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SHROPSHIRE INTEREST: A miscellany of works on Shropshire history and architecture, to include Owen (H) and Blakeway (J.B.), A HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY, first edition, 2 vols, 3/4 leather, engraved frontispiece, engraved half title page, engraved plates throughout, Harding, Lepard And Co, London 1825, Phillips (Thomas) and Hulbert (Charles), THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SHREWSBURY, FROM ITS FIRST FOUNDATION TO THE PRESENT TIME..., vol I, second edition, later 3/4 leather with marbled boards, including THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP by Charles Hulbert, bound with Hulbert's THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP, vol II "In connection with the enlarged edition of Phillip's History Of Shrewsbury", Shrewsbury 1837, and AN ARCHITECTURAL ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCHES OF SHROPSHIRE, 10 parts, thin card boards, Hobson & Co, Wellington 1894-1912 (Qty) (at fault)

AFTER THE ANTIQUE: A FRENCH BRONZE OF THE VENUS DE’ MEDICILate 19th Century63cm highThe Venus de’ Medici, also know simply at the Medici Venus, after the 1st Century BC Hellenistic Greek marble version, also a later copy of a bronze original, is one of the most widely copied antiquities, with various variations according to taste and times. Condition report: Some slight pitting to the patination, mostly at the back of the figure. Dirt and dust. 

West (Thomas) The Antiquities of Furness, 8vo, calf, illus. with engravings, new edition with editions by William Blose, Ulverston, 1813; and another copy in morocco, published 1805; Beck (Thomas Alcock) The Abbey of Furness, half-calf, illus. 1844; and Ross (Frederick) The Ruined Abbeys of Britain, folio, gilt-cloth, illus. with chromolithographs, 1889.

Jefferson (Samuel) The History and Antiquities of Allerdale Ward Above Derwent, Cumberland, 4to, half-morocco, illus. with engravings, Carlisle, 1842; together with Bogg (Edmund) Two Thousand Miles of Wandering in the Border Country, lge. 4to, half-morocco, illus., 1898.

Antiquities: a pottery vase and similar ewer, possibly Roman, 9.5cm and 7.5cm respectively.

Pied Piper of Hamelin.- [Rowlands (Richard)], "Richard Verstegan". A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette of the Tower of Babel, engraved illustrations, damp-staining throughout, heavy in places, attractive early 20th century brown morocco, gilt with floral and foliate tooling to covers and spines, [STC 21361], 4to, Antwerp & London, Printed at Antwerp by Robert Bruney, And to be sold at London...by John Norton and John Bill, 1605.⁂ Amongst many other anecdotes and curious tales, this work includes the first printing in English of The Pied Piper of Hamelin (pp.85-87), dating the episode to 22nd July 1376.

NO RESERVE Cotman (John Sell) [Architectural Antiquities of Normandy], 96 etched plates only (lacking all text), some light foxing, half morocco, rubbed, extremities worn, large folio, [?1822].

TOPOGRAPHY: SURTEES (Robert): 'The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham...', Sunderland, Hills & Company, 1908-10: 3 vols, 4to, publishers cloth backed boards, VG: LEIGH PEERAGE CASE: 'Stoneleigh Abbey 30 Years Ago, containing a short history of the claims to the peerage and estates, and a catalogue of the confessed and suspected crimes etc': Leamington Spa, n.d (1848): publishers blind stamped blue cloth, 12mo: together with approx 35 others over one shelf, British topographical interest, 19th century to modern. (One shelf) 

A small collection of antiquities, including an Egyptian bronze figure; a Romanesque bust etc.

ROY, William. The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain. London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1793. Folio (543 x 351mm.) 51 plates, all engraved but for 1 letterpress plate, including 6 double-paged and 1 double-paged and folding, 4pp. list of Society of Antiquaries to rear. (Occasional light spotting, toning.) Early 20th century half brown morocco over buckram cloth-covered boards (some fading and discolouring, minor staining, light rubbing).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

PALMER, Francis. Views in Leicestershire. [Leicester: F. Palmer & E.S. Palmer, 1842.] Oblong 4to (214 x 266mm.) 14 lithographed plates. (Damp-stain to upper margins, spotting to all margins.) Original printed wrappers (chipped to extremities, minor loss to upper wrapper). Note: rare. Born in Leicester, Francis Palmer and her husband, Edmund Palmer, opened a lithography business in Leicester with herself as artist and her husband as printer. In 1843 they emigrated to America and Francis became one of the most prolific artists for Nathaniel Currier's lithography business in New York. In this publication, 13 of the 14 views were also published in Thomas Rossell Potter's 'The History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest', 1842.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

SUSSEX. - John WALPOLE-BOND. A History of Sussex Birds. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1938. 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (247 x 149mm.) Numerous plates. (Toning, pp.103-106 loose in volume 2.) Original brown buckram, t.e.g. (light rubbing). Provenance: 'Margaret and Tony' (gift inscribed to on the front-free endpaper of volume 1). - And a further twenty-one volumes relating to Sussex (including William H. St. John Hope's 'Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex', 1919, folio, and two copies of Thomas Walker Horsfield's 'The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex', 2 vols., 1835, 4to) (24).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne… edited by James Edmund Harting. London: Bickers and Son, 1876. Second edition, 8vo (209 x 134mm.) Numerous wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, folding facsimile from White's journal, 8pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Spotting to preliminaries, then occasionally, browning, hinges reinforced.) Original green cloth, pictorial gilt, g.e. (joints reinforced, rubbing). - And a further thirty-two miscellaneous volumes (including John Sherer's 'The Royal Drawing-Room Table Book', [circa 1871], 4to) (33).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

LONDON SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES (publisher). Archaeologia; or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. London: the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1770-1796. 12 vols., 4to (271 x 198mm.) Numerous engraved plates, many folding. (Browning, occasional spotting.) Near contemporary cat's paw calf, red and green morocco lettering pieces to the spines, gilt borders and turn-ins (upper cover of volume 3 detached and upper cover of volume 12 loosening, rubbing to extremities, minor loss to spine ends). Note: the first twelve volumes of this publication that continued until 1991. Aside from the material on Stonehenge and Avebury it also contains material from the Middle East, including articles and plates in volume 2 relating to Tartarian antiquities (12).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

° ° Pugin, Auguste and Le Keux, John and Henry - Specimens of the Architectural Antiquities of Normandy, 4to, cloth, with 80 plates, ownership signature of Charles Barry [1795-1860], best known for the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster] to title page, (black and white photographs of Barry and Pugin bound in after front fly leaf), J. Britton, London, 1827

° ° Smith, John Thomas - Antiquities of Westminster; the Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel ....&c.&c....37 engraved plates (13 hand coloured); old maroon half morocco and marbled boards, gilt decorated and panelled spine, ge. and marbled e/ps., roy. 4to. 1807

° ° Horsfield, T.W. - The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its vicinity, 2 vols., first edition, folding map, 30 lithographed plates, 10 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations, spotted (as usual), green half calf, spine slightly faded, 4to, Lewes, 1824-1827

° ° Tierney, M.A. The History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel, 2 volumes bound in one, first edition, large paper copy (280 x 207mm.), 8 engraved plates on india paper (some spotting), engraved illustrations on india paper, fine green morocco gilt by Bedford for Pickering, gilt edges, upper joint expertly repaired, armorial Foley bookplate (presumably 4th Baron Foley (1808-1869) who married Lady Mary Charlotte Howard, daughter of Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, in 1849), 4to, 1834

° ° Long, George - The Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum, 2 vols, 12mo, original green blind-stamped cloth, Nattali and Bond, London, 1846

Six volumes of Viking Antiquities In Great Britain & Ireland edited by Haakon Shetelig, published by H. Aschehoug & Co, Oslo 1940 (6)

William Henry Black, History & Antiquities Of The Worshipful Company Of Leathersellers Of The City Of London, published London 1871, Extracts From The Records Of The Cutlers' Company published by The Cutlers' Company Sheffield, England 1972, Records Of The Worshipful Company Of Carpenters (Volume 7), (3)

Ca. 600 ADA silver strap end with zoomorphic strap-end detailed with a panel of niello inlay. For similar see: Published Hammond, B. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. Literature Cf. Smith, R.A. British Museum Guide to Anglo-Saxon Antiquities, Trustees of the British Museum, 1923, p.107, fig.131(3).Size: L:33mm / W:13mm ; 4.66gProvenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.

Three volumes of The Illustrated London News dated 1844, 1845 and 1848, published by William Little London. Together with a copy of volume one of Old England A Pictorial Museum of Antiquities published by James Sangster & Co.

Kelly`s Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, 1909, with maps together with The Antiquities and History of the Town of Beverly, History, Topography and Directory of East Yorkshire and Baily's Hunting Directory 1906-1907, with maps

Four mid 19th century Mason's Ironstone plates decorated in the Chinese Antiquities pattern, the central circular panel decorated with footed vase with stylised motifs within a floral border, with gilt detail, pattern no. 1438, largest D26cm, together with Royal Worcester plate with floral decoration within green borders, blue and white tankard with pewter lid and teapot, teapot

A selection of various Egyptian antiquities including ushabti etc

Anglesey.- Rowlands (Henry) Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities...of the Isle of Anglesey, half-title, title in red and black, 8pp. list of subscribers, 10 engraved plates, front free endpaper with 19th century ink notes and repaired upper corner, half-title with ink ownership inscription of Richard Griffith dated 1773, another of subscriber Thomas Holland to title, annotations and underlinings to text, most in a 19th century hand, some light foxing and browning, marginal damp-staining towards end, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, red morocco label to spine, covers rubbed, 4to, Dublin, Aaron Rhames for Robert Owen, 1723.

WILLIAM CAMDEN. 'Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English: With Large Additions and Improvement,' full pebbled leather, cracking to joints, frontispiece engraving of author, engravings of coins, Stonehendge and other antiquities etc, good clean and tight textblock with just occasional toning and spotting etc, lacking maps, ex libris label to pastedown, F. Collins, for A. Swalle ... and A. & J. Churchil, London, 1695.

Capt CHARLES JOHNSON. 'Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen, Pirates, & Robbers,' revised and continued by C. Whitehead, rebound, lacks frontis, ex libris, Henry C. Bohn, London, 1842; Rev W, S. LACH-SZYRMA. 'Aleriel; Or, A Voyage to Other Worlds. A Tale,' original cloth, frontis engraving, Wyman & Sons, London, 1883; 'The Folk-Lore Society for Collecting and Printing Relics of Populare Antiquities, &c,' cloth with water damage, toning to leaves, The Folk-Lore Society, 1913; With three other works. (6)

Rev WILLIAM BORLASE. 'Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall,' facsimile of the second edition, introduction by P. A. S. Pool and Charles Thomas, original cloth, unclipped dj, EP Publishing, 1973.

Rev JOHN MASTIN. 'The History and Antiquities of Naseby in the County of Northampton,' rebound, uncut edges to textblock, Francis Hodson, Cambridge, 1792.

FRANCIS GROSE. 'Military Antiquities Respecting A History of the English Army, From The Conquest to the Present Time,' new edition, two volumes, rebound, engraved vignette title page, frontis, numerous plates, Egerton, Whitehall, & G. Kearsley, London, 1801. (2)

North-Western Counties. A collection of seven maps, 17th - 19th century, including Blome (Richard). A Mapp of Yorkshire with its Divisions and Hundreds, circa 1673, hand-coloured engraved map,210 x 280 mm, together with Moll (Herman). The North Riding of Yorkshire, circa 1724, hand-coloured engraved map, decorated with antiquities in the vertical margins, 195 x 320 mm, with Morden (Robert). The County Palatine of Lancaster [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, 420 x 365 mm, plus Starling (T.). Liverpool, circa 1840, engraved decorative city plan with contemporary outline colouring, 305 x 390 mm, and Jansson (Jan). Salopiensis comitatus cum Staffordiensi. Shropshire & Staffordshire, Amsterdam, circa 1660, uncoloured engraved map. slight toning and mount staining, 430 x 535 mm, Latin text on verso, and Bowen (Emanuel & Kitchin Thomas). A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, Divided into their Respective Wards..., T. & J. Bowles and Robert Sayer, circa 1764, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring originally published in 'The Large English Atlas', 690 x 540 mm, with Lodge (John). A New Map of Cheshire from the Best Authorities [1795], hand-coloured engraved map, slight overall toning, 265 x 325 mmQTY: (7)

Surrey. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the County of Surrey Divided into its Hundreds, Drawn from late Surveys and Illustrated with various additional Improvements..., J, Tinney, 1753, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, originally published in 'The Large English Alas', large uncoloured engraved cartouche and dedication, very slight spotting, short split at the base of the central fold, additional horizontal crease, 530 x 720 mm, together with Moll (Herman). Surrey, circa 1724, uncoloured engraved map with the vertical margins decorated with antiquities and a panorama of London Bridge, slight spotting but confined to the margins, 190 x 310 mm, with Cary (John). Surrey, circa 1810, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 225 x 270 mmQTY: (3)

Camden (William). Remaines Concerning Britain... 6th impression, with many rare antiquities never before imprinted. By the industry and Care of John Philipot Somerset Herald: and W.D. Gent. London: printed for Simon Waterson and Robert Clavell, 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece, cancel title, woodcut armorials in text, pp. 409-411 misnumbered 332, 334 & 331 respectively, some wormholes in text and occasional marginal wormtracks, some light toning, tears and losses to endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt arms stamped to covers, spine rubbed with small splits, a few small wormholes, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing C374A. A reissue, with cancel title of the edition with Isabella Waterson named as publisher in the imprint. The cancel title is in the same setting, except for the imprint as that for Wing C374C.Provenance: Charles Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancram (1624-1690), his gilt arms to covers. Charles Kerr succeeded his father Robert, in 1654 after his father fled to Holland to avoid creditors after the cessation of his pension after the death of King Charles I. The family seat was Ferniehirst Castle in the Scottish Borders.

Swinden (Tobias). An Enquiry into the Nature and Place of Hell..., 2nd edition, with a supplement, London: Printed by H.P. for Tho. Astley, 1727, ownership signatures at head of title and following leaf of Mrs Hasted and J.S. Hasted R.N., two folding engraved plates, some damp staining mostly at front of volume, Hasted family armorial bookplate to front pastedown with motto 'Fidem servabo', early 19th century half calf, joints splitting, light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with:Nelson (William), The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace..., 4th edition, corrected, amended, and continued, In the Savoy [London]: Printed by John Nutt, Assignee of Edw. Sayer Esq; for Charles Harper, 1711, occasional light worming, contemporary calf, worn at foot of spine & foot of front board, 8vo, plus two other antiquarian volumes, including Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, the Antiquities of Rome, by Basil Kennett, 7th edition, 1721 and volume 2 only of Goldsmith's Animated Nature printed in WelshQTY: (4)

Bindings. Border Antiquities of England & Scotland, 2 volumes, by Walter Scott, London: Longman & Co., 1922, 91 engraved plates, some light spotting & marks, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated blue morocco, boards & spines rubbed with some loss, large 4to, A Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution:..., 6 volumes, 5th edition, by J. Granger, London: William Baynes and Son, 1824, numerous engraved illustrations, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some minor toning, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated blue morocco, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, 10 volumes, by Thomas Moore, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1841, later inscription to the front endpaper of volume 1, some light toning & marks, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, spines rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with other 19th & early 20th-century literature, poetry & reference, all gilt decorated leather bindings, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4to67 volumesQTY: (3 shelves )

Freemasonry. A collection of late 19th-century & modern Freemasonry reference, including The History of Freemasonry, Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitution, Customs, Etc., 3 volumes, by Robert Freke Gould, London: Thomas C. Jack, 1887, numerous engraved portraits, original gilt decorated red full morocco, large 8vo, plus 2 duplicate copies, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves )

Thackeray (William Makepeace). The Newcomes. Memoirs Of A Most Respectable Family, 2 volumes, edited by Arthur Pendennis, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854, monochrome illustrations by Richard Doyle, period inscription to the front endpaper of volume 1, some light spotting & toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated green full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Blanch (William Harnett), Ye Parish Of Camberwell, A Breif Account Of The Parish Of Camberwell, Its History and Antiquities, London: E. W. Allen, 1875, numerous monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light marginal toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, board & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th-century literature, including Waverley Novels, 25 volumes, by Walter Scott, Centenary Edition, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1879, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, 8vo, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum. Or, an Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ'd in Travels thro' Great Britain. Illustrated with Copper Prints. Centuria I., London: Printed for the Author, 1724, engraved frontispiece, 99 engraved plates (out of 100, a few folding), lightly spotted and dust-soiled, final few gatherings with small marginal ink-stain to lower outer corner (not affecting text or plates), small library stamp to title verso, endpapers renewed, together with:Itinerarium Curiosum: Or, An Account of the Antiquities, and Remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, Observed in Travels through Great Britain, Centuria II, 2nd edition, London: Messr. Baker and Leigh, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, 106 engraved plates (a few folding), lightly spotted and dust-soiled, small library stamp to title verso, endpapers renewed, bound uniformly in modern sprinkled calf gilt, black morocco labels to spines, spine compartments elaborately decorated in gilt, folioQTY: (2)

Joseph Strutt, The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England... Henry G Bohn London 1842, colour and gilt plates, half calf bound.

Brenster (John) The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton upon Tees, 4to, gilt-calf, illus. with engravings, including two small embellishments by Thomas Bewick, first edition, lge. paper copy, Stockton, 1796.

Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: Or The Roman Antiquities of Britain, 3 vols. in 1, with index, illus. with engravings, printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, lge. paper edition (first edition), 1732, full-calf with gilt armorial cartouche.

Mynors (R.A.B.) (Editor) Durham Cathedral Manuscripts to the End of the 12th Century, folio, cloth, illus., this copy no. 8 from an edition limited to 250, printed for the Dean & Chapter of Durham Cathedral, Oxford University Press, 1939; Savage (Rev. Edwin Sidney) A Record of All Works Connected with Hexham Abbey since January 1899..., 4to, printed cloth, illus., Hexham, 1907; and Surtees (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County of Durham: Hartlepool Section, 4to, cloth., illus. with fold-out charts, Sunderland, 1910.

Scott (Sir Walter) The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 vols, 4to, full-gilt morocco, illus. with engravings by John Greig and Luke Clennell, 1814-1817.

John Britton: 'The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury;...Winchester;...York', L, 1814-1819, 3 vols in 1, 1st vol. added engraved title + separate printed title pages for each volume, numerous engraved plates, plans & views throughout, 4to, contemporary diced calf gilt (worn, lacks large part backstrip)

A rare Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, topographical solitaire in its original fitted case, circa 1785Each piece decorated with a famous topographical view of Naples and surrounding area, all in miniature painting on a fondo stanifero or tin-glazed surface and titled on the reverse, the tray: Veduta del Tempio di Pesto [a view of the Temple of Paestum]the larger jug: Veduta del Tempio di Testo [a view of the Temple of Testo]the smaller jug: Veduta di Pompej [a view of Pompei]the sugar bowl and cover: Sepolchro di Virgilio and Sepolchro di Cicer.e [Sepulchre of Virgil and Sepulchre of Cicero respectively]pierced oval dish: Veduta presa di Pausilippo [a view in the proximity of Posilipo], depicting the bay of Naples with Vesuvius in the backgroundthe cup :Veduta dissa (..)Rocca pre. Terracina[View of the Rocca Traversa near Terracina]the saucer: Veduta della Scuola di Virgilio presso Pozzuoli [a view of the School of Virgil near Pozzuoli]the original leather case with embossed Bourbon fleur de lys amidst stiff-leaf gilt borders, with original metal handles, lock and key, tray: 34cm diam, all with crowned RFR in red to the reverse in addition to the titled views as indicated above, the saucer incised 3, the (some restoration) (12)Footnotes:Provenance: Collection D'Amodio, NaplesPrivate European Collection since the 1980sLiterature:A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, 1986, no 327Exhibited:Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, 'Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli: Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806', 19 December 1986-30 April 1987Another cased service of a slightly later date was sold in these rooms, Collezione Fiordalisi, 7 December 2017, lot 50, and a tray with the same technique, lot 84, in the same sale. It is likely that the print sources for this service derives from the drawings of Naples and its surroundings made by the Abbé de Saint Non (Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non) for the Real Fabbrica some years earlier.When Domenico Venuti became director of the Naples factory in 1779, he broke radically with any lingering Rococo sentiments, and whole-heartedly embraced the new neo-classical style that was sweeping Europe. Often shapes and decorations in Naples were based on the archaeological finds and the large number of antiquities in the Royal Collections. The Royal services designed by Venuti often depict detailed views of Naples and surrounding areas as well as images of famous newly-excavated archaeological sites such as Herculaneum (1738) and Pompeii (1740), all discovered during the reign of Charles III, before his move to Madrid to become King of Spain. As Angela Caròla-Perrotti (1986) points out, the use of the archaeological views indicates a keen interest in measuring the potency of the current Kingdom to the wealth and riches of the Antique. For the landscape scenes the factory made use of the well known book Illustrations de Voyages pittoresques de Naples et de Sicile by Abbé de Saint Non, published in 1785. In addition to these well known images however, there are also many scenes taken after nature by the painters Berotti and Santucci during their work for the Neapolitan court service of landscapes called the Servizio delle Vestiture del Regno.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Italian carved alabaster model of a triumphal archprobably late 19th century / early 20th century, after the antiqueraised on a stepped onyx rectangular plinth base, 15.25cm high approximatelyFootnotes:Provenance:Christie's New York, Antiquities & Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, 24 March 1998, lot 219Where purchased by the present ownerThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Egypt.- Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, 38 vol. (24 text vol. in 26 and 12 plate vol.), second edition, 1 plate vol. with hand-coloured frontispiece, another with engraved title and portrait of Louis XVIII, 967 engraved plates, many folding or double page, a few folding with small tears at central folds, some foxing to plate margins but generally outside plate mark, contemporary quarter morocco, some wear to spines including small tears and chips at ends, [c.f. for first edition; Atabey 343; Blackmer 476; Hilmy I, pp 239-245] 8vo and elephant folio (670 x 540mm.), Paris, C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1821-30.⁂ The rare "Panckoucke" edition, complete with all plates. This monumental work was the fruit of the scholarly enterprise envisioned by Napoleon during his invasion into Egypt in the late 1790s. Over 160 scholars and scientists, known as the "savants", accompanied the French army - including figures like Monge, Berthollet, Fourier, Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Redoute, and Savigny - their aim being to produce the first ever scientific survey of Egyptian antiquities, culture, language, natural history, geography, ethnography etc. Defeated by the British and forced to relinquish the expedition's physical bounty, famously including the Rosetta stone, the French nonetheless negotiated to retain their scholarly notes. More than a decade later of careful collaboration, these notes emerged as this landmark collection. Not only arguably one of the most beautiful plate books of the nineteenth century, Le Description de l'Egypte established a new academic discipline, becoming the foundational work of Egyptology, and similarly sparked the vibrant wave of Egyptomania across Europe. The first edition appeared beginning in 1809, and this second edition, produced by the Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke, was begun nearly before the first was completed, reproducing the plates of the first in full, without the hand colouring. This copy includes the hand-coloured frontispiece often missing.The plate volumes comprise: (i) Antiquities, 5 vol. [hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 additional engraved plates ("Medailles trouvees en Syrie," "Tableau synoptique des constellations" Plate A, "Produits de la machine a graver"), 16 numbered engraved plates of the Rosetta Stone (on 8 sheets), 419 numbered engraved plates, plate 103 of Etat Moderne (misbound)]; (ii) Etat Moderne, 2 vol. [1 additional engraved plate ("Canevas trigonometrique du Kaire/d'Alexandrie"), 169 numbered engraved plates (see above, plate 103 bound in Antiquities V)]; (iii) Histoire Naturelle, 3 vol. [244 engraved numbered or lettered plates]; (iv) Atlas Geographique (spine title) [52 engraved maps and plates]; (v) Grande Atlas [engraved title, featuring portrait of Louis XVIII, 63 oversized plates].

Norfolk.- Blomefield (Francis) An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 5 vol., first edition, original subscriber's copy, numerous engraved plates and maps, that of Norwich in vol.2 on two sheets and coloured by hand, extra-illustrated by the insertion of various manuscript sheets with lists of names relating to individual hundreds, some engravings and printed ephemera, a few plates lacking, vol.2 lacks dedication leaf, some tears and defects to plates and some leaves of text including title to vol.3, lists of subscribers, contemporary calf joints and extremities worn and with some old repairs, Fersfield, Norwich & Lynn, 1739-75; and Winter's Selection of Illustrations of Norfolk and Norwich Antiquities, 1885-6, folio (6)⁂ A good set of this important county history with provenance back to one of the original subscribers - Sir William Jerningham, Bart. of Cossey, enhanced with additional material relating to the county.

Suffolk.- Gage (John) The History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred, first edition, large paper copy, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light offsetting, errata slip tipped in, later calf, gilt arms to upper cover, spine and upper cover a little sunned, 1838 § Suckling (Rev. Alfred) The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, 2 vol., first edition, plates including tinted lithographs and some hand-coloured, some foxing, later calf, gilt arms to upper covers, uniform with first mentioned but without the morocco spine labels, a little rubbed and scratched, Printed for the Author, 1846-48; and 2 others, Suffolk, folio (5)

COLLINGWOOD BRUCE J.  A bound vol. of his tracts & lectures relative to the Roman Wall & Roman Antiquities. Bdg. poor, c.1870's/1880's; also Mural Controversy, The Question Who Built the Roman Wall?, by A Cumbrian, 1857, bound in half calf with two related papers; & 4 other vols.  (6).

RAUTHMEL RICHARD.  The Roman Antiquities of Overborough. Aquatint frontis, fldg. map, fldg. plan & 3 plates. Red qtr. calf. Kirkby Lonsdale, 1824; also T. A. Beck, A Hand Book to the Abbey of St. Mary of Furness, plan, plates & vignettes. orig. brds., Ulverston, 1745.  (2).

HUTCHINSON WILLIAM.  The History & Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. 3 vols. Eng. frontis, title & plates. Quarto. Rebacked marbled brds., much internal foxing & stng. Newcastle, 1785 & 1787 & Carlisle, 1794.Condition report:All volumes complete. Leather boards rubbed but secure. Foxing throughout all volumes with offsetting to plates. 

SCOTT SIR WALTER.  The Border Antiquities of England & Scotland. 2 vols. Many eng. plates. Quarto. Green morocco gilt, some internal foxing & spotting but a nice enough set. 1814.

NOBLE T. & ROSE T.  The Counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln & Rutland Illustrated. Eng. half page plates. Quarto. Half calf, some foxing & spotting. Fisher, Son & Co., n.d. but c.1830's; also Charles Hulbert, Cheshire Antiquities, Being a Re-Publication of Genuine Original Copper Plates, plates & illus., quarto, worn cond., 1838 & 2 other vols.  (4).

FORDYCE WILLIAM.  The History & Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. 2 vols. Eng. frontis, plates & illus. Quarto. Calf, some foxing & browning but an attractive set externally, a.e.g. Bookplate of Calverly Bewicke Esquire, Close House. 1857.

HORSFIELD THOMAS W.  The History, Antiquities & Topography of the County of Sussex. 2 vols. Eng. frontis & plates. Quarto. Half green morocco, splitting & wear, worn internally with much browning. Lewes, 1835. 

NICOLSON J. & BURN R.  The History & Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland & Cumberland. 2 vols. 2 fldg. eng. maps. Nice calf gilt extra but some leaves with much browning & foxing. 1777; also the Index vol. to this work, Kendal, 1934.  (3).

BECK T. A.  History & Antiquities of the Abbey of Furness. Ltd. ed. 250. Quarto. Eng. plates & plans. Morocco backed cloth covered brds. Much foxing to eng. title & rubricated title. 1844.