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188699597Autographie du ”Japon” 1886 In-4 25,5 x 20 cm. Reliure demi-basane havane, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, 61-17-35-53-19-41-14 pp., teste manuscrit reprographié, 67 planches hors-texte, certaines repliées, table des matières. Reliure frotté, plat épidrmé, intérieur en non état.
183027903Canton: SunQua Studio 1830. Silk covered boards. The 12 bird images are full page finely done with grass rocks and flowers with shrubs or trees. Unusually the half page images are mounted on the verso of the sheets of bird images. The half page images include collections of shells 4; women playing musical instruments 8; men sitting a scribe man smoking butcher melon fish and vegetable sellers and a few of the punishment images. <br /> <br /> Oblong 4to 8 1/4 x 13 1/4". Leaves mounted with to paper leaves with an unusual paper border with a purple circle pattern on pale background paper. Chinese style binding opening from the back of the album. Bound in a green gold blue and red silk woven in a daisy pattern which sometimes appears with a Sunqua stamp. Without background painting. The first image with some cracking but not affecting the characters some slight browning. Most in very good condition. SunQua Studio unknown
1870279111870. Finely executed portraits of women and their musical instruments larger and more detailed than many other albums. From the school of Youqua. The portraits have no background painting. 8 images mounted with dark turquoise border silk some with cracks; 3 images are mounted on card at a later date. All images loose in papered boards which open Western style and are disbound and very rubbed. Most images are in lovely and larger than most. Besides some small cracks they are in very good condition. 4to 11 1/2 x 8 unknown
1820ABC_45805China 1820. 47 x 61 cm. picture; 61 x 74.5 cm. frame. Oil painting on canvas in a black lacquered Chinese export frame. An elegant interior scene from a Chinese Mandarins home in the early nineteenth century: a Manchu Mandarin and his consort taking tea in a domestic setting. He wears non-official semi-formal winter attire including rank badge sitting beside ahis beautiful Chinese lady surrounded by fine furniture and fittings. The whole scene reflects his good taste and social standing.Whilst tea had been the driving force of the China Trade since the early eighteenth century giving rise to export paintings illustrating its cultivation and production process the style and subject of the early export paintings was firmly rooted in traditional Chinese art and culture as in this delightful painting.l Cf. Choi Kee Il Tea and design in Chinese export painting in: The Magazine Antiques vol. 154 no. 4 October 1998. unknown
18712437Charterhouse School 1871. Hardcover. Very good. Dates: 1871-1877 and 1910. Small 4to. 37 ff. mostly with newspaper clippings neatly pasted in on both sides 4 ff. in manuscript "Summary of Scores" from 1871-1877 and 1910. Several leaves excised; it is possible that the present album had been re-purposed. On a few of the stubs appear fragmentary MS notations suggesting that the notebook may have once been divided alphabetically. We find on certain stubs "Ai" followed immediately by "Ao" and then several leaves later: "Her. - Hes" followed by "Io." Binding rebacked with smooth calf. In very good condition. Highly interesting homemade album of Cricket Scores available nowhere else specifically documenting the triumphs of three young members of the Blomfield family namely: E.G. Edward George C.J. Charles James and R.T. Reginald Theodore. One wonders if the present album was created in order to promote friendly competition between the brothers two of whom went to Haileybury School and one went to Charterhouse; all three went up to Oxford. There are scores and game synopsis of matches were between Haileybury Charterhouse Marylebone Cricket Club MCC Westminster Trinity College Oxon. Exeter Oxon. and more. One of the more interesting features about the album is that it provides a fascinating record of one family's love of the game:<br /> <br /> ¶ Edward George 1853-1885 entered Charterhouse School London in 1865 and transfer upon the School's removal to Godalming in 1872; in 1873 he went to Trinity College Oxon. where he earned a B.A. in 1877 and M.A. in 1879; thereafter he served as Curate of St. Mary's Portsea until 1883 and then Vicar of St. Mark's Woolston until his death in London in 1885.<br /> <br /> ¶ Charles James 1855-1928 went to Haileybury School; he underwent military training at Sandhurst and served as an army officer in India Sudan and Natal. He attained the rank of Major General before his retirement in 1917. NB: this individual is not to be confused with a noted architect of the same name b. 1862 d. 1932. <br /> <br /> ¶ Reginald Theodore 1856-1942 also went to Haileybury School; he earned his B.A. from Exeter Oxon. in 1880 and M.A. in 1884. He became an architect and was knighted in 1919. He is remembered mainly for his work designing British war memorials. <br /> <br /> ¶ The parents of the three young men were Rev. George John and his first cousin Isabella Blomfield of Bow Devonshire whose own father Charles James Blomfield was Bishop of London. <br /> <br /> ¶ At the end is a "Summary of Scores" for the years 1871-1877. Following this in a different hand is the year 1910; although the initial of the last name "Blomfield" remains the same the other initials belong to Reginald Thomas and his two sons Henry George and Austin. <br /> <br /> ¶ See Stedman Charterhouse Register 1872-1900 passim. CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We are grateful to Catherine Smith Archivist of Charterhouse School for much useful information concerning the Blomfield Family. hardcover
188510632Paris, Dunod, 1885 ; in-8, broché ; (1) f. blanc, (6), 266 pp., (1) f. blanc, portrait par Jules Lefebvre gravé à l’eau-forte par Léon Gaucherel en frontispice, couverture verte imprimée.
189741634Salt Lake City: Geo. Q. Cannon & Sons Company 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Tall thin octavo 25 cm Dark green cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title and decorative borders on the front cover. Very good. There is a 2" split in the cloth along the rear joint and a thin layer of glue has been applied to the spine from the head to the foot. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. There are a handful of very minor stains on the covers. This copy once belonged to the Deseret Sunday School Union and has several library markings on the endpapers and title page and a handwritten notation at the foot of the spine. There is a small loss from the top fore edge corner of the front free endsheet. Flake 1551. Lessons include Jesus as a Boy Jesus and the Woman of Samaria The Parable of the Sower The Last Supper The Visit of Jesus to the Nephites Cain and Abel The Necessity of a Latter-day Prophet Joseph Smith's First Vision and more. Geo. Q. Cannon & Sons Company hardcover
189528103Paris 1895 une eau-forte en noir (format : 42,5 x 35 cm) sur papier crème, signature manuscrite de l'auteur au crayon en bas à droite sous la cuvette, et imprimé à gauche en bas dans la gravure le monogramme : F J, sans date (1895),
1900133731Imprimerie de l’Ecole 1900 In-4 plein maroquin brun, dos à 5 nerfs orné de caissons, double encadrement de triple filet doré, fleurons aux angles, filets sur les coupes, très riche dentelle de contreplats en encadrement d’une pièce de soie, tranches dorées, couvertures et dos conservés, 227 pp. Nombreuses photographies hors-texte en noir et en divers tons. Un plan à double page. Reliure lég. frottée sinon très bon exemplaire.
190023001alfort 1900 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, trés Animée, format : 18 x 13 cm pour la photo, 21,5 x 16 cm avec le carton ou la photo est contrecollée, léger plis à l'angle gauche haut, sans nom de photographe, 1900 environ,
187424654Nantes Douillard frères + impr. de L. Mellinet 1874-1885 in-16 demi-basane 3 Oeuvres du même Auteur et sur le même Sujet reliées en un volume, reliure demi-basane noire in-seize (half binding sheepskin in-16) (14,7 x 10 cm), RELIURE D'ÉPOQUE, dos long (spine without raised band), décoré "or" (gilt decoration), Auteur et Titre frappés "or" (gilt title) avec 3 filets "or" de part et d'autre du titre, 3 filets "or" en place des nerfs et en tête et en pied, papier marbré rouge et noir aux plats, toutes tranches lisses, TOME I : FLORE DES ENVIRONS DE GRAND-JOUAN : sans illustrations (no illustration), (XLVI + 521 + 1 p. de Table) pages, 1874 Nantes : Douillard frères Editeur + TOME II : sans illustrations (no illustration), 29 pages, 1885 Nantes : impr. de L. Mellinet Editeur + TOME III : sans illustrations (no illustration), 46 pages, 1885 Nantes : impr. de L. Mellinet Editeur ,
1849ABC_50166Macao 1849. Painting 350 x 150 cm. Watercolour on paper on contemporary wooden roll. A massive view of Macao from above painted in watercolours sometime in the second half of the nineteenth century during the era in which much of the trade in the area was beginning to shift from the old Portuguese colony to Hong Kong. The peninsula clearly labelled with the Mandarin toponym Àomén "Bay Gate" is very much the focus of the piece: it is depicted effectively as an island with the Chinese mainland across the isthmus abstracted away into just one of many rocks in the surrounding ocean.Macao is shown as mountainous and settled mainly on the western and southern shores with groups of white blue and yellow buildings. Many are labelled in Chinese or have yellow banners with Chinese writing on them flying above. Similarly the rocks in the surrounding waters are dotted with settlements and fortresses labelled in the same way.The seventeenth-century church of St Paul's stands in ruins at the heart of the settlement indicating that this piece was painted after 1835 when the building was gutted by a fire reducing it to its impressive frontage which remains one of the emblems of Macao to this day. Furthermore the Portas do Cerco Border Gate built in 1849 clearly appears in the northern wall across the isthmus. However none of the ships depicted are motorised suggesting that this view was still painted before the founding of the Hongkong Canton & Macao Steamboat company when steamships would have become a more common sight.The centring of Macao in what looks like a vast ocean littered with menacing rocks gives this painting an almost mythological aspect but the style is clear and realistic with the landmarks of the colonial settlement clearly depicted.Macao's strategic position on a peninsula connected to the mainland only by a narrow isthmus made it an attractive site for controlling trade in the Pearl River delta and in the region more broadly. Although initially founded as a commercial port by the Chinese in 1535 by 1557 the Portuguese had successfully negotiated a long-term lease of the island from the Ming dynasty and begun to settle there. Macao thus became the first enduring European colonial settlement in China and moreover was destined to become the last one as well being handed back to China in 1999.A beautiful monument to Macao's history in the days of its swansong as a Portuguese trading colony.Provenance: from an Italian private collection. The paper is brittle fragments have come away at the end some of these are gathered in a bag. A few larger tears down the painting however with minimal loss to contents. The painting is still clear and vivid. unknown
1810PAED0409Stuttg., Steinkopf 1810. kl.-8°, 122 S., 2 Bl. (Index), 1Bl. Vlgsanz., Kart. d. Zt., berieb., kl. RüSch., schwache Schmutzfl., berieb., Deckeln aufgebogen, Namenszug am flieg. Vors., am vord. Innendeckel u. Haupttitel Verm. v. alter Hd..
188429652Various places 1884-1958. Fine original condition. 73 letters from 43 correspondents including Lore Crewe Lord Curzon F. S. Kenyon Prince Louis of Battenberg Edward Lyttleton Lord Napier Lord Roseberry Sir Charles Trevelyan and others mostly pertaining to school events. unknown
1860218670東京. Tokyo. circa1860s. Three colour woodblock prints a triptych panels loose each approx 38.5 x 25.4cms Japanese text artist's signature publisher's seal and date in the outer margin of the centre and right-hand panels and in the inner margin of the left-hand panel slivers of paper tape strengthening the top margin to the verso of each print pin-holes to the corners from previous display with loss to the lower right corners and the inner corner of the left-hand panel paper a little dusty and soiled but overall in good condition. Wonderful satirical woodblocks with muted tonings possibly from the composition for "Sumo wrestling match of Seven Lucky Gods" replacing the gods with actors as aging sumo wrestlers surrounded by onlooking geisha and fellow actors in masks and costume. <br> <br>From the collection of the late John Caiger lecturer in Asian studies ANU. . unknown
18452405150146xbvk[Kassel, 1845.]. 87 Seiten Gemäldebestand mit Beschreibungen, XIII S. Register; vom Register abgesehen folgt jedem bedruckten Blatt ein unbedrucktes für eintragung des 'Buchhalters' (bis ohne Einträge). - Praun-marmorierter Papperinband der Zeit mit Papierrückenschild (Inventarnummer 955); 8vo.(ca. 17 x 10 cm).
18903210273<p><em>8vo sheet 16 x 10 cm.</em></p><p>Maria and Frances Anne Harlock began their school at Banbury Oxfordshire about 1890. The Harlock's were natives of Banbury and the daughters of a local draper and former mayor who used part of the family home as a school until the death of their father in 1923 who was by then 101. As the Harlock's were Quakers good works by the family for the local area was something of a calling. Francis later served on the committee of management of the Friends' School at Sibford and it would appear that the sisters had run their own school on a break-even principle and saw education as a vocation rather than a money making enterprise.</p> The Lawn, St. John’s Road, Banbury.
185711975Bourg, Imprimerie Dufour, 1857 ; in-16, broché ; 28 pp., couverture lilas imprimée.
186550251Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society 1865. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 5.5 by 3.75 inches. 14pp. Rubbed and darkened overall with some light foxing else a good example in publisher's stitched wraps. OCLC shows no holdings. <br/><br/> Massachusetts Sabbath School Society paperback
187029538Montgomery Alabama: John G. Stokes & Co. State Printers 1870. 7 1 blank pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers. Light old folds wrappers lightly spotted Very Good. Contemporary inscription at head of front wrapper "Respects of G. Horton Mobile." A Bostonian who had moved to Mobile as a young man Horton was Mayor of Mobile at this time. Previously he had been an advocate of public education and had served on Mobile's school board. During the Civil War he was jailed for Unionist sympathies. During Reconstruction his advocacy of civil rights placed his life in constant danger.<br /> <br /> The Report is a chapter in Alabama's bitter Reconstruction strife. It attacks Dr. N.B. Cloud State Superintendent of Public Instruction who was regarded by unreconstructed Alabamans as a Scalawag for his support of Reconstruction and the Republican Party. The Report also attacks G.L. Putnam whom Cloud had named Mobile's superintendent of education an appointment which other Mobile educators refused to recognize. <br /> Cloud brokered a compromise-- for which he lacked authority-- by making Putnam superintendent of Emerson College known as the 'Blue School' a Negro school run by the American Missionary Association. The Report accuses Cloud and Putnam of illegally diverting public funds to the support of the Blue School.<br /> Ellison 1597. John G. Stokes & Co., State Printers unknown
187031292Montgomery 1870. 23 1 blank pp with original printed title wrappers. Text lightly dusted wrappers dirty stitched. <br /> <br /> This case is a chapter in Alabama's bitter Reconstruction history. Mobile School Commissioners claimed that George L. Putnam Superintendent of the Mobile schools had mishandled funds which were supposed to be used to support the free public schools. Putnam had been appointed Superintendent by N.B. Cloud State Superintendent of Public Instruction whom unreconstructed Alabamans considered a Scalawag. <br /> Putnam used public funds as authorized by Cloud for the support of a school for Negroes. The outcome of the case turned on whether the Commissioners were properly established under the laws and Reconstruction Constitution of Alabama. This brief reviews the history of the Mobile School System and the controversy. unknown
189331862Albany: Printed for the Ladies Union Mission School Association 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 1 133 pages. Frontispiece photograph. Illustrated with photographs. Brown cloth hardcover with black title on the front cover and gilt stamped title on the spine. A small dent and scuff mark on the spine. <br /> <br /> An "Association Copy." Inscription not entirely legible written on the right front flyleaf: "From Mrs. A. J. A. E. Fort Meade Feby 94." Mrs. A. J. A. is Mrs. A. J. Alexander wife of General A. J. Alexander. She is mentioned in the introduction on page 10. Mrs. A. J. Alexander played an important role in establishing a Christian mission at Sacaton Arizona Pima Reservation. Printed for the Ladies Union Mission School Association hardcover
187934705Unknown 1879. Ledger. Good. Ledger. Approx. 7.5" x 6". Marbled paper covered boards with black leather spine. Boards are shelf and edge worn. Leather is rubbed and chipped at the head and base of spine. A few pages have been torn out and one sheet torn in half. Old library label of "Perseverance S.S. Library" on the front paste down.<br /> <br /> Ledger consists of 106 lined pages used for recording student names classes teachers questions treasurer reports minutes of school meetings etc. No location of this Sunday School was provided in the records. unknown
1846List2863New Orleans Louisiana 1846. Single letter three 8 x 10 inch pages. Torn at folds some tears repaired with archival tape; hole at location of seal; otherwise very good to excellent. John Holt Rice 1818–1878 was the son of a Presbyterian minister and nephew of Archibald Alexander founding professor of the Princeton Theological Seminary from which Rice graduated in 1845. When he wrote this letter he was working as a city missionary to the poor in New Orleans. Rice would spend his career ministering around the southern United States before his death from yellow fever. His correspondent is John Cameron Lowrie 1808–1900 a Scottish immigrant fellow Princeton graduate and a missionary in Colonial India. When his health became too precarious to remain abroad Lowrie returned to serve with the Board of Foreign Missions.<br /> <br /> The subject of missions boards was part of the Old School-New School controversy and schism in the Presbyterian Church particularly over whether missionary work should be primary the Old School view or secondary the New School view to the Church’s work.1 Those holding the latter view were satisfied with the work of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ABCFM which was not a specifically Presbyterian body. Those of the former view believing that the Church’s missionary board ought to be itself Presbyterian formed the Western Foreign Missionary Society. When the Church’s second schism occurred in 1837 the Western society was <br /> renamed the Board of Foreign Missions BFM and headquartered in New York City.<br /> <br /> In this letter Rev. Rice finds himself in the delicate position of being an Old School supporter of the BFM ministering to Congregationalists and New School-raised supporters of the ABCFM. He writes to Rev. Lowrie requesting that copies of the BFM’s monthly Missionary Chronicle be sent to him in a timely manner as this was “a matter of some importance to us who love our own board of foreign missionsâ€:<br /> <br /> “You are probably aware that our churches in this city are composed of very heterogeneous materials many of the members are from New England and were brought up in the congregational church and many were connected with New School churches at the north. This causes no difficulty or division All unite very cordially in support of the Old School church but the sympathies of many are with the American Board of Missions. They know nothing about ours and have some little prejudice against us for our separation. It would be very impudent to argue that question with them now or attempt to convince them that our own board ought to be patronised by those connected with one of our churches rather than the American. But I feel certain that if they knew more of our operations they would take an interest in them.â€<br /> <br /> Rice also notes that he is an editor for the New Orleans Protestant newspaper and suggests that Lowrie send “something now and then†to excite “missionary zealâ€. Of interest to scholars of Presbyterian history especially the 19th-century Old School-New School schism.<br /> <br /> 1 Rev. Dr. Michael Parker “175 Years of Presbyterian World Mission†Presbyterian Historical Society archived November 1 2023 at https://web.archive.org/web/20231101183954/http://www.history.pcusa.org/history-online/topics-note/history-world-mission. unknown
183211887Bourg, Imprimerie Frédéric Dufour, 1832 ; in-8, broché ; 31 pp., (1 bl.), couverture muette brique.