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Lot 125

Spiderman collectables to include limited edition Glen Orbik Spiderman M.A.T. (Matted Art Transparency) 107 of 500 with certificate of authenticity, Collectible Concepts Group Inc. Spiderman Torment part one blind, Spiderman advent calendars, cd cardz, football jersey, stainless steel watch and another watch, napkins, tablecloth, key ring, phone case, Spider-Man 2 press screening invite, Spiderman press copy and other press related items, etc

Lot 159

John Gibson (act. 1750-1792)  Hand-coloured engraved map 'A Map of the Orenburgh Expedition with the Russian Frontiers Towards Independent Tartary, 1747', inset cartouche and mileage scale, image size 24.5cm x 39cm, bears Royal United Service Institution Library blind stamp, together with an engraved map of Elizabethan London, framed and glazed, image size 19cm x 47cm (2)

Lot 532

A George III mahogany bureau, third quarter of the 18th century and later, in the chinoiserie taste, the fan front enclosing a fitted interior with a central pagoda cupboard, above two short and three long graduated drawers with stylised blind-fret carving, and raised on bracket feet, 85cm wide48cm deep107cm high

Lot 94

A George III mahogany linen press, c.1760, the dentil-moulded cornice with blind-fret banding, above two panelled doors, over two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet,134cm wide67cm deep191cm highCondition ReportOverall in need of some professional attention, with knocks, breaks and losses throughout. Chips and losses to the dentil moulding. Splits and looseness to door panels. Splits, chips and losses to veneer throughout. Slides and later hanging rail to the interior, with general wear. Wear and splits to drawer liners. Joints generally sound and solid. Tarnish and discolouration to brass. Please see additional photos for further reference to condition.

Lot 411

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973), after, Boy Leading a Horse or Jeune Garçon au Cheval, a colour lithograph with blind stamp by Ganymed Press. Framed and glazed. 51cm x 34cm, frame measures 62cm x 44cm.

Lot 149

Edward Bawden RA (British, 1903-1989) 'Audley End House' (MG 095)linocut in colourssigned in pencil, dated 1973, numbered 135/150 and blind stamped, published by Christie's Contemporary Artsheet overall 70 x 84cm

Lot 7113

A Marees Gesellschaft Publishing folio - Max Slevogt prints from Mozart's 'Magic Flute' with five unframed prints and nine framed and glazed prints. All with blind stamp but unsigned. Overall frame size 42cm x 33.5cm

Lot 7114

VILEM (WILLI) NOWAK (1886-1977) A Marees Society Folio - Ariadne Auf Naxos von Hugo Hofmannsthal, Numbered 12, with lithographs, ten unframed and ten framed and glazed from the folio. Each with pencil signature and blind stamp. Overall size of frames 40.5cm x 31cm, images sizes are varied.

Lot 803

Francis William Topham NWS, RWS (1808-1877) - The Blind Beggar, oil on panel, 24 x 17cm Provenance: The Ian Grant Collection, removed from 41 Ladbroke Square London, Sotheby's, 18 September 2001, lot 89; anon. sale Christie's, 20 May 2004, lot 621 In good, clean, ready to hang gallery condition beneath glass, in what is possibly the original and certainly contemporary frame of Cole Brothers, 2 Percy St Rathbone Place W

Lot 850

Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976) - Deal, reproduction published by Venture Prints, 1973, in an edition of 850, signed by the artist in ballpoint pen, blind-stamped, numbered 089 to verso, 17.7 x 25.5cm, unframed Hinge-mounted in sellotaping, affecting the upper left and right margins with some light discolouration. The sheet stained with one ink spot. Otherwise good condition.

Lot 49

A pair of early/mid-20th Century walnut Bergère armchairs, with carved blind fretwork urn motif, above canework backrest, raised on foliate carved cabriole legs to the front, with foliate carving throughout, with blue foliate upholstered plush seat pad, 67 x 90 x 79cms high.

Lot 181

S Marti & Cie: a large and impressive French gilt four-glass mantel clock, of architectural form, with enamelled Roman dial and visible brocot escapement, and movement with outside countwheel and stamped 'Marti' roundel, also stamped 'D.C & Cie/3292/Paris', the hood adorned with, figures, finals and blind fretwork, slender column uprights on a plinth base with scroll and bead ornamentation, 54cms high.

Lot 78

A modern button back tub chair, with button back backrest and seat back, raised on turned pine legs terminating in metal castors, upholstered in a green and white fabric, 68 x 63 x 71cms high; together with a late 19th/ early 20th Century oak framed ottoman, upholstered in a green fabric raised on bun feet, 58 x 52 x 50cms high; and an early/mid-20th Century carved oak spinning chair, the backrest and seat pad with flower and leaf carved blind fretwork, raised on turned legs, 34 x 41 x 96cms high.

Lot 418

Caravan - A collection of 20th century Caravan progressive rock vinyl LP records. The collection to include examples such as Cunning Stunts, Blind Dog at St Dunstans, Canterbury Tales, Better by Far, Access All Areas, Place of My Own, Nine Feet Underground, Waterloo Lily, and The Unauthorised Breakfast Item, amongst others. To contain eighteen records in total.

Lot 250

Henry Percy Hougill etching signed with blind stamp

Lot 249

Henry Percy Hougill etching signed with blind stamp

Lot 246

Tom Dodson print 180/500 'Saturday penny' with artist blind stamp

Lot 1367

Peter Wileman FROI, RSMA, (British contemporary painter), ' Moonlight in Venice III', limited edition Giclée print, pencil signed and numbered 17/195, blind stamped with certificate of authenticity, 27 x 22cm, F & G

Lot 1366

John Chancellor (British Maritime artist, 1925 - 1987), 'Thrashing Home in a South Westerly', Limited Edition coloured print 446/850, Blind stamped, 63 x 50cm, F & G

Lot 523

A set five Chinese carved boxwood figures of children playing Blind man’s Buff, Republic period, 23cm wide. Condition - good As catalogued, all figures in good condition; light scratches to plinth caused by the pins that secure the figures.

Lot 796

§ § Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002), offset lithograph, 'Karen standing' (Study of Karen), blind stamp signature, title in pencil, 14/500, 72 x 25cm. Condition - good

Lot 2083

Mix of vinyl LPs and some 12" singles from artists such as David Bowie, The Pogues, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Dire Straits, The Bangles, ABBA, China Crisis, Blind Faith (1 box) 

Lot 2087

Collection of approximately 200 jazz and big band vinyl LPs including Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Bunny Berigan, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Catfish Hodge Band, Jimmy Smith, Louis Armstrong, Blind Boy Fuller, Django Reinhardt and many more (3 boxes) 

Lot 241

A early 19th century Regency period mahogany drop leaf work table. With a single full length deep drawer and opposing blind drawer, raised on turned column and reeded legs finishing in brass lions paw sabots and casters, H71.5cm x W56cm x D75.5cm

Lot 61

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) A limited edition offset lithograph 'Superman' hand numbered in pencil 93/100 on Arches paper with Georges Israel editeur blind stamp bottom left and a facsimile signature bottom right. Frame size approximately 33 x 22 inches. COLLECT ONLY

Lot 7151

Late 18th century - 8-day Scottish mahogany longcase clock, with a broken arch pediment and blind fretwork beneath, break arch hood door with attached pilasters and brass capitals, trunk with a long door and break-arch top, rectangular plinth raised on plain bracket feet, brass dial with a matted dial centre, cast spandrels, pierced steel hands, recessed silvered seconds dial and square date aperture, the names of John Law of Beith & Robert Thomson of Borrowstonnes (Bo'ness) engraved separately on a silvered boss and cartouche ring in the dial arch, dial pinned directly to a rack striking two train weight driven movement, striking the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum.Dimensions: Height: 220cm  Length/Width: 47cm  Depth/Diameter: 24cm

Lot 6721

Emanuël Samson van Beever (Dutch 1876-1912): Interior Scene with Woman Tending to Fire, etching with aquatint signed in pencil and blind stamped, 36cm x 32cm

Lot 1523

George Cunningham, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, limited edition colour print, pencil signed, blind backstamp, 30.5 x 42cm. Archie Nowill 'The Spirit of Belgium' watercolour Vernon Ward print

Lot 384

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice: A Novel, original full black morocco blind stamped for Great Eastern Railways, 8vo, London: Richard Bentley, 1846. *CR occasional spotting, some pages with small tears to margins, spine defective, corners bumped.

Lot 398

John Joseph Stockdale. The History of the Inquisitions, first edition, 12 engraved plates, contemporary full blind stamped morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, lrg. 4to, London: J. J. Stockdale, 1810. *CR some browning and soiling, offsetting to title, extremities rubbed.

Lot 39

Sir William Gell. Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, engraved frontispiece and 81 plates, one coloured, contemporary full blind stamped calf, bookplate of Hugh Taylor, 4to, large paper copy London: Rodwell and Martin, 1817-1819. *CR joints cracked, endpapers somewhat faded around edges, extremities somewhat rubbed.

Lot 287

Eliza Acton. Modern Cookery, for Private Families, new edition, 8 plates, wood-engravings in text, contemporary half morocco, 8vo, London: Longman, Green et al., 1860; A Lady. The Jewish Manual; or, Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery, original publishers blind stamped cloth, 8vo, London: T. & W. Boone, 1846 (2). *CR (i) occasional light spotting, hinges split, extremities scuffed, corners bumped (ii) ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, occasional light spotting, title page torn, hinges cracked, spine chipped.

Lot 12

Robin Tanner (British 1904-1988). The Memorial Portfolio: the complete set of twelve etchings with tissue guards, each numbered 18/100 in pencil with blind stamp, on Fabriano paper, with wide margins, introduction by Merivale Editions, in original box with pamphlet by John Russell Taylor, folio, London: Merivale Editions, 1989. *CR slight dust marks and bumps to corners of box.

Lot 36

Jean Baptiste Marie Chamouin. Collection De Vues De Paris, engraved title, 28 engraved plates, tissue guards, contemporary full blind stamped morocco, gilt decorated spine, gilt initials to boards, 8vo, Paris: Chamouin, n.d. Provenance: inscription to front endpaper suggests this book belonged to King Louis Philippe (1773-1850) and was taken from the Tuileries Palace. *CR occasional spotting, some worming particularly to tissue guards, corners bumped.

Lot 91

Owen Jones. Gray's Elegy, 35 chromolithographed pages including title, illuminated in colour and gold, contemporary full blind-stamped calf in imitation of carved wood, all edges gilt, 4to, London: Longmans & Co, 1846. *CR lightly browned, spine chipped, extremities rubbed.

Lot 318

Thomas Stackhouse. A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity, 2 Volumes, numerous engraved plates, contemporary full blind stamped calf, 4to, London: John Hinton 1752 Provenance: By descent from Albert Smith's sister Laura Eady. *CR Defective, lacking text, soiled with ink stains and annotations, joints split, leather worn with heavy losses. Sold with all faults.

Lot 1066

A 19th century mahogany blind fret bijouterie table, 74.5cm wide.

Lot 408

Banksy(Geb. wohl 1974 in Bristol) nach"Girl with Balloon". OriginaltitelFarboffsetlithographie/Bütten, 2004. Sign. oder bez.; Prägestempel des Hrsg. Pictures on Walls, London, darauf nummeriert 71/150. Blindstempel (Elefant mit Rakete). Blatt ca. 70 cm x 50 cm. Rahmen.After Banksy. Offset lithograph in colours on laid paper. Hand-signed or inscribed, numbered 43/60. Blind stamp.

Lot 428

Keith Haring(1958 Reading - 1990 New York) nach"Double Man". OriginaltitelFarblithographie/Bütten. Nummeriert 61/200. Im Stein sign. und mit Emblem/Signet der Keith Haring Foundation sowie deren Trockenstempel. Erstmals erschienen 1986 in dem Portfolio "5 artists in Support of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company" in einer Auflage von 85 Expl.; Vgl. Wvz. Littmann S. 62. Darstellung 22,1 cm x 28,9 cm. Blatt 35,2 cm x 50,2 cm. Rahmen.After Keith Haring (1958 - 1990). Lithograph in colours an laid paper. Signed in the stone, with blind stamp and emblem of the Keith Haring Foundation. Numbered 61/200.

Lot 364

Salvador Dalí(1904 Figueras - 1989 ebenda) nach"La tentation de Saint-Antoine"/"The Temptation of St. Anthony" (Die Versuchung des Hl. Antonius). OriginaltitelFarblithographie oder Farboffset/Velin. Künstler-Bez.; bez. u. nummeriert "EA"; Blindstempel mit Künstler-Bez.; Nach dem berühmten surrealistischen Dalí-Gemälde von 1946, das sich heute in den Kgl. Museen der Schönen Künste in Brüssel befindet. Darstellung ca. 43,7 cm x 57,7 cm. Rahmen. After Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989). Lithograph or offset print in colours on wove paper. Inscribed, blind stamp.

Lot 427

Keith Haring(1958 Reading - 1990 New York) nach"Pop Shop I: One Plate". OriginaltitelFarbserigraphie/Bütten. Nummeriert 91/300. Im Stein sign. und mit Emblem/Signet der Keith Haring Foundation sowie deren Trockenstempel. Erstmals erschienen 1987 bei Martin Lawrence Limited Editions in einer Auflage von 200 nummerierten Expl.; Vgl. Wvz. Littmann S. 83. Darstellung 21,5 cm x 27,2 cm. Blatt ca. 35,2 cm x 50,2 cm. Rahmen.After Keith Haring (1958 - 1990). Serigraph in colours an laid paper. Signed in the stone, with blind stamp and emblem of the Keith Haring Foundation. Numbered 91/300.

Lot 407

Banksy(Geb. wohl 1974 in Bristol) nach"Love Rat". OriginaltitelFarboffsetlithographie/Bütten. Sign. oder bez.; Prägestempel des Hrsg. Pictures on Walls, London, darauf nummeriert 39/150. Blindstempel (Elefant mit Rakete). Darstellung ca. 48 cm x 41 cm. Blatt ca. 70,3 cm x 50,3 cm. Rahmen.After Banksy. Offset lithograph in colours on laid paper. Hand-signed or inscribed, numbered 39/150. Blind stamp.

Lot 425

Keith Haring(1958 Reading - 1990 New York) nach Ohne TitelFarblithographie/Bütten. Im Stein sign.; Von fremder Hand nummeriert 65/150. Trockenstempel und Emblem der Keith Haring Foundation. Blatt 8 (von 20) aus der Folge "The Story of Red + Blue" (vgl. Lippmann S. 128-133). Darstellung ca. 39,6 cm x 29 cm. Blatt 70,3 cm x 50,3 cm.After Keith Haring (1958 - 1990). Lithograph in colours on laid paper. Signed in the stone. Numbered 65/150. With blind stamp and emblem of the Keith Haring Foundation.

Lot 365

Salvador Dalí(1904 Figueras - 1989 ebenda) nachSurrealistische Komposition mit Figuren und SchmetterlingenFarbradierung und -heliogravüre(?)/Velin. Bez. u. nummeriert 262/300; überdies in der Platte bez. u. dat. 1951; Trocken- bzw. Blindstempel mit Künstler-Bez.; Nach einem Gemälde oder Aquarell des Künstlers. Plattenmaß ca. 41,5 cm x 59,5 cm. Rahmen. After Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989). Etching and photogravure(?) in colours on wove paper. Inscribed and numbered 262/300. Further inscribed and dated 1951 in the print, blind stamp.

Lot 409

Banksy(Geb. wohl 1974 in Bristol) nach"CND Soldiers". OriginaltitelFarbserigrafie/Bütten, 2005. Sign. oder bez. und nummeriert 43/60. Blindstempel (Elefant mit Rakete). Blatt 50,5 cm x 35,3 cm. Rahmen.After Banksy. Serigraph in colours on laid paper, 2005. Hand-signed or inscribed, numbered 43/60. Blind stamp.

Lot 1266

A 19th Century Mahogany Serpentine Desk, the frieze drawer above a further plain moulded drawer over a recess fitted with a cupboard, flanked by twin banks of three drawers, raised on ogee bracket feet, the canted corners further decorated with blind fretwork, 108cm by 58cm by 79cm

Lot 150

Wanderungen im Bayerischen Gebirge und Salzkammergut Reprint des Verlag Ingenium Graz 2003, Geschildert von Herman von Schmid und Karl Stieler, iIlustriert von Gustav Cloß, Wilhelm Diez u.a., Druck und Verlag Gebrüder Kröner Stuttgart ca. 1880, 215, VII S. mit 152 Holzstichen im Text u. 36 ganzseitigen Tafeln, OLn mit dekorativer Gold-, Blind- u. Schwarz-Prägung, farbigen Vorsätzen

Lot 717

Historismus Handspiegel um 1880 Holz von Hand aufwendig mit Rocaillen- und Akanthusblatt sowie Blüten und Putto beschnitzt, ca. 37 x 16,5 cm, Spiegel teils blind ca. 9 x 14 cm, links oben kleine Fehlstellen, Handarbeit um 1880

Lot 9301

Frederick Arthur Farrell (British 1882-1935): 'Westminster Abbey' Interior, etching signed and blind stamped, with Thomas Agnew & Son labels verso 30cm x 19cm

Lot 97

A pair of Staffordshire portrait figures of The Blind Fiddler with a young boy and a Lady beggar with a young girl by their sides Circa 1855. Size 19cm &21cm high Condition. Fiddler. Repaired at neck, some paint flakes, Lady. Few paint flakes. Provenance. The Late John McDowell Collection. Harry Ryans

Lot 50

Wiseman (Nicholas, cardinal and archbishop of Westminster, 1802-65) Authorisation granted to Thomas Walsh of a dispensation for the marriage of James Collingridge and Elizabeth Hore, D.s. "Nicholas Epis...", manuscript in Latin, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, blind-stamped seal, two small tears along folds, margins slightly browned, folio, 31st January 1847; and another, an ALs from Wiseman, v.s., v.d. (2). *** Thomas Walsh (1776–1849), vicar apostolic of the London district.

Lot 110

Chapbooks.- Faithful Account (A) of Catharine Mewis ... who is deprived of her Eyesight Six Days out of Seven, woodcut illustration, loss to title affecting text verso, chipping and creasing to edges, Nottingham, C. Sutton, [c.1810] § The Sinner's Redemption or the Conversion of Joshua Tuckfield, woodcut illustration, one or two short tears, ex-library with blind-stamp to title, light soiling, creasing to edges, Nottingham, Sutton, [c.1820] § Rhyming Dick and the Strolling Player, woodcut illustration, ex-library with blind-stamp, scattered spotting, creasing to edges, folio sheet folded, Nottingham, C. Sutton, [c.1815] § The Repentance and Happy Death of the Celebrated Earl of Rochester, woodcut illustration, ex-library with blind-stamp, Nottingham, Sutton and Son, 1814; 12mo (4).

Lot 71

Tax.- Tillesley (Richard) Animadversions upon M. Seldens History of Tithes, and His Review Thereof, first edition, large woodcut coat of arms to title verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, scattered faint spotting, early ink manuscript notes to prelims and endpapers, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, occasional faded ink underlining, ex-library with usual label and occasional neat blind-stamps, contemporary limp vellum, tiny hole to lower cover, lacking ties, title in manuscript to spine, remnants of old paper labels to spine extremities, [STC 24073], small 4to, John Bull, 1619.  *** Provenance: Bookplate and blind-stamps of the Earls of Macclesfield.  Richard Tillesley's (1582-1621) response to John Selden's 1618 History of Tythes. Tillesley, after studying at Oxford, received two rectories in Kent, and was installed as archdeacon of Rochester. As a good clergyman, Tillesley believed that tithes were the church's by divine right; Selden, on the contrary, had set out to demonstrate that tithes were an historical development, and not established iure divino. 

Lot 70

Manuscript poetry.- Stow (John) The Abridgement of the English Chronicle, initial f. blank, title within woodcut decorative border with arms at head, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, lacking blank A8 and text ff. U4&5 and 2P1-8, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, lacking pastedowns, contemporary blind-ruled calf, crudely rebacked in modern calf, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 23332], 8vo, [Edward Allde and Nicholas Okes] for Company of Stationers, 1618.  *** The recto of the front free endpaper contains a contemporary manuscript working draft of a poem about shepherds (some chipping to the f., with loss of text). 

Lot 111

Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Poems on his Domestic Circumstances...To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Noble Author, fourth edition, initial advertisement leaf, portrait frontispiece, ex-library with ink-stamp to frontispiece and p.23, p.7 tiny hole within footnote, some light soiling, spotting, lightly browned, chip to lower joint, [cf. Wise II, pp.67-68], for R. Edwards, 1816; Poems on his Domestic Circumstances...With his Memoirs and Portrait, thirteenth edition, portrait frontispiece, edges a little dust-soiled, some spotting, original printed wrappers bound in, small chip to spine head, uncut, for W. Hone, 1816; English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, half-title, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, including to title, ink reference to foot of title verso, bookplate removed from front free endpaper, original wrappers bound in (some soiling, small ink inscription to foot of lower wrapper), later half cloth, library bookplate to upper cover, extremities rubbed, uncut, for Hodgson and Co., 1823, all but last in later half morocco, library blind-stamp to upper cover, joints and corners rubbed; and others by the same, including multiple editions of several works, 8vo & 12mo (c.70) ***The first and second mentioned an unauthorised publication containing two spurious poems (the Ode "Oh, shame to thee, Land of Gaul!" and Madame Lavalette). A number of editions were published from 1816 by various publishers.

Lot 154

Essex House Press.- Dryden (John) Alexander's Feast; or, the Power of Music, one of 140 copies, all printed on vellum, hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece by Reginald Savage, printed in red and black and with initials supplied by hand in gold, red, blue or green, hand-coloured device on colophon, original vellum stamped in blind on upper cover, spine titled in gilt, uncut, covers slightly bowed, 8vo, Campden, Glos., Essex House Press, 1904.

Lot 136

Smith (H. S.) The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections, previous owner's ink signature to title, occasional light soiling, most marginal, ex-library with usual label and ink-stamps, contemporary cloth, library blind-stamp to upper cover, shelfmark in gilt to spine foot, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1841 § An Alphabetical Lists of the Burgesses, Householders, and Freeholders who Polled before John Rogers and George Harvey ... for the Election of Two Burgesses to Represent the Town of Nottingham in Parliament, original wrappers bound-in, small paper label to wrapper, contemporary calf-backed boards, ex-library with blind-stamp to upper cover, cracked joints, spine rubbed and worn, Nottingham, [1832] § The Register of Person entitled to vote at any Election of a Member or Members to Serve in Parliament, which shall take place in or for the Borough of Nottingham, water-staining at end, ex-library with ink-stamp to early blank, near contemporary cloth-backed paper wrappers, shelfmark to spine foot, a little rubbed, Nottingham, [1849]; and others, similar, v.s. (14). 

Lot 68

Elizabethan education.- Mulcaster (Richard) Positions wherin those primitive circumstances be examined, which are necessarie for the training up of children either for skill in their booke, or health in their bodie, first edition, issue without Thomas Chard's name in imprint, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, early marginal pen trials throughout, title with piece from outer margin and numerous pen trials, lacking G1-4 and 2P1-4 (including final errata f.), several ff. with outer margins trimmed, affecting printed side-notes and touching text on P3&4, 2D4, and 2O2, 2O4 lower corner torn, affecting part of final line of text, occasional small worm traces in text, some spotting and staining (including some ink), contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine in compartments, head of spine, outer edge of lower cover and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 18253], small 4to, Thomas Vautrollier dwelling in the Blacke Friers, 1581. sold not subject to return.  *** Rare first edition of one of the most important work on children's education in the Elizabethan Age, written by the first Headmaster of the Merchant Taylors School. Includes references to the the potential of girls to be educated on an equal footing to boys, and physical education. 

Lot 113

Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- Thirty Illustrations of Childe Harold. The Original Drawings Produced Expressly for the Art-Union of London, frontispiece portrait and 30 engraved plates, each with library ink-stamp, one leaf of letterpress with marginal tear, occasional light soiling, some light foxing or scattered spotting, original printed boards, rebacked and recornered in cloth, printed library label to upper cover (obscuring some text), boards soiled, quite worn, 1855 § Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, one of 275 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, 13 etched illustrations by Sepp Frank, all but the title vignette initialed in pencil by the artist, ex-library with embossed stamp to head of title and ink reference to foot to verso, some light dust-soiling to first few leaves, original half vellum, library blind-stamp to upper cover, some light soiling, lightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, Vienna & Leipzig, 1922; and others Byron related, v.s. (c.75) 

Lot 5

Rallying the Athenians.- Demosthenes. Orationes quatuor contra Philippum, translated by Paulus Manutius, woodcut printer's device to title, initial spaces with guide-letters, early ink marginalia and underlining, including a note to final f. praising Paulus' translation, ownership blind-stamp to outer margin of title, some marginal worming to last few ff., mostly marginal water-staining, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern binding of old vellum over boards, some staining, [Ahmanson-Murphy 414; Renouard 151:8; EDIT 16 CNCE 16744], small 4to, Venice, Sons of Aldus, 1551. *** A scarce copy at auction of this reprint of the 1549 edition of Paulus Manutius' esteemed translation of Demosthenes' four orations to rally the Athenians against Philip of Macedon, who was beginning his conquest of Greece.

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