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BERMUDA / IRELAND / MAPS. Catalogue of valuable printed books important manuscript maps autograph letters historical documents etc. March 8 1948

19481550London: Sotheby's 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 8vo. 68 pp. 715 lots. 12 b/w reproductions. Original green wrappers stapled as issued. With printed list of prices and buyers' names. Scarce Sotheby's sale catalogue in which is described "a selected portion of the valuable library at Patshull House Woverhampton the property of the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Dartmouth G.C.V.O. including: an exceedingly important collection of sixteenth century maps of Ireland important early manuscript maps of Bermuda Dublin England the Phillipine Islands and Tangier. The Bermuda map almost certainly created in 1609 by Sir George Somers is justifiably considered to THE EARLIEST SURVIVING MAP OF BERMUDA see below. The catalogue also describes important manuscripts relating to the American War of Independence; colour plate books the property of the late Sir Mayson M. Beeton K.B.E.; manuscript charts by Nicholas Comberford the property of Mrs. M.E. Luard Upper Court Kermerton near Tewkesbury; Robert Havell's extremely rare collection of the Birds of Paradise the property of Major J.R. Abbey; Keat's sonnet 'Happy is England! I could be content' in his own handwriting; formerly in the possession of W.C. Hazlitt the property of Albert Wright Esq." Additionally the sale offered an exceedingly important collection of 16th century manuscript maps of IRELAND namely 27 maps or diagrams relating to nation including a map of Donegal Bay and part of Fermanagh by Baptista Boazio -- a map of supreme importance for Irish history. Only two other manuscript maps of Ireland by Boazio are known. ¶ Concerning the Bermuda map: "One of the most exciting finds of the mid-20th century was the reappearance in the public domain of the MS map made by Admiral Sir George Somers when shipwrecked on the uninhabited Bermudas and despatched in 1610 to the Adventurers in England with a 3000-word description of the Islands bv Secretary-Elect to Virginia William Strachey. His letter addressed "Excellent Lady" probably to Lucy Harington Countess of Bedford an outstanding shareholder was published in 1625 by Durchas who lamented marginally "the map we have not." In 1948 it turned up in the ancestral collection of the Earls of Dartmouth i.e. THE PRESENT CATALOGUE and was acquired for Bermuda. Some names subsequent to 1609 have evidently been added and the arms of Harington appear in the lower margin. Obviously this map predates Richard Norwood's engraved map of 1622 and his two famous surveys on which all subsequent maps were based up to the 20th century."SOURCE: Terry Tucker Bermuda Historian referenced in Bermuda Stamps online. Sotheby's unknown

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The Library of H. Bradley Martin Part IV: Highly Important French Literature; Monaco Oct 16 & 17 1989. With original Price-List.

1989200405AB1989. Monaco Sotheby's 1989. 21.3 cm x 27.7 cm. Unpaginated approx 400 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to the binding and to front and rear endpapers. Minor discoloration to edges. Otherwise binding strong. Interior bright and clean. Contains Price-List of this auction ! Important Reference-Work for the research of historic price-development of French Literature and French Literary Manuscripts of the 19th and 20th century. With Rare Books by Paul Verlaine with manuscript-annotations Manuscript-Letters by Marcel Proust Signed books by Victor Hugo etc. etc. As a book collector H. Bradley Martin 1906-1988 has been ranked with such giants as Robert Hoe and J. Pierpont Morgan. He spent a lifetime in pursuit of rare books and manuscripts and the breadth of his interests and the depth of his knowledge enabled him to build a library that is recognized as one of the finest in the world. Born in New York in 1906 Mr. Martin was the eldest of five sons of Bradley Martin and Helen Phipps and a grandson of Henry Phipps. After his graduation from St. George's School in Newport he entered Christ Church College at Oxford where he spent five years between 1924 and 1929. By that time he was already a book collector. At eighteen he had purchased his first rare book a copy of Tom Sawyer and during his years at Christ Church he became a familiar figure to booksellers in Oxford and London. The collection found its direction in 1929 when Mr. Martin began to read the works of W.H. Hudson. This author as a novelist and a naturalist drew him towards both literature and ornithology ultimately the two major components of his library. Over the next sixty years he formed a series of author collections- Poe Hawthorne Melville and Thoreau as well as Hudson- and acquired and extraordinary range of English French and American literature. His ornithological library is unmatched by its richness and depth. Not only did he succeed in assembling a virtually complete collection of the classic illustrated books from the sixteenth century onwards but perhaps more remarkably he obtained a vast number of scientific books and treatises that record the important developments and discoveries in the field to the present day. By the mid-1930s Mr. Martin was well established as a book collector and until his death in 1988 he received- and read- virtually every catalogue produced by booksellers and auction houses alike. Throughout the book world he was known as a discerning and meticulous collector one with specific if broad interests who was unwilling to compromise his standards. His quest took him to booksellers and auctions throughout this country and Europe and Howard Swann of Wheldon & Wesley Michael Papantino of Seven Gables and David Kirschenbaum of Carnegie Bookshop were among his prinicipal advisors. Above all the Martin Library was a private collection housed in his apartment in New York and at Rose Hill his Georgian house in Virginia. Mr. Martin welcomed his colleagues there but the world of exhibitions and bibliographic events had less appeal for him. Rather he was a collector who lived among his books reading them collating them and finding in them new challenges and discoveries. As David Kirschenbaum has said "Bradley collected with sense discrimination and a deep love of the book." H.Bradley Martin was a great lover of all the literature of the Romantic period Lamartine Chenier Chateaubriand but he was also attracted by the revival of the novel at the hands of Balzac Flaubert Stendhal and Merimee. The poetry of the nineteenth century that of Hugo Baudelaire Verlaine for example naturally finds a place here. The collection moves into the twentieth century with Marcel Proust. A feature of the library is its collections of works by particular authors such as Balzac Sand and Hugo which are among the most important ever made. For Balzac the references to Pierre Duche or Gabalda are of lasting value. The two rare copies of Le Pere Goriot and La Peau de Chagrin derive from the library of Dr. Nacquart Balzac's personal physician and the library also includes his earliest works published under the pseudonyms of Saint-Aubin and Lord R'Hoone as well as numerous forgeries and first editions generally in original paper wrappers. From introduction hardcover

Inanna Rare Books Ltd. · Irlande275,00 €

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Sixteen Netsuke Inro and Lacquer Ware Catalogues from Sotheby & Co.

1964221353London.: Sotheby's. 1964-1975. Set of 16 catalogues. 8 catalogues: 24.2 x 15.5cm. Edges lightly browned one catalogue with some creased corners. 8 catalogues: 24.2 x 18cm. All catalogues: Black and white photographic plates stapled wrappers a little sunned overall a very good set. Price list loosely inserted in 13 catalogues. Although there are no indications in this copy these are from the collection of Aubrey and Eva Sweet. Collection contains: Catalogue of Fine Japanese Works of Art. Comprising the Well-Known Collection of Netsuke The Property of L.A. Luxmoore Esq and The Property of the Late F.A. Richards Esq. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Netsuke and Works of Art. The Property of the Late Professor P.L. Mercanton; Mrs B. Nuttal and Miss Letitia D. Fox and Various Owners. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Netsuke and Works of Art. The Property of Mrs M. Harrison-Smith; Tom Driberg Janek Kahn and Various others. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Netsuke Inro Lacquer Metalwork and Ivory Carvings. The Property of Capt. Andrew de Tchihatchef; Carl Tobin; C.E. Sutton and Various Owners. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Netsuke Inro Lacquer Swords and Works of Art. The Property of G. Fujishiro Esq of Tokyo Japan and Various Owners. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Netsuke Lacquer Inro and Chinese Ivory Carvings. The Property of Lt-Col G.A. Collier Janek Kahn and Various. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Netsuke Inro and Lacquer Wares. The Property of the Right Honourable Malcolm MacDonald; Mrs F.K. Erle; J.H. Evans; J.B.Kirk and Various Owners. Catalogue of Fine Wood and Ivory Netuske Inro Lacquer Wares and Sculpture. Catalogue of Japanese Pottery and Porcelain Fine Netsuke Inro and Lacquer Wares. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Wood and Ivory Netsuke Inro and Lacquer Wares Sculpture and Decorative Works of Art. The Property of Sir Harry and Lady Garner and Various. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Netsuke Inro and Lacquer Wares. The Property of M.S. Newstead D.T.Cook D.H. MacDermot and Various. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Wood and Ivory Netsuke Inro and Lacquer Wares and Decorative Works of Art. The Property of Lt-Col G.A. Collier Janek Kahn and Various. Catalogue of Very Fine Netsuke. The Property of Various Owners. Catalogue of Fine Netuke Ojime Inro and Lacquer Wares Japanese Porcelain and Pottery. Catalogue of Netsuke Lacquer Wares and Decorative Works of Art. The Property of Various Owners. . Sotheby's. unknown

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