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1799Best.-Nr. 641Venice: Appresso Giovanni di Antonio Zatta librajo all'insegna of Providence in Frezzaria 1799. Very Good. Bookplate of prior owner and also a signature of another owner on inside front cover. VERY GOOD condition wear to corners and edges some soiling. VERY RARE collection of political caricatures with French and Italian language. Appresso Giovanni di Antonio Zatta librajo all'insegna of Providence in Frezzaria unknown
Best.-Nr. 768401867 and 1866. . A pair of engravings on silk tears to lower right corner of second item. Framed. [1867 and 1866]. unknown
Best.-Nr. 46516London : The Working Men's Educational Union King William Street Trafalgar Square 1854. Coloured lithographic wall hanging printed on calico 880 x 1160 mm; original brass eyelets at each corner; numbered 'LM No. 12' lower left; slightly creased but a well preserved example the hand colouring still strong and vibrant. The Working Men's Educational Union was a philanthropic organisation founded in London in 1852. One of its aims was to provide free education for the working classes through public lectures at numerous venues across the city. During the 1850s it published at least 400 different large format lithographic wall hangings which it called 'Diagrams' that were designed to illustrate lectures on a wide variety of subjects. They were produced on calico inexpensive unprocessed cotton - apparently to avoid paper duty - and were available for purchase at the Union's premises in Skinner Street Clerkenwell and King William Street near London Bridge. In 1854 the Union advertised a series of these Diagrams titled Missionary Scenes 'Being twenty coloured Diagrams upon Missionary Trials Perils and Insults Heathen Superstitions Cruelties etc. ; suited for Missionary Lectures. Price to subscribers £1 10s. to non-subscribers £2 5s' advertisement contained within the pamphlet The progress of locomotion; being two lectures on the advances made in artificial locomotion in Great Britain by Benjamin Scott. London Published by F. Baron for the Working Men's Educational Union 1854. It is likely that the present Diagram of which we can trace no other extant example formed part of this Missionary series. Indeed it seems reasonable to posit that the 'LM' preceding the sequence number '12' at lower left refers to 'Lectures on Missions' or similar. Although its artist is unidentified the image is possibly after a published lithograph perhaps one which appeared in a journal such as the Illustrated London News. The Alexander Turnbull Library National Library of New Zealand holds in its collection fifteen lithographic Diagrams produced by the Working Men's Educational Union. These depict scenes in New Zealand Australia the Torres Strait the Pacific Islands and South Africa. unknown
1920Best.-Nr. 24134Not published 1920s. Very good overall; one slide is cracked; the edge taping is beginning to peal on some of the slides; dustiness. Based on appearance there does not seem to be much overall wear simply normal aging. Wooden case is worn. Each photograph is a unique color positive encased within two pieces of glass; edges are sealed. They measure appx. 83 x 100 mm. All contained in a wooden case. None of the slides has any identification. An early remarkable set of views illustrating aspects of the territories commerce and culture. Some of the places illustrated are Ketchikan Treadwell and Juneau and what appears to be the Yukon River and settlements. The Alaskan gold mining firm ATGM Co. was incorporated in 1890 based on Douglas Island in the Gastineau Channel across from Juneau - they are all photographed. Other discoveries are certain e.g. the Poodledog Cafe shows up Yukon stern wheeler Royal Alexander Hotel not the one in Winnipeg. The presence of internal evidence - names geographic peculiarities buildings - in the photographs will lead to the identification and location of most scenes. The technical aspects of the photographs is explained in Lavédrine / Gandolfo's book The Lumière Autochrome History Technology . see pp. 30-33. It was around this time that numerous technical advances in color photography were introduced. The leader in the field were the Lumière Bros. in France. Efforts by Kodak were dependent on sub-contracted work carried out in California by Technicolor. It was not until much later that Kodak succeeded in introducing the color negative to produce color prints. A unique set. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 5000201161111. First. . Folded. Poor. Folio. A folded map possibly 17thC could be the Nicholls map. Possibly only part of the map. This measures 11" by 18". No idea of the price Open to offers perhaps. unknown
1985Best.-Nr. 1907Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt 1985. Hardcover. Fine. Fine condition two volumes in slipcase. Complete color facsimile edition of the 394 pages 197 folios in original size 304 x 204 mm. The manuscript contains 51 full page miniatures with rich gold ornaments and numerous splendid initial letters. The binding is an all leather binding with all pages hand cut according to the original. The commentary volume has a detailed scholarly commentary. Limited and numbered edition limited to 500 copies with each volume numbered by hand this is volume 194. The codex dates from about 1200 Northern France. Undeniably the greatest painting to employ ridged drapery is in the Psalter Chantilly Musee Conde Ms. 1695; ills. 190-193 made for Queen Ingeborg of France. The standard of the manuscripts illumination is such as can only be described by epithets of superlatives. Its full page miniatures are by two illuminators one working in an older tradition than the other but throughout there is a stylistic development which ignores this division and is presumably due to the common enterprise. The earlier miniatures by the older master have flatter Byzantinesque folds akin to those in Salzburg illumination but these soon sharpen into ridges and troughs and the newer technique dominates the work of the younger master being developed to its furthest extent in his miniature of Pentecost. In all the Ingeborg miniatures faces are particularly plastic and rounded but always with a certain pathos or strain in their expressions; they never exhibit the calm observable in the Westminster Psalter. Only the younger master however manages to give a convincing plasticity to covered bodies. As might be expected of a book of this importance much discussion has raged about the date and provenance of the Ingeborg Psalter. The most recent definitive suggestion is circa 1195 in north-eastern France possibly in the diocese of Noyon; but the debate continues. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt hardcover
Best.-Nr. 117084Schottland Gdansk district 1822. . 8vo; Hebrew manuscript on vellum in square Ashkenazi script; modern marbled half-calf spine with raised bands and blind-tooled ornaments; one half-page colour illustration; 10 ll pp. A unique Selichoth manuscript on vellum 'Belonging to the heroes of the Chevra Kadisha on the holy community of Schottland'. A rare relic from a 19th-century Jewish community in northern Poland. During the time when Jews were banned from settling in the city of Danzig Gdansk they lived in the small towns of Schottland Weinberg and Langfur which together formed the 'Shul' community an abbreviation of these towns' names in Hebrew. Two important figures served as Rabbis of this small community: Rabbi Meir Posner author of 'Beit Meir' a phenomenal Torah scholar who was in contact with Rabbi Akiva Eiger and the Chatam Sofer as well as Rabbi Elchanan Ashkenazi author of 'Sidrei Taharah' a student of Rabbi Ya'akov Popresh and Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Charif. The fasting day of K"A Kislev for which the Selichoth were written is not marked by the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of our times and very little is known about it. The little information in existence relates to the city of Prague where the Jews used to observe this day of fasting to commemorate the many Jews who were tragically killed in 1744 by the Austrians presumably around the time when Empress Maria Theresa signed an edict ordering the expulsion of all Jews. This might also explain the only colour illustration in the manuscript which depicts the tomb of the Maharal of Prague. It is presumed that this fasting day was also observed by other Jewish communities in Poland. Schottland (Gdansk district), 1822. hardcover
1878Best.-Nr. 17042before 1878. Original patterned silk cloth. Very good; silk covering showing moderate wear. Oblong 4to 12 hand painted mounted silk gouache scenes of life with three dimensional representation of figures in traditional dress at their individual trades. Bound together accordion style. An unusual and captivating panorama composed of 12 individual shadowbox views each measuring appx. 21 x 29 cm. There is a presentation inscription on the front board to a doctor Adolphe Vauvray resident in Hong Kong and dated Dec. 12 1878; he was chief of medical services on New Caledonia. Each panel of the panorama is painted on silk. Each panel is populated with figures in relief and great detail in traditional dress and demonstrating a trade. So composed the scenes provide a remarkable view of the work and habitations of the Japanese. hardcover books
1609Best.-Nr. 14228London; Printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight 1609. 1609. Quarto sig. A-K4 L1 lacks the final blank. Later spotted full calf blind double fillets to boards titles gilt to spine all edges speckled red. An early English account of Morocco by an anonymous pamphleteer sometimes called 'Robert Cottingham'. This volume gives an account of the privateer and adventurer Sir Anthony Sherley's 1565-1636 ambassadorships from Rudolf II Holy Roman Emperor to Mowlai Abd-el-Aziz son of Ahmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. These accounts were made famous in Samuel Purchas's influential 'Purchas his Pilgrimmes' 1614 which is a rather more robust volume. Sherley was a remarkably well travelled Elizabethan gentleman beginning his career as a captain in Robert Dudley's forces before becoming a knight of Henri IV and then launching military expeditions to West Africa Sao Tome and Jamaica. Sherley journeyed to Persia where he became the representative of the Shah in Moscow Prague and Rome. Effectively exiled from his own country Sherley went to Prague where he became emissary of the Holy Roman Emperor to Morocco. He would later became an admiral of the Spanish fleet in the Levant. He died in 1635 penniless and obscure. This pamphlet presents Sherley's experiences in Morocco as well as accounts from other travellers like him as it would have appeared to the English reading public for the first time. Slight nicks to boards joints beginning to crack. First and final leaves a little soiled and small contemporary ink numeral to title-page. Modest paper repair to margin of C4 and occasional light spots of soiling to margins only. A very good copy. Rare in commerce we can locate one copy only at auction in the last 70 years. ESTC S107368. Playfair & Brown 'A Bibliography of Morocco' 124. ODNB. London; Printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, 1609. hardcover
1772Best.-Nr. 678L3Berwick: R Taylor c1772. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4". Not Stated. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this occult work discussing first-hand accounts of witches ghosts and seers. Undated the ESTC reference T60882 speculates a publication date of 1775. However the front endpaper of this copy has a contemporary ownership inscription dated 1772. The prior owner's inscription is in neat copperplate and states a riddle that spells the name William. William Workman the prior owner has his stamp to the front endpaper and his monograph initials. 20th century inscription 'Geoffrey S Glover 1940' to the front free endpaper. With an engraved frontispiece. With the signatures: a6 A-L12 A very scarce work which is a collection of first-hand accounts of witches ghost encounters and tales of seers. These include an account of Rebecca Jones a witch an apparition to King James IV and his couriers the discovery of murder by an apparition and an account of a magician at Antwerp. There is also an eighteenth century account of the Pied Piper of Hamelin under the title of 'A marvellous prank played by the Devil at Hemelen a town in Germany'. In addition there is a short biography of John Faustus or Johann Faust the German magician and alchemist during the Renaissance. A fascinating collection of occult accounts. Published after the final execution for witchcraft in Britain and the implementation of the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Extremely scarce and in a bright condition. In a contemporary calf binding. Externally heavily rubbed to the spine and to the boards. Small loss to the head and tail of spine. Front board is detached but present. Rear hinge and joint are tender. Front endpapers and frontispiece are detached but present. Otherwise this work is generally firmly bound. Bottom outer corners of E2 and E3 have been removed by a prior owner only affecting the margin. Pages are generally bright. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Good Only R Taylor hardcover
1860Best.-Nr. 19066France: Unique ca1860. Original black full Russia leather with a fine pebble grain pattern; a.e.g. Near fine; binding bumped and a bit rubbed. Oblong 4to 33 unnumbered pages stiff glazed paper with 22 mounted star maps various sizes drawn on deep violet colored paper in black and gold ink. An accomplished manuscript beautifully rendered by an individual with advanced knowledge of interstellar space. It is also unusual in that the text initially emphasizes findings in the southern hemisphere. Discussion involves fixed stars double stars and variable stars and the seasonal variation as to what is observable. The color of stars distances culminate in the author's consideration of observable nebulae and reference to the then recent discoveries of Lord Rosse of new spiral galaxies beautifully illustrated in this text. Robert Grant History of Physical Astronomy pp. 568 - 577 London 1852 provides contemporary context for the speculations of the author and for Rosse's important discoveries - only possible with the use of the largest reflector constructed to date 1845. It is most unusual to find such a self-aware manuscript that is well in advance of any academic exercise. The author's avowed consideration - from the title - of the large structures of the observable universe segue to informed speculation about the processes that made possible these structures. Unique hardcover books
1768Best.-Nr. 76335Annual Register. 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. Volumes 11 - 107 1768 to 1865 An unbroken run including Index for 1758-1819 98 books 2 sm lib stamps to prelims bound in contemporary uniform calf binding except vol 14 gilt cover edges spines with raised bands gilt motifs leather spine labels. A few hinges sl tender otherwise a lovley run in nice bright condition. ; Octavo . Annual Register hardcover
1825Best.-Nr. 5678Brownsville PA: Redstone Paper Mill 1825/1826. Manuscript. Original reverse calf. A good copy; first 60 pages have been utilized as a scrap book in 1880s. Folio appx. 280pp. A rare and valuable account ledger for the Redstone Paper Mill that was founded on Redstone Creek in Fayette City 4 miles from Brownsville appx. 50 miles outside of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania in 1796 by Jonathan Sharpless and Samuel Jackson. This paper mill was the first in Pennsylvania west of the Alleghenies and supplied newsprint for the Pittsburgh Gazette and newspapers as far away as Cincinnati. It was also a manufacturer of all kinds of printing and special purpose papers. At the time of inception the paper mill consisted of paper mill grist mill and tenements for the work staff. By 1797 the mill employed appx. 25 people. By 1823 the only year of an extant ledger for the mill there were 13 women employed primarily at making paper. The business was finally destroyed by fire in the 1840s at which time its inventory of paper was valued at nearly $20000. Ownership had descended directly to members of the Sharpless family and one Job Harvey. The ledger offered here is 280 pages in length. The first 60 pages have been used as a scrapbook and will require the removal of all kinds of paper advertising to be legible. This should not be a great nuisance and once accomplished will reveal another two months of activities. The narrative however is unencumbered between Aug. 30 1825 and the end of the journal Oct. 31 1826. The record is a day-to-day narrative of shipments and purchases at the mill site. It includes all shipments of paper by type and transport into Pittsburgh purchases of rags books for a local school binding charges blank book production the order and evolution of the manufacture of book binding boards including the purchase of machinery occasional statements on the employment of women payments to the Sharpless family etc . It is a full and unusually detailed accounting of income and expenditures relating directly to the manufacture and sale of paper and the book arts in frontier America. By the 1820s the Redstone Mill had also grown to include a small local store and undertaken many of the commercial tasks associated with mill work e.g. carding grinding fees.These records are also present in the daily accounts. By reading through the ledger one is given the impression of substantial commercial activity and community centered on the paper mill. There is also the record of a drought in 1825 that brought production to a close for a short time. A magnificent resource. Redstone Paper Mill unknown books
1720Best.-Nr. 135019Leipzig: in der Missisippischen Staats-Druckerey 1720. John Law and the Mississippi Company Rare first edition of this anonymous account of the State of France under Louis XIV and under the Regent who "under the clever guidance of Mr. Law has to the amazement of all fortunately improved it" our translation. Dedicated to "Mons. Law" who "der Welt bey anderthalb Jahren so viel zu reden gemacht hat" the stubbornly anonymous author he signs himself so gives an account of the rise and decline of France under Louis XIV the state of France following his death its subsequent recovery under the Prince Regent and an account of Law's activities and Mississippi Company. Bound after this work is a copy of the life of Cardinal Giulio Alberoni prime minister of Anjou a German translation apparently from the Italian published in 1718. The work is attributed in WorldCat to Jean Rousset de Missy. Octavo 163 x 100 mm. With engraved portrait frontispiece of John Law. Bound with another work in contemporary speckled paste paper boards paper spine label lettered in manuscript. Housed in a dark brown flat-back cloth box by the Chelsea Bindery. Spine ends joints and corners rubbed with some flaking of sprinkled paper coverning paper stock lightly browned with occasional spotting; a very good copy. Alden 720/58; Goldsmiths' 5608; Kress 3185; Sabin 39308. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 89944South Germany late 19th century. . 9 watercolours each framed and glazed overall size: 440 x 633mm 17¼ x 25 inches. Attractive collection of unusual drawings for silverware items most probably made by the prestigious WMF factory. Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik better known as the WMF factory has been a tableware manufacturer since 1853. By 1900 the firm had become the world's first producer and exporter of metallic products mainly inspired by the style of Jugendstil and Art nouveau. Their 3-letter logo has since been associated with refined silverware and premium cutlery. These charming watercolours include drawings of champagne flutes trays teapots gravy boats plates coffee pots and sugar bowls. All the drawings use a base of various shades of black white and grey to represent the bulk of the piece. The smaller details are vividly coloured such as the gilt tint of the inner parts the light blue reflection of crystal the brown of teapot handles and the pink green and yellow of the refined and lively motives covering one of the tea sets. Each has a caption written in German giving a description of the item including its weight and series number. All of the pieces are adorned with beautiful motives representing flowers curved lines laurels and ancient patterns. [South Germany, late 19th century]. unknown
1617Best.-Nr. 659L6Oxford: John Baskett 1716-1717. First edition. Fine Binding. Very Good. 21" by 14". None. A beautiful set of the famed 'Vinegar Bible' published by John Baskett of Oxford. Dibdin notes this Bible as 'the most magnificent' of the Oxford Bibles. A handsome edition with this set bound in a binding with George III's monogram to the boards. The first edition of the 'Vinegar Bible' which is known as such due to the erroneous 'The parable of the vinegar' instead of 'vineyard' above Luke XX the verso of G6 to the New Testament. This variant has the 1717 imprint to the Old Testament and the 1716 imprint to the New Testament. Printed by John Baskett who was the King's printer. Baskett held a reputation for purchasing competing Bible printing business and absorbing them into his own. He wished to produce a high quality Bible in a folio edition that would become a presentation piece used in churches and aristocrats. This Bible was therefore produced. A scarce edition of The Bible which holds important stature in the history of print and in the bibliography of The Bible. Particularly scarce in this contemporary Royal binding which is possibly a presentation binding produced for this work. This edition has the red-ruling throughout both volumes. The 'Vinegar Bible' is noted for its beautiful head and tail pieces throughout. Harry Carter in 'The History of the Oxford University Press' notes that 'only Baskerville's Bible is its equal among English Bibles for beauty of type impression and paper' Carter p.171. This copy has been skillfully rebacked to both volumes with the original spines laid down and boards preserved. With a Sotheran stamp to the verso of front endpaper. With the vignette title page depicting the Clarendon Building to the Old Testament. To the New Testament there is a vignette title page depicting the Annunciation. Sumptuously illustrated throughout with head and tail pieces in addition to engraved ornamental letters. With the signatures: 1 a-b2 c1 2 A-4P6 4Q3; 1 A-X6 Y4 Collated without additional engraved title page. Blank 4Q4 to the Old Testament and Apocrypha is not present. Gathering is bound after c1 rather than preceding a-b2 as it is found in the ESTC signatures. Another nickname for this edition was 'A Baskett-ful of Errors' due to the numerous misprints Herbert 942; Darlow & Moule 735. A very smart copy of this work in an important contemporary binding. In uniform contemporary black morocco bindings with the monogram of George III to the front boards. 'GR' Monogram to the spines. Rebacked with the original spines laid down and boards preserved. Externally generally smart. Light marks to boards and minor fading to the gilt. Internally both volumes are firmly bound. Small loss to the dedication leaf from chipping with repairs to the dedication leaf at the gutter. Minor chips to first few leaves to the Old Testament at the extremities. Tiny worm holes to 1 of Old Testament. Occasional tape repairs to the margins of leaves to both volumes noticeably to the bottom margin of E1 to the outer margin of E5 and to 2L3 which affects the occasional word to the left hand column. R6 has slight creasing and some minor closed tears to the gutter not affecting text. Small loss to the bottom margin of 2B2. Small loss to the extremities of 4C2. 'New Testament' also has repairs to the bottom margin several leaves including the title page C5 & 6 N2 and T2. To H3 there is a repair to a closed tear at the bottom of the page not affecting the text. Tape repairs to the text of K4 to the New Testament obscuring the occasional word. Pages are unusually bright. The majority of leaves to this work are clean however 4F2 and 4F5 to the Old Testament are spotted. Very Good John Baskett unknown
