as being North African.  To the right are three black men, almost certainly enslaved (the middle of the three being heavily disguised in a dark hood).  There was an ancient slave trade across the Sahara to the Mediterranean coast and also up the East coast of Africa and the Red Sea As there were restrictions on the enslavement of Muslims, “pagan†areas further to the South became an important source of enslaved people.   Ottoman areas of Anatolia and Attica tended to enslave Christians from the Black Sea and the Balkans, often prisoners of war.  Therefore the existence of the three figures to the right emphasises the likely location of this picture as being North Africa.   A secular painting of such antiquity of any trade is profoundly rare.  But the fact that the trade illustrated is the buying and selling of honey and beeswax is even more enthralling, it being one of the most universal and ancient of foods, sources of light and medicine.  There is evidence of human harvesting of honey from over 8,000 years ago.  And the honeybee itself has become a symbol of the natural health of the planet: bees are vital for the preservation of ecological balance and biodiversity in nature. They provide one of the most recognisable ecosystem services, that being pollination, which makes production of food possible. By doing so, bees protect and maintain ecosystems as well as animal and plant species, and contribute to genetic and biotic diversity.  Bees also act as indicators of the state of the environment. Their presence, absence or quantity tells us when something is happening with the environment and when appropriate action is needed. Therefore, this painting is a uniquely complex and layered object, addressing the history of art, trade, culture, race, dress, custom, food and natural sciences.

GREECE. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Justinian I (527-565). Bronze follis, 541/2. Constantinople. Justinian I 482-565, inherited the throne from his uncle Justin I in 527. Justinian is best known for his very ambitious Renovatio imperii, or Restoration of the (Roman) Empire. Ultimately this ambition was only partly realised but still impressive, resulting in the reconquest of Italy, Spain, and North Africa from the Ostrogoth and Vandal tribes. This piece, introduced in 538 at the height of Justinian's power, is of the "heavy" variety, averaging 50mm in diameter and 20g in weight. The purpose of this unusually large coin has been the subject of considerable academic debate. It has been suggested by some that an influx of gold from the North African conquest brought with it inflationary pressures that led to the devaluation of the gold solidus in relation to the copper follis, and that this new size was an attempt to remedy the disrupted gold/copper ratio. Others have argued that this coin's purpose was propaganda and PR. The larger coin providing a larger canvas for Justinian to display his success and prestige to the wider population. Regardless, the experiment with the larger follis didn't work for very long as the weight and size was quickly reduced soon after. Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right "DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG" / Large M between A/N/N/O and numerals representing the regnal year, cross above, officina letter beneath, CON in exergue.Ch VF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5, slight bend. Diameter: 51 mm.Weight: 21.25 g.Composition: Bronze.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.

South African gold half-pound 1952, proof like fields, small dig to spring box hind

South African gold half-pond 1895 

three drones, eight hole chanter, made from African blackwood, blowpipe has resin tip, bag labelled 'The Canmore Pipe Bag Made In Scotland', with spare reeds and simulated ivory ferules

A LARGE NORTH AFRICAN LEATHER-BOUND QURAN, 39cm x 30cm.

AN 18TH CENTURY NORTH AFRICAN TUNISIAN GLAZED POTTERY TILE, painted with floral motif. 15cm square

Britains boxed set 38 South African Mounted Infantry, 1930s, second version with five mounted infantrymen with moving arms, condition: good to very good, box good.

Britains North American Indians, 1930s, Five on horseback, nine standing with rifles, two with fixed arm tomahawks, Chief with dagger and Medicine man with tomahawk and ten crawling figures, condition: generally good some paint chips, one brave lacks one feather to hair, together with six Arabs on foot (one figure base detached), seven African Warrior (two lack clubs) and six gilt John Hill & co Arabs on horseback (two horses lack one rear leg), condition: generally good to fair, (49 figures.

An African tribal lignum vitae Knob-Kerrie, 69cm Location: LWM

A mixed lot to include a pair of Erte Franklin Mint figures, boxed, Poole pottery plate with certificate, entitled African Sky, brass candlesticks, three silk pictures and other itemsLocation:

A mixed group of British coinage to include a 1758 George II sixpence, 1821 George IV halfcrown, crowned garnished shield, 1836 William IV halfcrown and others to include 1797 cartwheel penny and half penny, Victorian and later threepence, 1854 Victoria penny and a 1896 South African 1 shillingLocation: port

A quantity of Cooper Ludnam silver plated handle knives, a silver handled knife and mixed flatware, two miners lamps to include Ashington Collery, two treen African busts and a glass twin handled vaseLocation: 9:6

Mixed British coinage to include George III halfpenny and farthings, a group of post 1920 and pre-1947 Half Crowns, Florin, Shillings, Sixpence and threepence, together with an 1892 South African Shilling, Churchill Crown and others Location:

A Victorian brass bound writing slope; African Tribal carved stone chess set, king 14.6cm high with conforming board; Oriental soapstone figure etc

Tribal Art - a pair of African spears, each two section metal body with flat bladed top and spear point; pair of carved ebony busts etc (6)

A pair of early 20th century tribal spears with further African weaponry. Not available for in-house P&P

[Dutch West India Company - Dutch Guinea] Coymans, Isaac Brieven, confessie; mitsgaders/advisen van verscheyden rechtsgeleerden in de saeck van Isaac Coymans gegeven: als mede de sentitie daar op gevolgt. Rotterdam: Dirck Jansz, [1662]. 4to, 75pp., later half calf, spine lettered in gold, tiny hole in title-page affecting the word 'daer'Note: Note: Isac Coymans [also written as Coeymans, Coeimans or Koeimans], served for the Dutch West India Company as bookkeeper and merchant on the Gold Coast. He returned to Holland in 1649 to start a slave business on his own account. After the discovery of secret correspondence with Joost Kramer, commander of the Danish African Company in Fort Cabo Cors, Coymans was accused of having incited Kramer against the Company. Coymans wrote to Kramer that the Company planned an attack on him and in the second letter seditiously added that he had heard that the Company planned to murder the head of the 'Swarten' ('Blacks') named 'Jan Klaesz'. He suggested Kramer attack Fort Nassau (Elmina, Holland's first stronghold) with the help of the blacks. Coymans was arrested and sentenced to six years imprisonment, lifelong banishment from the Netherlands and the areas covered by the charter of the company, and a fine of 20 thousand carolus guilders and the costs of his trial and imprisonment. Remarkable account of this notorious trial from March 25th, 1660 till January 24th, 1662. One of the few 17th century books on Dutch Guinea. Rare.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Cape Coast Castle, West Africa 3 documents and 2 engravings John Hope Smith, Governor in Chief of the British Forts on the Gold Coast. Resolution that John Hope Smith accept a plate of 200 guineas value as a tribute to his outstanding service during which the 'town has been greatly encreased and improved, the Condition of the people ameliorated, the ground work of education laid and persons and properties fully protected'. April 7th 1822, signed by fellow officers, one large sheet folded, integral blank;John Hope Smith, late Governor in Chief of the British Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast of Africa... Vote of thanks for his services "Under your command, Sir, it has been our peculiar delight to see the germ of education instilled into the minds of those who were comparatively speaking savages... the merchants have been helped with increase of commerce... the state, Sir, of Cape Coast Castle and its Garrison, must have spoken volumes to those who knew it before you had the command..." 2 large folio pages, signed by officers, Cape Coast Castle, April 17th 1822; John Hope Smith. [?copy] letter to officers of the late African Company's Service, accepting their' mark of approbation of my public conduct', &c., 2 pp. folio, Cape Coast, April 17th, 1822;East Prospect [NW Prospect] of Cape Corse or Coast Castle, by Mr Smith, 1727, engraving 24 x 37cm;Vue Est du Cape Corse, dessiné en 1727 part Smith. Hand coloured engraving 20 x 29cmNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Slave Trade and West Africa Collection of documents House of Commons. Further Paper, viz Observations by William Dawes Esq. one of the Commissioners, in addition to the Report made by the Commission of African Enquiry, 1811. 22nd April 1812;House of Commons. Papers relating to a Recruiting Depot on the Coast of Africa for the West India Regiments. 28th July 1812;House of Commons. Papers relating to the Slave Trade. 7th July 1817;House of Commons. Report from the Committee on the African Forts. 25th June 1817;House of Commons. A Bill for the better Regulation of the African Company. 25th June 1819;House of Commons. Reports from Commodore Sir George Collier, concerning the Settlements on the Gold and Windward Coasts of Africa. 25th May 1820; House of Commons. African Company. Letters addressed by the African Company of London to the Treasury Board, respecting the Surrender of the African Forts to Government. 2nd July 1821;House of Commons. Sierra Leone. Return to an Address. 17th Feb. 1830; House of Commons. Cape Coast Castle. Copies or Extracts of Despatches or Letters addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relating to the Caste of Robert Erskine. 14th August 1850;all sewn as issued, not boundNote: Note: Used by William St Clair in his research for The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

West Africa and Slavery 10 volumes Collier, Sir G.R, Sir Charles MacCarthy, and other Official Sources. West African Sketches, compiled from the Reports of. 1824. 8vo, later inscription at head of title, original boards, uncut, rebacked; Geschiedenis van het Britsche Gezantschap in het Jaar 1817, aan den Koning van Ashantee. Amsterdam: J.C. van Kesteren, 1820. 8vo, coloured frontispiece, half calf, title repaired, frontispiece trimmed, some soiling; Lee, Mrs R. (formerly Mrs T. Edward Bowdich). Stories of Strange Lands. 1835. 8vo, First edition, lithographed plates, original cloth, slightly spotted; Alexander, James Edward. Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the Colonies of Western Africa. 1837. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, map, modern quarter calf, several library stamps, some staining and spotting; Bowdich, T. Edward. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. 1873. 8vo, folding map, original brown cloth gilt, library stamps to title; Ramseyer and Kuhne. Four Years in Ashantee. 1878. Second edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth; Kemp, Rev. Dennis. Nine Years at the Gold Coast. 1898, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Macdonald, George. The Gold Coast past and present. 1898. 8vo, plates, original cloth, a few small stains, new endpapers, slightly rubbed; Moore, D. and F.G. Guggisberg. We two in West Africa. 1909. 8vo, plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed; sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

An African carved wood walking cane with four mask handle.

Various Cap Badges and Titles cap badges include white metal Rhodesian African Rifles ... Cast brass, QC RRAF ... Cast white metal Greys Scouts. Titles include brass Stowe OTC School ... Brass EY ... Brass 2L ... Brass AAS ... Brass ATS ... Embroidery Frontier Force Rifles ... Embroidery 17/21 Lancers ... Embroidery 9L. Small selection of rank stars and buttons.

Shipping Line and Maritime Naval Buttons from Victorian to Elizabeth II. 90+ examples including Cunard (QVC & KC), RN (QVC), RNR, RNV, HM Customs, Cornwall Yacht Club, Royal African Line, Alfred Holt Line, The Aberedeen Line, Allan Line, Canadian Pacific Railway, Brocklebank Line etc. All complete with shanks.

Four WW1 Victory Medals consisting South African bilingual example named ""Pte N Dumas 1st S.A.I."" ... 3 British issue examples named ""55605 Pte J Waring Ches. R"" ... ""16329 Pte A Davies. E. York. R."" ... ""166295 Pte J Brown. Can. Pnr. Bn."". 4 items.

Small Selection of Various Medals consisting General Service medal 1918-62 with single bar Iraq. Named "036794. Dvr. J. L. Fletcher RA", some edge knocks ... South African Prison Service Faithful Service medal. Named "4378 H/Bev. F J. Hoffman" ... King George VI Special Constabulary LS & GC named "Frank D West" ... Boxed Saudi Arabia medal for Liberation Of Kuwait ... Kuwait Liberation medal boxed. 5 items.

Selection of Various Military And Other Books including Home Guard List 1941 Western Command ... Honours & Awards North Staffordshire Reg 1914-1919 ... The Somme ... A Debt Of Honour Men From Cheddleton & Leekbrook ... Path Of Duty Men From Ipstones ... South African War. Honours & Awards ... Roll Of Honour Men From Leek.

Small Selection of Rhodesia Badges consisting anodised Selous Scouts cap badge and pair of collars ... Silver Greys Scouts cap badge and matching pair of collars ... Pair of plated Rhodesian African Rifles collars. 8 items.

A group of three African carved figured ebony busts, largest H. 37cm.

A collection of Pendelfin figures (some A/F) together with a pair of Duron African figures and a boxed Royal stage coach.

Almohad, Anonymous, square Dirhams (11), Fas (3), no mint (8) (A 496-7; ICV 715-6); together with Millares (12), and other North African coins (6) [29]. Varied state £150-£200

Uncertain North African Dynasty, Anonymous, uniface Sixteenth-Dirham (?), no mint or date, hasaba allah within dotted square, 0.07g (Hazard -; A -; ICV -). Fine, extremely rare, believed unpublished £100-£120

A gold two row belcher link chain, the links with a lozenge pattern, to bolt ring clasp, tested as approximately 9ct gold, suspending a gold South African one pond coin pendant, the coin with a soldered scroll top mount, tested as approximately 9ct gold, chain 520mm long, 18.50gCondition ReportSurface marks/scratches.Some minor wear to links.Top of the bolt ring is a little worn.

African Fulani flatweave blanketMalidecorated in repeating panels on a cream ground 248cm x 141cm, together with two other flatweavesAt present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a full condition report.

A WORLD WAR TWO PERIOD ARMY OFFICERS SAM BROWNE UNIFORM BELT, attributed to Captain later Major C.E.Clarke, He served in Africa and the Far East with the RASC & Kings African Rifles, the belt is marked Clarke 160157, the belt is accompanied by a box containing a large number of black & white photos of soldiers, in various theatres of War also attributed to Clarke, with written details supplied by the Vendor (family member)

Three trays of mostly African treen and carved artefacts: collection of carved elephants, rhinoceri, zebra, intricately entwined hippopotamus stand elevating a small platter. Also included is a small scale replica of a traditional Zulu ceremonial spear etc. (3)

AN AFRICAN KNOB KERRIE WITH BEADWORK DECORATION, LENGTH 80CM, PAIR OF BINOCULARS ETC

North African leather sheathed dagger, blade L: 17 cm. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

PETER BEARD (New York, 1938-2020)."Peter Beard, Scrapbooks from Africa and beyond".Mixed media (collage, ink and paint). Artist's intervention on the inside front cover. Publisher: Empire Editions, New York, 2006.Includes DVD with film.Dimensions: 27 x 35 x 2 cm (painting); 27 x 17 x 2 cm.Peter Beard was an American artist, photographer, chronicler and writer who lived and worked in New York City, Montauk and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1960s. Beard began writing diaries as a child and taking photographs, as an extension of the diaries, at the age of 12. A graduate of the Pomfret School, he entered Yale University in 1957, intending to pursue pre-med studies, but changed his major to art history. At Yale, he participated in the secret society Scroll and Key. His mentors at Yale included Josef Albers, Richard Lindner and Vincent Scully. Beard graduated with a B.A. in 1961. Inspired by earlier trips to Africa in 1955 and 1960, Beard travelled to Kenya after graduating. Working in Tsavo National Park, he photographed and documented the disappearance of 35,000 elephants and other wildlife, which would later become the subject of his first book, The End of the Game. During this time, Beard acquired Hog Ranch, a property near the Ngong Hills adjacent to the coffee estate owned by Karen Blixen, which would become his lifelong base of operations in East Africa.Beard's first exhibition was at the Blum Helman Gallery in New York City in 1975 and throughout his career he has had landmark museum exhibitions at the International Center of Photography in New York City in 1977 and at the Centre National de la Photographie in Paris in 1997. Gallery exhibitions followed in Berlin, London, Toronto, Madrid, Milan, Tokyo and Vienna. Beard's work is included in private collections around the world.

"CORNEILLE"; GUILLAUME CORNELIS VAN BEVERLOO (Belgium, 1922 - France, 2010).Untitled, 1992, from the series "Olympic Suite".Lithograph on Velin d'Arches paper, copy 110/250.Signed, dated and justified by hand.This work is part of the "Suite Olympic Centennial", complete edition 110/250, which will be auctioned on 27 September 2022, in 50 consecutive lots numbered 35245230 to 35245280.Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.The Olympic Suite is made up of fifty lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The artists chosen work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, including abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international renown, widely recognised by critics.Better known by his pseudonym Corneille, Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo was a Belgian painter and printmaker of Dutch parents. He began studying art in 1940 in Amsterdam, where he met painters such as Constant and Karel Appel. Interested in the work of Pignon, Matisse and Picasso, he began exhibiting in 1946. He visited Hungary shortly afterwards, where he discovered Surrealism and was influenced by the painting of Klee and Miró. Along with Appel, Constant and others, Corneille was a member of the Dutch "Experimentale Group", collaborated with the magazine "Reflex" and took part in the CoBrA movement (1948-1951). After the dissolution of the latter group, he moved to Paris. Two years later, in 1953, he began to produce etchings, and the following year he began to produce ceramic works. The influence of his collection of African art, acquired during a trip to North Africa in 1949, is evident in the evolution of his work from the late 1950s onwards, as he gradually abandoned abstract landscape painting and began to develop an imaginative style, with landscapes depicted from a bird's eye view, exotic animals and highly stylised figures. Corneille is currently represented at the MoMA in New York, the National Gallery of Slovakia, the Dordrecht Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago and others.

Zoologica Specifica - - Wilhelm Kuhnert. Hyänenhund. Lycaon pictus. Graphit auf Papier. Blattmaße 24,5 x 30,5 cm. Signiert und bezeichnet. Rückseitig mit Spuren alter Montierung. Etwas atelierspurig. Wohlerhalten. African wild dog. Graphite on paper. Signed and inscribed. - With traces of former mounting on reverse. Workshop traces. Well preserved.

Zoologica Specifica - - Wilhelm Kuhnert. Südwestafrikanische Pferdeantilope im Zoo von Berlin. Graphit auf chamoisfarbenem Papier. Blattmaße 25 x 31 cm. Signiert und bezeichnet. Entlang der oberen Kante mit kl. Löchlein durch frühere Montierung. Wohlerhalten. Southwest African roan antelope in the Berlin Zoo. Graphite on chamois coloured paper. Signed and inscribed. - Along upper edge with small holes due to former mounting. In good condition.

(Julianus Pomerius). De vita contemplativa. Inkunabel aus Speyer mit zeitgenössischem Besitzeintrag. (Speyer, Drach,) 1486. 50 nn. Bll., das Letzte weiß. Zweispaltiger Druck mit 36 Zeilen. Nicht rubriziert. Mod. Pp. mit goldgeprägtem Maroquin-RSchild. BMC II 495. Goff P1022. GW M35774. Hummel-Wilhelmi 529. ISTC ip01022000. -Erste Ausgabe des wichtigen Werkes der frühmittelalterlichen Mystik, mit zeitgenössischer Provenienz. - Selten, für uns momentan im internationalen Handel nicht nachweisbar. - Vormals Prosper Aquitanus zugeschrieben, ist De vita contemplativa das Werk von Julianus Pomerius, einem Nordafrikaner des späten 5. Jahrhunderts, der in Arles lebte und dort als Priester und Rhetoriklehrer tätig war. Die hier vorliegende Erstausgabe seiner "Vita contemplativa" in drei Teilen ist ein geistlicher Führer für Kleriker und Laien und gilt als erstes Traktat christlicher Spiritualität. Das Werk war sehr beliebt und liegt in zahlreichen Handschriften und ab 1486 in mehreren Auflagen vor. - Unser Exemplar mit dem hochinteressanten, zeitgenössischen Besitzeintrag und Kaufvermerk mit Preisangaben auf dem letzten weißen Blatt verso: "Ego Wolfgangus Eysengeringer ... In Wels exposui pro tractatulus huius libelli xiii S viii d pro ligatura lxxii d". Wolfgang Eysengeringer hatte den Band wohl unmittelbar nach Erscheinen erworben. Er trat 1489 in das Benediktiner-Kloster Lambach bei Wels/Oberösterreich ein und hatte bei dieser Gelegenheit dem Kloster 18 Bände geschenkt. In öffentlichen Bibliotheken sind mehrere Bücher mit seinem Besitzvermerk nachweisbar. - Reste eines alten Blattweisers am zweiten Bll. Mehrere Wurmspuren, im hinteren Drittel etwas stärker. - Durch den zeitgenössischen Besitzeintrag mit Kaufvermerk ein Unikat dieser seltenen und wohlerhaltenen Inkunabel-Ausgabe. Gutes, nahezu fleckfreies Exemplar. Incunable from Speyer with contemporary ownership entry. Two-column print of 36, not rubricated. Mod. hardcover with gold-stamped morocco label on spine. - First edition of this important work of early medieval mysticism, with contemporary provenance. - Rare, not traceable for us in international trade at the moment. - Formerly attributed to Prosper Aquitanus, De vita contemplativa is the work of Julianus Pomerius, a late 5th-century North African who lived in Arles where he was a priest and teacher of rhetoric. This first edition of his "Vita contemplativa" in three parts is a spiritual guide for clergy and laity and is considered the first treatise on Christian spirituality. The work was very popular and is available in numerous manuscripts and, from 1486, in several editions. Our copy with the highly interesting contemporary ownership entry and note of purchase with price information on the last white leaf verso. Wolfgang Eysengeringer probably acquired the volume immediately after its publication. He entered the Benedictine monastery of Lambach near Wels/Upper Austria in 1489 and donated 18 volumes to the monastery. There is evidence of several books in public libraries with his ownership mark. - Remains of an old page guide on the second leaf. Several worm marks, somewhat heavier in the last third. - The contemporary owner's entry with note of purchase makes this rare and well-preserved incunabulum edition unique.

Gerhard Rohlfs. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe mit Unterschrift des deutschen Afrikaforschers (1831-1896) aus dem Jahr 1872. Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier. 1. An (Fedor) Jagor. Tiflis, 23. Nov. 1872. 4 S. auf 1 Doppelblatt mit typogr. Briefkopf "Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie du Caucase" (Einzelblattmaße ca. 21 x 13,5 cm). - Ankündigung einer Sendung mit für den Empfänger gemachten Einkäufen mit detaillierter Auflistung (Baumwollanzüge, Araktschins, Mafrash, persische Socken, Schreibzeugs, Sortiment Löffel etc.) sowie Erläuterungen für fünf im März anstehende Vorlesungen über den Kaukasus in Wien. - 2. An einen sehr geehrten "Herrn Doctor". Weimar, 29. Okt. 1872. 1 S. Auf 1 Doppelblatt (Einzelblattmaße ca. 22 x 14,5 cm) mit blindgepr. Namensstempel. - Mit Empfehlungen von Besuchen geeigneter, weniger gefährlichen Städten in Marokko und der dort auffindbaren ethnographischen Gegenstände. - Faltspuren, obere Blattränder gebräunt, vereinzelte winzige Stockflecken, gering knitterig, insg. wohlerhalten. Two autograph letters signed by the German African explorer (1831-1896) in 1872. German handwriting on paper. - 1. to (Fedor) Jagor. Tbilisi, 23 Nov. 1872. 4 p. on 1 double sheet with typographical letterhead "Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie du Caucase". - Announcement of a consignment of purchases made for the recipient with a detailed list (cotton suits, araktschins, mafrash, Persian socks, stationery, assortment of spoons etc.) as well as explanations for five lectures on the Caucasus to be given in Vienna in March. - 2. to a very honoured "Herr Doctor". Weimar, 29 Oct. 1872. 1 p. on 1 double sheet with blind tooled name stamp. - With recommendations of visits to suitable, less dangerous towns in Morocco and the ethnographic objects to be found there. - Traces of folding, upper margins browned, isolated tiny foxing spots, slightly creased, altogether in good condition.

A pair of Victorian Majolica Figures, depicting African American cotton pickers, each holding a basket, 58cms (23"). (2)

A rare 19th Century Sudanese African four string lyre shape Harp-like musical Instrument, with pointed wooden uprights, and hide core, approx. 66cms (26") long. (1)

Tribal - a large African carving of a boat, each figure with hyena fur traditional tribal dress 75cm long

A collection of early 20th century French Madagascar postcards showing colonial scenes, tribesmen, etc; a colourful woven basket and African carvings

Tribal - A Democratic Republic of the Congo, African stool, signed Kamimbi 36cm high

Various malachite carvings including a one piece ashtray, African busts, tree frog, birds,etc; other African stone carvings

Tribal -  A substantial West African Dogon tribe fertility statue, she stands an impressive 78cm high, hollowed out abdominal baring twins, signs of age, some losses and repair detrimental to age. (AF)

Treen & Tribal - A large treen sailors fid, possibly 18th century; tribal Carvings of a snake charmer; African carvings; African spear heads; etc qty

A 19th century North African brass mounted powder hornTogether with an Indian flintlock pistol, a German steel fencing foil stamped 'Solingen', an 18th century brass hilted small sword, two English hunting swords, a bone hilted steel sword, a halberd, two assegai spears and spearhead, the fencing foil: 102cm (40in) long (11)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Reproduction Zulu shield and weapon display signed by South African actor Henry Cele with inscription to the back reading 'Best Wishes, Henry Cele, Shaka Zulu 1987', hatchet and a picture of a Zulu Warrier, Dabulananzi, Brother of King (framed and glazed, approx 22cm x 29cm) (3)Condition ReportDimensions of shield itself approximately 80cm x 45cm; including spears as attached approximately 135cm x 90cm.

Three military West African personal ashtrays, Lagos Defence Force, R.W.A.F.F. and UBIQUE, various cap badges, buttons, scanned page of two invites relating to Captain Burgess, a scanned scrap book page from Captain Burgess time in Africa 1939 with scanned photographs of Earthquake damage and a set of scales 

GB, British Empire and Rest of World: 2 blue ‘Planet’ albums of mint and used definitive, commemoratives and postage due. Mostly of Queen Victoria to King George VI period though some Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Victoria GB LE issues and later with higher values to 5/-. British Empire including Australia, African colonies, India and New Zealand. World ones from Germany to the U.S.A. Cape 4d triangular and early East Africa mint seen (2)

Pair of African-style rattan and hardwood folding pavilion chairs.

Oriental alabaster-style figure and three small African tribal figures.  (4)

Two hand-made copper candlesticks; a leather-bound box with griffin and fox decoration; an African wooden spear with beadwork; and an African stick, with beadwork.Qty: 5