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Duelling pistole set, in mahognay box with owners label including two pistols with canted Damasscene barell , Miquelet lock system , trigger filler and metal mount with engraved dogs and ornaments on walnut shafts. Probably Belgium or French , 18th Century. Iron bowl caster with rich engravings signed Moutier a Paris . Bronze powder filler, loading hammer , loading tool , bronze bowl with firestones and old pewter balls and eguipment . Partly 19th Century, brown velvet. Function not proofed 39 x 30 cm
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917). Graphite on paper sketch depicting a reclining nude female figure. Pencil signed along the lower right.Lot Essay:Auguste Rodin was a pioneering French sculptor, often regarded as the father of modern sculpture. Known for his dynamic and expressive forms, Rodin transformed traditional approaches to art through his emphasis on movement and emotional depth. While his sculptures brought him worldwide acclaim, Rodin's sketches and drawings were equally vital to his artistic process and legacy.Rodin's sketches were marked by their fluid, spontaneous quality, showcasing his understanding of the human form. He used drawing as a tool to explore and experiment with ideas, capturing the essence of a figure with rapid lines and minimal detail. These works are not just preparatory studies for sculptures but are regarded as standalone pieces that revealed his fascination with movement and the human body's expressiveness.His use of sketching evolved over time, shifting from detailed academic studies to looser, more abstract lines that conveyed movement and emotion, such as the lot offered here. Rodin often drew in pen, pencil, or watercolor, and his later works displayed a more liberated, almost impressionistic style. These sketches embodied his belief in capturing the living energy of a subject rather than striving for classical perfection. Through these sketches, one can understand his pursuit of capturing the human condition, allowing his two-dimensional works to become as powerful and evocative as his sculptures.Sight; height: 7 1/2 in x width: 11 3/4 in. Framed; height: 25 1/4 in x width: 21 3/4 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: The sheet is toned. There are no major visible restorations. There is a minute loss along the left center edge measuring approximately one inch tall by a quarter inch wide. Faint creases and handling marks throughout. There is a small dark area of soiling along the upper center third. Housed under an acidic mat. Framed under plexiglass; light wear to the frame. Not inspected out of frame.
Bacon (Francis). Instauratio Magna [Novum Organum], 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: [Bill Norton and] John Bill, 1620, engraved title after Simon van de Passe, second issue with e3 cancelled (as usual) and e4r adding errata and omitting the name of Bill Norton from the colophon, initial blank (Pi1) bound before A1, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials, a few leaves with small blank paper loss to outer top and bottom corners, bound with an incomplete copy of Bacon's Baronis de Verulamio (1638) bound before and after the Instauratio Magna, late 17th-century/early 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of 'R. L. B. D. F.' to front pastedown, with contemporary ink ownership inscription of 'Juliani le Tac Rothomagensis' at head, with the same owner's neat ink ownership name at head of title of the second work (Baronis de Verulamio, 1638) and with a small circular library stamp of Petit Séminaire de Caen lower down on the same title, contemporary full calf, gilt double fillet border to covers, spine with 6 raised bands and ornamental tool within double fillet gilt borders in the compartments, except second compartment with direct gilt titling, rubbed, some wear to extremities with tailcap showing, some splitting along upper joint, folio (292 x 190 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: 1. (ownership inscriptions) Julien Le Tac (or Letac, c.1640-1720), lawyer at Pont-l'Évêque, employed in the Court of Accounts, Aid and Finance for Normandy, and sometime resident of St Godard de Rouen; 2. (bookplate) Jean-Baptiste Rémi Le Bas de Fresne (1723-1773), archdeacon of Gacé, clerical advisor to the parliament of Rouen, dean of the chapter in Lisieux and builder of the deanery of Lisieux. His coat of arms depicts a spitting winged dragon. 3. (library stamp) Petit Séminaire de Caen.Gibson 103b; Grolier / Horblit 8B; Pforzheimer pp. XIX-XXI; PMM 119; STC 1163.First edition of one the most important works of the 17th century, an unsophisticated copy in an unrestored contemporary binding. A 'landmark in the advancement of human learning' (Pforzheimer). 'Bacon conceived a massive plan for the reorganisation of scientific method and gave purposeful thought to the relation of science to public and social life' and 'his insistence on making science experimental and factual, rather than speculative and philosophical, had powerful consequences' (PMM).
A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED MODEL RAILWAY TRACK, ACCESSORIES AND TOOLS ETC., to include boxed Peco Setrack OO-9/HOe narrow gauge Starter Track Set, No.ST-400, similar N gauge Starter Track Set, No.ST-300, contents not checked, assorted Peco N gauge track and points etc, Peco Cutting Mats, Peco Scale Rules, boxed unbuilt Vollmer N gauge Villa Vampir mit Farbtabletten plastic kit, No.47679, contents not checked but appears largely complete, damage to box, tools to include Sanjiang Mini Lathe, Multi Gauge Rolling Road, cased Vastar Rotary Tool, Neilsen Hot Wire Foam Cutter, boxed Airbrush, boxed Display Case, assorted figures, scenic accessories and vehicles etc. (2 boxes & loose track)
A wonderful 00 Gauge Kitbuilt and some modified Hornby-Dublo models Reading black 8 piece GWR Breakdown Set together with a GEM Kitbuilt GWR green Class 56xx 0-6-2T Locomotive (9), built, modified and finished to a professional standard by John Houlden in 2010, include, Blacksmith kits bogie Repair carriage/workshop 'Loco Carriage & wagon Dept Reading', a heavily modified and resprayed black Hornby-Dublo Crane with amendments to cogs and topping, two ex Dublo spacer match trucks, ex Dublo Jib runner truck with added tool boxes, two small 4-wheel kitbuilt sleeper trucks, D&S older type outside frames Guards Van with crew, E (8 pieces), together with gem kitbuilt 0-6-2T 6631, built and finished to a fair standard, in original box, F, box F (9)
Master Cutler interest - a silver multi-tool pocket knife, signed SS57 (Stan Shaw) to inside brass liner, presented to the Mistress Cutler, silver scales engraved one side with Mistress Cutler 1971-1972 above the Master Cutlers coat of arms, scrolls and Fleur de Lys, the other engraved with a facsimile of the Mistress Cutler's signature Helen G. Call, scrolls and Fleur de Lys, George Ibberson & Co, Sheffield, 1972, 77.8mm (closed), complete with original blue leather pouch, gold foil stamped with Master Cutlers coat of arms, 40.8g gross

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