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18431450501843. Watercolour. 6 x 8.15/16in. 17.2 x 22.7cm. Titled on the original detached label: Captain John Edward Davis R.N. 1815-1877; Cape Lockyer discovered by H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror January 7th 1843 Lot Essay</p><p>Davis was Second Master on Commander Crozier's Terror and a number of his drawings probably the first ever of the Antarctic continent were used by Ross to illustrate his official account of the voyage published in two volumes in London in 1847.</p><p></p><p>James Clark Ross had reached the northern magnetic Pole in 1831 and was charged by the Government following the recommendation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society to lead an expedition to investigate terrestrial magnetism in the southern latitudes. The expedition was the first British exploration of the southern latitudes since Cook's skirting of the Antarctic circle in 1773-4 and the sealer Weddell's furthest south of 7415'S in 1823. Bellinghausen had probably been the first to sight the Antarctic continent in January 1820 and Dumont D'Urville then discovered Adelie Land and Claire Coast. Their work towards the discovery of an Antarctic landmass was consolidated by James Clark Ross who penetrated the pack ice in January 1841 sailing into the clear water of the unknown Ross Sea and sighting snow-covered land on 11 January thereby becoming the first to discover a sea route to the continent. McCormick on the Erebus saw and named an active volcano Mt. Erebus and Ross was the first to see and chart the South Polar Barrier which he named Victoria Barrier and which was later named the Ross Ice Barrier. He made two further navigations of the Ross Sea and Wedell Sea before returning to England in 1843.</p><p></p><p>'Jan. 7. 1843.As we advanced to the southward two high rugged bluff capes at a great distance appeared bearing W.S.W. true; the nearest of them I named at the request of Captain Crozier after his friend Captain Nicholas Lockyer R.N.C.B. Capt. Sir J.C. Ross A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the southern and Antarctic Regions during the years 1839-43 London 1847 II p.346.</p><p></p><p>For Davis's own account see his A Letter from the Antarctic London 1901 illustrated with own sketches.</p><p></p><p>For further works by Davis on the voyage see Christie's 10 April 1997 lot 95 and 17 September 1998 lot 178. 1843 unknown
1829129271Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland 18291836. Leather. Very Good. 3/4 leather over marbled boards 2 volume set. Gilt decorated 5 hub spine top edge gilt marbled end papers. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down and different previous owner's stamp to verso of the flyleaf. While VOL 1. title page indicates 1829 printing information on last page reads London: Printed by R. Watts Crown Court Temple Bar. 1833. VOL 2 respectively reads 1836 in both places. VOL 1. is the first 4 parts and is 421 pages VOL 2. parts 5-9 486 pages. Tight bindings. Please email for photos. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland hardcover
1844ST17129-034London: Illuminated and published by A. Prichard Harrison and Son 1844. FIRST EDITION. 284 x 225 mm. 11 1/8 x 8 3/4". 17 printed leaves preceded by 3 leaves and followed by 44 leaves of illuminated manuscript. <br/> Handsome contemporary crimson straight grain morocco by C. Cross Binder to the Queen stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers with gilt French fillet border raised bands flanked by multiple plain gilt rules spine with gilt titling turn-ins densely gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With illuminated gouache title page and dedication EIGHT FULL-PAGE GOUACHE ILLUSTRATIONS including a dramatic depiction of St. George slaying the dragon AND 37 LEAVES EMBLAZONED WITH 726 COATS OF ARMS ALL OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS DONE BY HAND AND HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Drummond and with a manuscript letter to Drummond from A. P. Harrison postmarked 1844 tipped in at front. ◆A few very faint scratches on back cover the printed portion with faint overall browning because of paper stock used otherwise A SUPERB COPY the attractive binding quite lustrous and virtually unworn and the illuminated portion with its brilliant colors and gold entirely intact.<br/> <br/> This is an exceedingly rare and beautifully executed item that combines a printed list with a group of full-page paintings and the hand-painted arms many of them minutely figured of those personages who from its founding by Edward III in 1348 through 1844 had been elevated to membership in the Order of the Garter. Inclusion in this order of chivalry is the highest of the honors bestowed by the British sovereign and is restricted at any given time to just 24 persons. Members include those chosen for their distinctive services to the crown as well as supernumerary members encompassing the British royal family and foreign monarchs. There are 719 members listed in the register here and an additional seven knights and their shields are added on the final illustrated page of the register. In 2008 Prince William became the 1000th Knight of the Garter. The name of the order according to tradition is taken from an incident at the court of Edward III in which the Countess of Salisbury lost one of the garters holding her hose to the amusement of onlookers. The king gallantly retrieved it and tied it to his own leg chiding the courtiers "Honi soit qui mal y pense" "Shame upon him who thinks evil upon it" which became the motto of the order. Our volume in addition to depicting the coats of arms of all recipients of the order through 1844 contains full-page illustrations of the insignia of the order a blue garter with the motto emblazoned in gold encircling the arms of England and surmounted by a coronet of St. George patron saint of the Order and of England slaying the dragon the badge and collar worn by Knights of the Garter on formal occasions a portrait of Edward III after that in St. George's Chapel and a knight of the order in full regalia including the garter worn below the left knee. This appears to be a most unusual item: we could find no copies listed in OCLC or ABPC and only one in COPAC the UK's National Academic & Specialist Library Catalogue. A later version was issued by publisher J.C. Hotten in 1872 but even that is located by OCLC in only six libraries. Our copy comes from the collection of and may have been specially prepared for Henry Drummond English banker politician and writer whose related work "Histories of the Noble British Families with Biographical Notices of the Most Distinguished Individuals in Each" was published by Pickering in 1842-46 in two giant folio volumes. Illuminated and published by A. Prichard Harrison and Son unknown
1848151936New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1848. First American edition of Emily Brontë's singular masterpiece preceding the Boston edition of the same year and published less than five months after the virtually unobtainable English edition. Octavo bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with five raised bands to the spine all edges marbled. The first English edition was published by Newby in 1847 as a three volume set that included Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey. In near fine condition. A very sharp example. "Like Poems Wuthering Heights was presented to an uncomprehending public without preface introduction or explanation and it was left to Charlotte ever her sister's apologist to insist that it was simply a tale of 'the wild moors of the north of England'… There was a constant litany of complaint about the brutality and violence of some of the scenes particularly involving Heathcliffe and about the use of expletives which contrary to custom Emily had written out in full rather than indicated by a dash… An American reviewer wrote in the Literary World: 'Fascinated by strange magic we… are made subject to the immense power of the book… we are spell-bound we cannot choose but read'" Barker 502 539-40. "Wuthering Heights stands alone as a monument of intensity owing nothing to tradition nothing to the achievement of earlier writers. It was a thing apart passionate unforgettable haunting in its grimness… Bronte has a sure and certain place for all time" Britannica. Although the title page of the 1848 Wuthering Heights states "By The Author of 'Jane Eyre'" it was of course Emily's older sister Charlotte who authored Jane Eyre. Not until the famous "Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell by Charlotte Bronte" in 1850 did Charlotte clearly address the matter of the pseudonyms and the true authorship of the works: "It has been thought that all the works published under the names of Currer Ellis and Acton Bell were in reality the production of one person…On this occasion…I am advised distinctly to state how the case really stands." The first London edition was published December 4 1847; this edition was published April 21 1848 simultaneously as two parts in wrappers and as a single clothbound volume. Emily died one year following her only novel's publication. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
183741693Matamoros Mexico: Imprenta del Mercurio a Cargo de Juan Southwell 1837. 4to. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 3 4-36 4. 40 pp. Engraved title-page with decorative border Resumen Instructivo Estado Table 1 by Manuel Mendiola Estado 2 by Luis Jose de la Peza and Vicente Daza. Both estados are accounting tables giving the "ingreso" income and the "egreso" expenditure of the operation. The title carries the date of 3.11.1837 while the text sections are dated 3.14.1837. With woodcut printer's device of an eagle and fleurons. Text in Spanish. Bound to style in 19th-century quarter red straight-grained morocco over 19th-century marble paper boards<br/> <br/> Provenance: Hubert Hudson Texas State Senator for Brownsville 1957-1963<br/> <br/> A rare report detailing the failed Mexican mission to rein in the Republic of Texas following the Texan Revolution.<br/> <br/> "In the fall of 1836 the Mexican government attempted with complete lack of success another expedition into Texas." Streeter "Face-saving explanation for Mexico's failure against the despised Texans in 1836-7." Howes This official pamphlet details the failed Mexican expedition into the Republic of Texas over the period of October 21 1836 to March 14 1837. Barreiro an army commissioner in charge of the operation concludes that the "ridiculo" Texan rebels were far less dangerous than the hostile desert terrain. "No es el numero del exercito de Tejas el temible. Bien despreciable y ridiculo es ese peloton de aventureros que piensan que es como andar en cacerias de fieras haberselas con veteranos valientes y aguerridos: es el clima son los desiertos horrorosos son los rios invadeables son los pantanos." It is not the number of the Texas army that is fearsome. Very despicable and ridiculous is that platoon of adventurers who think that it is like going on wild beast hunts dealing with brave and seasoned veterans: it is the climate it is the horrible deserts it is the uncrossable rivers the swamps. Texas had declared its independence on March 2 1836 a culmination of the Texan Revolution which had begun on October 2 1835. The United States did not diplomatically recognize the Republic of Texas until March of 1837 near the publication date of this pamphlet. Texas would remain an independent nation for a decade until it was annexed by the USA on December 29 1845.<br/> <br/> Howes B 170. Palau 24651. Streeter sale I 357. Streeter Texas 918. Imprenta del Mercurio a Cargo de Juan Southwell unknown
1900000208<p>19 p. Ottoman Turkish text. Official report of the hajj and health quarantine law in 1889-1900. Consists of 20 articles. The Anglo-ottoman Hajj policy conflict. Rare.</p> Osmaniye press paperback
1899000432<p>Basra – Ottoman Imperial Authority<br />Basra Vilayet Department 1317 AH / 1899 AD</p><p>First edition of the third official provincial report salname / administrative report issued by the Vilayet of Basra during a critical period of political and strategic tension in southern Iraq and the Arabian Gulf under the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II.<br />Printed in Basra this volume represents one of the earliest locally produced Ottoman governmental publications from the province. The work consists of 172 pages of Ottoman Turkish text and was issued in original printer's wrappers bearing the Ottoman coat of arms and the tughra of Sultan Abdülhamid II on the cover.</p><p>The report provides a comprehensive and official survey of administrative military and political conditions throughout the vilayet and its dependent sanjaks and kazas including:</p><p><br />Basra<br />Amara<br />Muntafiq Nasiriyya<br />Zubayr<br />Ahsa al-AḥsÄʾ<br />Najd<br />Kuwait<br />Qatar</p><p>Of particular historical importance are the named references to key regional political figures including Shaykh MubÄrak al-á¹¢abÄḥ Kaymakam of Kuwait and members of the Ä€l ThÄnÄ« family of Qatar providing valuable contemporary documentation of Ottoman administrative recognition and authority in the Gulf.</p><p><br />Format: 8vo 7¾–9¾ in.<br />Pagination: 172 pp.<br />Language: Ottoman Turkish<br />Edition: First edition<br />Condition: As new. Original wrappers very lightly stained; three small neat wormholes. Otherwise as issued and in excellent condition.</p><p><br />A rare and highly significant primary source for late Ottoman governance in Basra and the Arabian Gulf documenting imperial authority regional administration and local power structures on the eve of the twentieth century.</p> The Ottoman authority, Basra dept.
189724<i>This book is over 122 years old. <br />"The Raven"</i> in particular—Poe investigates the loss of ideal beauty and the difficulty in regaining it. These pieces are usually narrated by a young man who laments the untimely death of his beloved. <i>"To Helen"</i> is a three stanza lyric that has been called one of the most beautiful love poems in the English language. The subject of the work is a woman who becomes in the eyes of the narrator a personification of the classical beauty of ancient Greece and Rome. <i>"Lenore"</i> presents ways in which the dead are best remembered either by mourning or celebrating life beyond earthly boundaries. In <i>"The Raven"</i> Poe successfully unites his philosophical and aesthetic ideals. In this psychological piece a young scholar is emotionally tormented by a raven's ominous repetition of "Nevermore" in answer to his question about the probability of an afterlife with his deceased lover. Charles Baudelaire noted in his introduction to the French edition of <i>"The Raven"</i>: "It is indeed the poem of the sleeplessness of despair; it lacks nothing: neither the fever of ideas nor the violence of colors nor sickly reasoning nor drivelling terror nor even the bizarre gaiety of suffering which makes it more terrible." Poe also wrote poems that were intended to be read aloud. Experimenting with combinations of sound and rhythm he employed such technical devices as repetition parallelism internal rhyme alliteration and assonance to produce works that are unique in American poetry for their haunting musical quality. In <i>"The Bells"</i> for example the repetition of the word "bells" in various structures accentuates the unique tonality of the different types of bells described in the poem.Poe's stature as a major figure in world literature is primarily based on his ingenious and profound short stories poems and critical theories which established a highly influential rationale for the short form in both poetry and fiction. Regarded in literary histories and handbooks as the architect of the modern short story Poe was also the principal forerunner of the "art for art's sake" movement in nineteenth-century European literature. Whereas earlier critics predominantly concerned themselves with moral or ideological generalities Poe focused his criticism on the specifics of style and construction that contributed to a work's effectiveness or failure. In his own work he demonstrated a brilliant command of language and technique as well as an inspired and original imagination. Poe's poetry and short stories greatly influenced the French Symbolists of the late nineteenth century who in turn altered the direction of modern literature. It is this philosophical and artistic transaction that accounts for much of Poe's importance in literary history.<br /><br />This book contains the first collection of Poems Poems and Tales. See Pictures Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1849NL-02377<p>This map is among the earliest printed maps to reference the California Gold Rush issued just months after the 1848 discovery of gold and shortly after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican-American War and transferred a vast swath of territory from Mexico to the United States.</p><p>It offers a snapshot of the United States at a pivotal moment featuring newly annexed western lands an oversized Texas shown at its maximum claimed extent and a fascinating depiction of the West before the creation of the Utah New Mexico Washington and Kansas Territories.</p><p><em>Texas at Its Maximum Claimed Extent</em></p><ul><li>Texas is depicted with <strong>its boldest territorial claims</strong> reflecting the boundaries asserted during its years as an independent republic and carried into early U.S. statehood 1845–1849.</li><li><strong>Northern "stovepipe" panhandle</strong> stretches far into present-day Wyoming and Colorado an area Texas claimed based on historical Spanish and Mexican precedent.</li><li>The w<strong>estern boundary</strong> extends to the <strong>Rio Grande</strong> including parts of modern-day New Mexico—territory that has been hotly contested between Texas and the federal government.</li><li>These expansive claims were largely rolled back in the <strong>Compromise of 1850</strong> when Texas ceded land to the U.S. in exchange for debt relief.</li></ul><p><em>The Western United States: Undefined & Expansive</em></p><ul><li><strong>California</strong> appears as a single vast entity—still undefined as a state it would join the Union in 1850 but newly American after the Mexican War. The <strong>"Gold Region"</strong> is labeled near the Sacramento River though modestly.</li><li><strong>Oregon Territory</strong> stretches from the Pacific to the Continental Divide including all of present-day Oregon Washington Idaho and parts of Montana and Wyoming.</li><li><strong>Nebraska Territory</strong> occupies a huge central swath encompassing the Great Plains but with minimal internal detail. It predates its 1854 formal organization.</li><li>No sign yet of <strong>Utah or New Mexico Territories</strong> which would be organized in 1850.</li><li>Native American lands and major overland routes like the <strong>Oregon Trail</strong> are marked but the interior West is largely unmapped described only in vague geographic strokes.</li></ul><p><em>Other Notable Boundary Details</em></p><ul><li><strong>Florida</strong> is a state admitted 1845 but much of the Southeast is still recovering from earlier Native displacement and territorial reorganization.</li><li>The <strong>Mississippi River</strong> still functions as a crucial east–west boundary between developed states and the expanding frontier.</li><li><strong>Great Basin and interior California</strong> remain largely uncharted—there is no depiction of the Sierra Nevada range or detailed hydrography beyond a few major rivers.</li></ul><p><em>Summary</em></p><p>Colton's 1849 map presents a <strong>liminal geographic vision</strong>: the United States in the immediate aftermath of war on the edge of gold fever and before Congress imposed structure on the new western lands. It captures:</p><ul><li><strong>Texas at its most ambitious</strong>—a vision quickly curtailed.</li><li>A <strong>California that is American but not yet a state</strong> already drawing attention for its gold.</li><li>A <strong>vast western void</strong> soon to be filled by settlers railroads and legal boundaries.</li></ul><p>As a historical artifact this map offers a <strong>pre-legislative snapshot</strong> of U.S. expansion—what the country looked like before federal compromises surveys and sectional battles remapped it.</p> The Colton Mapmaking Company
181478167Paris: De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné 1814. Fine. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné Paris 1814 12.50 x 20.50 cm relié De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aîné Paris 1814 125 x 205 cm bound in calf First edition of Stendhal's very first book published under the pseudonym of Louis-Alexandre-César Bombet. Contemporary binding in half brown calf spine decorated with gilt fillets and tooling as well as a red morocco title piece. Very rare according to Clouzot De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné unknown
18991827New York: The Mail and Express 1899. First Edition. Very Good. Oblong folio 6 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches 155 x 428 mm 74 chromolithographs pages printed on both sides 2 pp. publisher's statement 1 p. advertisement and 3 pp. index; stapled on short side. Paper wrappers and some advertisement pages missing but all images are present and intact with just small margin tears on the first two pages not affecting the images. Plates are evenly printed with clearly defined lines and vivid colors. Statement page detached and with some tears chips and stains. Paper evenly toned. The original blue paper envelope is included. <br /> <br /> NYPL catalog ID B-number: b12714370<br /> RLIN/OCLC: 29278445. A scarce and important block-by-block record of what both sides of Broadway looked like at the turn of the 20th Century from Steamship Row to Bowling Green to 59th Street. The series of beautiful chromolithographs documents the most important thoroughfare of the city block by block on facing pages corresponding to the West Side and East Side of Broadway. Issued by The Mail & Express Company which was the publisher of the Evening Mail a New York City daily newspaper this publication was a precursor of photographic books which became popular in the next decades. The Mail and Express unknown
1866211806New York: The Tribune Association 1866. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in decorative quarter leather boards. Ex-library. Owner personalization on FEP. Bookplate on both pastedowns. The Tribune Association hardcover
1877000604<p>Cairo: Diwan al- Jihadiyya war office 1877 Book. Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An early work about Hejaz and the Hajj by Muhammad Sadiq bey mainly published in the military newspaper of the Egyptian general military staff Nos. 4 5 and 6 in 1294 AH. 1877 AD. and published separately by the same press in the same year. 28 p. and 4 lithographic plates of which one is folding.</p> Diwan al- Jihadiyya (war office)
187659271London William Clowes and Sons 1876. Small 8vo. Original full red cloth. Title and author stamped in gold on upper wrapper. A small paperlabel at top of spine. A small stamp on top of title-page. Faint discoloration to lower part of upper wrapper. Frontispiece. 59 pp. textillustrations. Faint scattered brownspots mainly to the first leaves. With dedication from the author on front free endpaper "H.P./ General Baron von Bülow/ with the authors compliments." Bülow is probably the Danish Genreral-Major Otto Chr. Severin August von Bülow 1812-95 or it could be General-Lieutnant Carl Ernst Johan Bülow 1814-1890 who was a member of the Danish legation to the English Court from 1865 to 1880. A note on the front free endpaper states that the book in 1885 was handed over to the School of Gymnastics by General Fog. On foot of the same leaf some discoloration left over from a paperlabel. <br/><br/><em>First edition. - Extremely scarce. Penzer p.93: 'very rare'. </em> hardcover
185440798New York: Henry Frank 1854. Hardback. 1st edition. Period-style gilt tooled Morocco leather. 12mo various pagination aprox 475 pages total . Singerman 1284 listing only 1 copy anywhere Goldman 40. One of the four first Ashkenazi machzor volumes printed in America all published in 1854 by Henry Frank. Based upon the celebrated Wolf Heidenheim edition Henry Chaim Frank of New York published in 1854 2 prayer-books for the Days of Awe: This volume for the New Year as well as a volume for Yom Kipur. This enabled the newly rising community of German American Jews to conduct services according to their own custom as opposed to that of the Sephardic rite. <br> Frank went on in later years to issue other volumes for other Holidays and reflecting the customs of the Polish Jews as well. <br> OCLC: 45963598. OCLC lists only 2 copies of this volume anywhere Columbia and Yale. A set New Year and Yom Kipur with repairs sold at auction for over $17000 with commissions in 2012. No copies of either volume have appeared at major auction since then. <br> Faint blindstamps on title pages. Exquisite tooled binding an absolutely stunning copy. SBK KH-9-9-KK. New York: Henry Frank unknown
1884589907London: The Fabian Society / Geo. Standring 1884. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. One quarto sheet folded to make four pages. Removed from a larger volume with stab holes and several nicks along the spine chips and a few small creased tears along the edges modest soiling very good. Issued unsigned the Nobel laureate's first separate publication issued as "Fabian Tracts No.2" when he was 28 years old; Shaw was elected a member of The Fabian Society the British socialist organization still in operation today on September 5 1884. While many early tracts from The Fabian Society may be found this pamphlet is rare. ABPC locates only two copies at auction both in 1976. Laurence A1. The Fabian Society / Geo. Standring unknown
18622092902144201293Not Available 1862. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1897526<p>A collection of 50 albumen prints from the British Museum Series numerous manuscript captions slight age-related toning photographs mounted to album occasional light marginal foxing not affecting image original maroon cloth with quarter morocco spine retaining studs title gilt to spine slightly rubbed folio London: W.A. Mansell c.1897 </p><p><br /></p><p>The 50 photographs of antiquities in the British Museum covering Greek Roman and Etruscan Statues and Vases including 24 of the Parthenon Frieze. Many of the images are accompanied by manuscript captions. Other photographs include:</p><p>Horse of Selene Ilissos "Colossal Lion" The Piranesi Vase "Marble Vase found in the Villa of Hadrian at Tivoli" "Mercury" "Venus de Medici" "The "Townley" Venus" "Venus Entering Bath" "Apollo as a Player of the Lyre from Cyrene" "Hercules" Hercules found in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli Drum of Sculptured Column from Temple of Diana Artemision Ephesus "Casts from Balustrade of Temple of Wingless Victory - Athens -" Etruscan Sepulchral Monument in terracotta "Thalia"</p><p>T. Aurelius Fulvius Antonius Pius Aurelius Antoni Satyr Apollo Demeter Ceres and Sepulchral Rites at the Tomb of a Hero. </p><br /><p>The Elgin Marbles are a collection of statues and architectural decoration acquired by the Earl of Elgin during his time as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. He successfully petitioned the authorities to be able to measure draw and remove figures in various ruins. The most extensive work was on the Parthenon or Temple of Athena but he also received permission to remove sculptural and architectural elements from a number of other ruins including the Acropolis and the Temple of Nike Athena. </p><br /><p>The most famous of the Elgin Marbles are the Parthenon Sculptures a collection of different types of marble architectural decoration on the Parthenon. The Parthenon Frieze 75 metres in length depicts various scenes including the battle between the Lapitas and the Centaurs at the marriage feast of Peirithoos. Elgin originally intended on using the Frieze as decoration in his private home but due to the collapse of his marriage he sold them to the British Museum. There have been debates over the legitimacy of Elgin's excavation. After an investigation from a Parliamentary Select Committee in 1816 Elgin's actions were found to be entirely legal. Since 1983 Greece has formally requested the British Museum to return all the Parthenon Sculptures in the Museum's collection the British Museum states there are no current discussions with the Greek Government on this issue. </p><br /><p>Roger Fenton is one of the most celebrated figures in the history of photography. He was a creative and highly influential photographer in the mediums "golden age" of the 1850s. In his role as the British Museum's first official photographer Fenton demonstrated his sure sense as a 'photo artist'. He was initially engaged to photograph cuneiform tablets but that soon developed into taking pictures of other antiquities. As early as 1852 Fenton received permission from the Trustees to photograph antiquities within the museum establishing a small studio inside the museum the following year. He left in 1854 to serve as a photographer in the Crimean War for which he is most widely known but he was re-appointed on his return in 1856 until the termination of his contract in July 1859. The Trustees decided that photography was not cost effective and after they failed to negotiate the South Kensington Museum now the V&A as an alternative Fenton terminated his association with the British Museum. </p><br />References: The British Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Luminous-Lint. W.A. Mansell
1888g5899London: Vizetelly & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped with slight lean to spine. Tissue guard missing from frontispiece. Rear endpaper missing. 1888. Reprint unexpergated edition. Brown decorated hardback cloth cover with gilt titles. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". 392pp. This seemingly insignificant book is from the Mermaid Series of Best Plays of the Old Dramatists belonged to Aubrey Beardsley. On the ffep a hand drawn bookplate by Aubrey Beardsley is pasted dated Xmas 1888. On the half title page there is the signature A V Beardsley Xmas 1888. On the reverse of the frontispiece in the top corner is an ink stamp BEARDSLEY. . Vizetelly & Co hardcover
1801000449<p>.Istanbul Ãœsküdar: Imperial Press DÄr al-ṬibÄÊ¿a al-Ê¿Ä€mira 1801.<br />Folio over 12–15 in.<br />KitÄb Laḥjat al-LughÄt<br />Tri-lingual Dictionary Turkish–Arabic–Persian<br />First edition. An early Ottoman printed dictionary produced at the Imperial Press of Muhendishane established by imperial decree following the closure of the Ä°brahim Müteferrika press. Printed under the supervision of Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn al-Mudarris head administrator of the Ãœsküdar printing house.<br />Contemporary French binding in yellowish-brown morocco richly gilt in Ottoman Turkish decorative style with original folding envelope flap. Gilt panels and tooling spine and flap partially worn.<br />Collation:<br />2 pp. imperial decree and justification for the establishment of the press signed by Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn al-Mudarris<br />7 pp. index<br />851 pp. text<br />Upper left corners of the imperial decree index and first six pages with early professional restoration slightly affecting the first letters of the opening lines on some pages. Light water staining throughout as commonly encountered in early Ottoman imprints. The upper half of the colophon leaf is neatly adhered to the rear cover. Otherwise complete with the text internally clean crisp and fully legible.<br />Binding shows wear: minor losses to spine and flap covers lightly rubbed. Overall good condition with notable bibliographical integrity.<br />Provenance / Reference:<br />An identical copy recorded in the Atabey Sale Sotheby's 28 May 2002 Lot 844.</p><p>Rare and important: among the earliest products of the post-Müteferrika Ottoman state press representing a major milestone in Ottoman lexicography and multilingual scholarship.</p><p>Muḥammad EsÊ¿ad Efendi was a prominent Ottoman jurist Ê¿Älim religious authority and statesman who served as Åžeyhülislâm the highest religious office in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-18th century.<br />Educated in the classical Ottoman madrasa system he rose through the ranks of the Ê¿ilmiyye learned hierarchy serving in various judicial and scholarly posts before attaining the office of Åžeyhülislâm where he exercised authority over Islamic law SharÄ«Ê¿a legal opinions fatwÄs and religious appointments throughout the Empire.<br />EsÊ¿ad Efendi was known for his legal scholarship administrative prudence and engagement with intellectual life at a time when the Ottoman state was navigating institutional consolidation and reform. He authored and supervised works in Islamic jurisprudence theology and language and his name appears on several important Ottoman scholarly and administrative publications of the period.<br />He died in 1166 AH / 1753 AD leaving a legacy as one of the notable religious jurists of the 18th-century Ottoman Empire.</p> the Imperial press, Muhendishane hardcover
1809375553London: Printed by T. Bentley Bolt Court Fleet Street for T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand and W. Miller Albemarle Street 1809. First Edition. Frontispiece and 3 other plates to volume I 7 plates to volume II 4 of them accompanied by plans headpieces vignettes and facsimiles to the text double page pedigree to volume. 375; 511 pp. 2 vols. Imperial Quarto. Contemporary full maroon straight-grained morocco flat bands title gilt direct to the spines compartments with nested concentric gilt panels centred on a rope-twist panel with a ship under sail centre tool in the first fifth and sixth compartments wide arabesque rolled panels to the boards enclosing ruled and foliate panels in blind dog-tooth edge-roll all edges gilt dog-tooth roll to turn-ins dun endpapers. First Edition. Frontispiece and 3 other plates to volume I 7 plates to volume II 4 of them accompanied by plans headpieces vignettes and facsimiles to the text double page pedigree to volume. 375; 511 pp. 2 vols. Imperial Quarto. "One of the main foundation stones of the Nelson legend" Wilson 'Nelson Apotheosised' in Cannadine ed. Admiral Lord Nelson "the 'official' biography" NMM. M'Arthur a former naval purser had served with Nelson in the Mediterranean and had already begun collecting material for a biography when he saw "an advertisement in the papers announcing that the Nelson family had selected a gentleman 'of high respectability and rank' to write the life and asking all who had letters . in their possession not to make their material available to anyone else." McArthur came forward claiming groundlessly that Nelson himself had asked him to write his life and that he had already incurred considerable expense in preparing the book including the commissioning of a set of paintings to be engraved as illustrations. An unseemly squabble ensued the outcome of which was fairly inevitable in that Earl Nelson was under pressure from the Prince Regent to commission his librarian and chaplain James Stanier Clarke to write the book. It was agreed that the authors would pool their efforts but not before they had further fallen out over whose name should come first on the title page. That we do not refer to McArthur & Clarke is a lasting memorial to the usefulness of a powerful patron. The finished work is wonderfully illustrated with anecdotal head-pieces and plates by Westall and battle-scenes by Nicholas Pocock. The subscribers list is a remarkable directory of the great and the good of Regency Britain with an inevitable emphasis on naval notables. William Beckford took a copy on vellum - one of two "one of which was burnt" - Sir Home Popham and Admiral Keats proof copies as also Admirals Cornwallis and Anson Earl St. Vincent and Lady Hamilton. Thomas Masterman Hardy had an ordinary copy as did the Sandwich Book Society and Leeds Circulating Library. Highly desirable thus. Cowie 137; NMM II 921 Printed by T. Bentley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand and W. Miller, Albemarle Street unknown
18652307060077Philadelphia: Swander Bishop & Co; Art Publishing Association 1865. First Edition. Art Prints & Posters . Very Good. 22 x 16 1/2 in. visible framed. Original Lithograph under glass. The words of Lincoln's two emancipation proclamations Sept. 22 1862 and Jan. 1 1863 written to form a portrait of the President. On the bottom border are two scenes. The left depicting 1860 has a tied kneeling slave being whipped by an overseer. The right has an emancipation scene of 1865 showing a victorious black Union soldier in uniform his sword held high freeing a slave. Eberstadt 48. Note: A copy of this lithograph sold in Swann Galleries' Printed & Manuscript African Americana sale Mar 29 2018 - Sale 2471. Also see Brown University's Swander R. Morris "Emancipation Proclamation" 1865. Philadelphia: Swander, Bishop & Co; Art Publishing Association unknown
1809000867cSCOTLAND IRELAND ENGLAND DUBLIN EDINBURGH UK. Good. 1809. On offer is a remarkable original 1809 - 1833 handwritten manuscript book once used by the British Army's 94th Regiment of Foot. This book contains all manner of writings relevant to the running and goings-on of the Regiment by the Officers. The book is rather eclectic containing standing orders regimental orders different charts and forms for payroll and other reportage for example on the conditions of the Dublin Garrison orders of the day direct communications between officers public requests for leave advancement of funds settling of accounts etc. public apologies for poor behavior copies of letters sent to superiors up to and including the Duke of York Commander of all His Majesty's Forces and many other of Britain's peerage and there are even personal reminiscences notes of reference for departing soldiers plus much much more. Most of the entries of personal notes and those for Day Book purposes are signed by all manner of officers and peerage; Colonels Captains Lords and many reference specific orders by the Supreme Commander of the Army or even the King. Most fascinating are the 'Memorialist' messages of certain officers writing in the 3rd person touting themselves while seeking favor. 164 pp of history and methodology of this noted British Army regiment contained in this entirely handwritten book. Most of the entries are circa 1809 - 1827 but the oldest entry in the book is dated Edinburgh Castle 1833 and is addressed to what appears to be 'My Dear Beaver' while the correspondent signs in initials F.M. late of St. Lucia. He makes reference to Mr. Beaver as the clergyman that baptized his 3 children. Also of note: on the very last page written upside down are a quote a note and an invitation dated Fort Charlotte 1825 to His Excellency Major General Blackwell by Mr. and Mrs. Murray. Many clues for the astute researcher will assuredly unveil many of the writers in this fascinating piece of British militaria. Save for the front cover being nearly detached and some loosened endpapers this book would be G. Truly one of the most exceptional pieces of manuscript militaria we have ever encountered.; English; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MILITARY MILITARIA BRITISH ARMY 94TH REGIMENT SCOTLAND IRELAND DUBLIN GARRISON MAP MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
183610214London: Smith Elder & Co 1836. First and only edition. Pp. 8 141. 8vo. in the original green silk cloth binding with a printed paper label on the upper cover the joints have been extremely carefully restored.Inscribed from the author to ‘Col. Oswald with the Author’s Compts.’<br>An assessment of the history and present state of trade in China. A man of his time he holds China to be ‘a boundless field a indefinite curiosity and vague speculation’ which afforded a vast field for commerce even under the most discouraging circumstance which resulted “in opening a communication between Europe and China which has led to an annual interchange of millions of capitalâ€. He delves into the recent history of trade with China and the actions of the English government. He has some interesting chapter on negotiating with the Chinese on duties levied on foreign trade in Canton. <br>The last parts of the book are clear statements of British trade in Canton including imports and exports in 1834 and 1835 the latter with a couple of corrections in pencil. The imports include opium and cotton from different parts of India ivory and elephant’s teeth lead spelter quicksilver tortoise shell coral sharks’ fins amber pearls etc the exports from Canton include tea silk sugar candy rhubarb the Chinese were often wary of the ‘barbarians’ interest in their rhubarb arsenci indigo nankin cloth vermillion gold jewels marble and bamboo.<br>Very scarce. Only seven copies listed on WorldCat 6 in the UK and one in the Zurich Zentralbibliothek. Apparently no copies outside Europe. Only one copy in auction recorded being this copy. A very scarce book this being presented from the author Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
18231010F41London: C. Baldwyn; James Robins 1823-1826 . First edition. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". George Cruikshank. The enormously important first English edition of the Brothers Grimm's 'Kinder-Und Hausmarchen' complete in two volumes and illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank. The first English language editions second issues of these two volumes with the umlaut in the 'Marchen' of the title pages. Cohn 369Volume I though bearing the second issue title page has the following first issue points: a list of plates to page 218; the title to the tale of 'The Travelling Musicians' on p. 9 has no additional words; in the 'Notes' to the rear the note referring to the preface comes last.Illustrated with an engraved title page to each volume alongside eleven further plates to volume I and nine further plates to volume II.Collated complete.Translated into English by Edgar Taylor a British solicitor and author of many legal historical literary works and translations. He was the first translator of this work which was known in German as 'Kinder-Und Hausmarchen' and had been published between 1812 and 1815. They were published anonymously and Taylor wrote to the Grimms that his translations were for 'the amusement of some young friends'. The book was an immediate success and did much to make Grimm's stories acceptable as reading material for children thanks to Taylor's omissions and alterations to the more gruesome episodes in the original German.The stories to this work include 'Hans in Luck' 'The Travelling Musicians' 'Snow Drop' 'The Lady and the Lion' 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'The Golden Goose'.Volume I lacks half title but volume II retains half title.With publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume II but lacking to volume I.With the bookplate of Richard Barrington and the inscription of Angela Shoosmith to the front pastedown of volume I.Of the illustrations by Cruikshank John Ruskin declared "the etchings are the finest things next to Rembrandt's that as far as I know have been done since etching was invented." In mixed bindings with one volume in half calf with marbled paper covered boards and another in cloth. Joint heads of calf volumes starting with front board a touch tender and rear board firmly held. Joints of cloth volumes starting with boards firmly held. Volume II lacking front free endpaper. Bookplate and inscription to front pastedown of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with significant spotting throughout each volume and with offsetting to leaves facing plates. Major closed tear to page 229 of volume II. Neatly repaired closed tears to fore edge of pages 181-184 not affecting text. Good C. Baldwyn; James Robins hardcover
