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ANDREW WADDINGTON (1960) Pilgrimage Woodcut, signed, titled and editioned 60/100, image size 15 x 14.5cm.

Alfred James WANDS (1902/04-1998) Fall Day, Colorado Woodcut in colour, signed and titled, edition 31/150, 28cm x 33cm. Alfred Wands, born in Cleveland, Ohio, graduated with honours from the Cleveland School of Art and studied in Paris at the Academie Julian. He returned to Ohio in the late 1920s to teach painting before moving to Denver in 1930, where he directed the art program at Colorado Women’s College for 17 years. Wands frequently travelled to Taos, New Mexico, and became the Camp Artist at the YMCA of the Rockies by 1943. In 1947, he left teaching to focus on painting full-time and opened his studio in Estes Park, Colorado, by 1955. Known as the "Dean of Colorado Landscape Painters," Wands held leadership roles in the Denver Artists Guild and Denver Art Commission.

Eric Gill (1882 - 1940), Dumb Driven Cattle, 1929, woodcut engraving from the Cleverdon edition, framed, 12cm x 12cm

* OSCAR DROEGE (GERMAN 1898 - 1983), TWO WOODCUTS WIND-SWEPT BIRCHES and SPRING IN THE TYROLtwo woodcut prints on paper, each signed and titled label versomounted, framed and under glass image size 36cm x 24cm each, overall size 64cm x 45cm Qty: 2Label verso (Wind-Swept Birches): The Art Cellar, Edinburgh

A pair of early 20th century Japanese woodcut prints, both with three character marks, both 34 x 23cm, framed and glazed (2).

A 16th century botanical illustration - '2. Tragorchismas. The male Goat ftones.' from John Gerard's book 'The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes' (1597), hand-coloured woodcut on laid paper, with a photocopy of the book cover and certificate of guarantee label attached verso, frame dimensions: 26 x 19 cm, with break to glazing

Bernard Cecil Gotch (1876-1963) - 'Bastion in New College Garden', limited edition woodcut, signed, titled and numbered 7/100 in pencil below, 35 x 27 cm, framed

▲ Clifford Cyril Webb (1895-1972) 'Cheetah & Black Buck' 'Legend', woodcut, both signed in pencil and titled, 15 x 19cm and 20.5 x 24cm (2)Webb was drawing master at Birmingham School of Art. He also exhibited at the R.A., R.B.A., R.E. and R.O.I. 29cm x 30.5cm. Condition ReportFramed, mounted and glazed - images good. Frames dirty.

▲ John Buckland Wright (1897-1954) 'Bathers'woodcut, signed and dated 'John Buckland Wright 1946' in pencil l.r.13.5 x 19.5cm, framed, and Charles W Cain (1893-1962) 'Indian Silversmith'etching, signed and dated 1875, 23 x 28cm, framed (2)Condition ReportBoth mounted , glazed and framed. Fair but glass dirty.

CAVENDISH MORTON and CONCORD MORTON - coloured woodcut Isle of Wight scene, signed in pencil by the artists to the mount - 37cm x 50cm

PAIR ROYAL DOULTON FLAMBÉ WOODCUT VASES, shape 1614, decorated with a castle on a hill with tree in the foreground, 15cms (h) (2)Provenance: deceased estate RCTComments: good overall.

Allen W. Seaby (English, 1867-1953). A collection of colour woodblock prints comprising: Winter (Hare in Snow), signed l.r., 14cm x 20.5cm; The Fox & the Crow, signed l.r., 17cm x 12cm; Red Grouse, signed l.r., 21.5cm x 13cm; The Huntsman, signed l.r., 19.5cm x 13.5cm. Together with Fowls, by Kathleen Hale [author & illustrator of Orlando the Marmalade Cat], signed l.r., 18cm x 16cm; The Fawn, by Kathleen Hale, signed l.r., 24cm x 19cm; The Theatrical Scene, by May Sheldon, signed l.r., 14.5cm x 21.5cm; Stars of the East, by May Sheldon, signed l.r., 13cm x 20cm; Primulas, by Marion G Couiland, signed l.r., 17cm x 12cm; Dominoes (Harlequins), by Helen Pritchard, signed l.r., 18cm x 14.5cm. Very well-preserved, clean & bright, vibrant colours, Fowls with slight spotting & wear, individually mounted and housed in a worn portfolio bearing woodcut coat-of-arms for The University of Reading, [1924] ❧ Colour Prints from Wood Blocks, designed, cut and printed by Allen W. Seaby and Students of the School of Art, University College, Reading [portfolio limited to 100]

The Life of Oliver Cromwell, [vii], 8-142, [2], including woodcut frontispiece portrait of Cromwell, the final leaf advertising works just published by William Mitchell & James Knox and sold at their shop in Saltmarket, early owner inscriptions, general toning and some marginal wear in places, worn morocco, Glasgow: William Mitchell & James Knox, 1750 ❧ Very scarce, possibly unrecorded

A scarce late-Georgian children's educational book illustrated with charming woodcuts throughout. New Hierogliphical Bible, woodcut frontispiece, iv, 5-106, [117]-138pp., 2pp. publisher's advertisements, bearing owner inscriptions of Eliza Williams, Gasshall Green, 1862, bound in worn quarter morocco, 13.5cm, sold with all faults, London: Printed by Dean & Munday for B. & R. Crosby & Co., [1814]

Framed pictures including: Hans schaufelein woodcut from Das Plenarium (1514), 1550 woodcut of Rhinfelden, opera/theatre portraits c.1800, also other landscape engravings, w/a/f (10) 

MACHIAVELLI, Nicolò (1469-1527). Tutte le Opere ... Divisi in V. Parti, [?Geneva: no publisher but ?Pietro Aubert], 1550 [but c.1635]. 5 parts bound in one, 4to, woodcut portraits, double-page illustration (variable staining), contemporary vellum.MACHIAVELLI, Nicolò (1469-1527).  Tutte le Opere ... Divisi in V. Parti, et di Nuovo con Somma Accuratezza Ristampate. [?Geneva: no publisher but ?Pietro Aubert], 1550 [but c.1635]. 5 parts bound in one volume, 4to (207 x 165mm). Woodcut portrait of the author on the title and repeated on the dedication leaf and on 3 further part titles, double-page woodcut illustration (variable browning, spotting and staining throughout, a few darker spots). Contemporary full vellum, title with red roan lettering-piece, black edges (stained, lettering-piece rubbed). Provenance: "[?]E. Sivers" (old signature on first title); later related signature dated 1898 beneath; "Ex Bibliotheca Heldiana" (later library stamp on first title); number "212" written on the verso of the front free endpaper. Bertelli-Innocenti Bibliografia Machiavelliana 206a; Brunet III, 221: "Cette édition est peu recherchée en France, mais elle l'est davantage en Italie, où on la désigne sous le nom d'edizione della testina, parce que le titre porte un petit portrait de Machiavel, copiésur l'edition des Discorsi, par Comin da Trino, 1540. Elle n'a pas été imprimée à Rome, chez Blado, comme pourrait le faire croire le privilége accordé par le pape Clément VII, à cet imprimeur, pour son édition de 1532, et qui a été réimpr. dans celle-ci. On en cite même un exempl. sur le frontispice duquel se lit In Gineura per Pietro Aubert. [etc.]"

"SALLUST" (86-35BCE). De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, Lyon, 1545, 8vo, woodcut printer's devices and initials (some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary vellum."SALLUST" [i.e. Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE)].  De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, nunc denuo, adhibitis aliquot uenerandæ uetustatis exemplaribus, iisq; manuscriptis, quanta fieri potuit cura emendatæ. Cum aliis quibusdam, quæ sequens indicabit pagella. Lyon: "Apud Seb. Gryphium," 1545. 8vo (162 x 110mm). Woodcut printer's device on title and on the verso of the final leaf, initials (some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning, a few darker spots and stains). Contemporary vellum, title in old manuscript on the spine (inner hinges split, some erosion to the head of the spine and one corner). Provenance: [?]"L' Etendier" (two old signatures on title). Brunet IV, 183 (citing Lyon "Gryphium" editions of 1529, 1536, "etc").

MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third Edition, London, 1665, 8vo, printed in black letter (mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning), contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). With 2 defective books. (3)MANWOOD, John (d.1610).  A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest, Wherein is declaered not onely those Laws, as they are now in force, but also the Original and beginning of Forests; and what a Forest is in its own proper nature, and wherein the same doth differ from a Chase, a Park, or a Warren ... Also a Treatise of the Pourallee, declaring what a Pourallee is, how the same first began, what a Pourallee-man may do, how he may hunt and use his own Pourallee, how far he may pursue and follow after his own Chase; together with the limits and bounds, as well of the Forest, as the Pourallee ... The Third Edition Corrected, and much Inlarged. London: "Printed for the Company of Stationers," 1665. 8vo (178 x135mm). Printed in black letter, woodcut headpieces and initials (lacks a1 [?blank], i.e. all before title, title spotted and shaved at foot, variable mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning throughout). Contemporary full calf (rebacked, quite heavily rubbed and scuffed, a few old repairs, new endpapers). Provenance: some later mainly pencil annotation. Cf. Goldsmiths' 284; Kress 207; Schwerdt II, p.7; Wing M554. See DNB for a list of the various editions of "this excellent work", including the first which was printed for private circulation in 1592. The author is described in the same reference work as "... a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, gamekeeper of Waltham Forest, and justice of the New Forest." With 2 other books, namely Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland ... Written first in Latine by William Camden ... Translated newly into English by Philemon Holland ... Finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry Additions by the said Author (London, "Impensis Georgii Bishop", 1610, folio, lacks all the maps, defective, contemporary reverse calf) and The Book of Common-Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments (London, 1662, folio, fine engraved architectural title, black letter, elaborate woodcut initials and decorations, prayers for "Gunpowder. Treason" at the end, many repairs, with some sections supplied in manuscript, later annotation, modern old-style half calf. The lot sold not subject to return. (3)

FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz", Falls Village, CT, New Haven, CT, New York City, and Stockbridge, MA, 1939-55. (15)FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956, German-American expressionist painter).  A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz", Falls Village, CT, New Haven, CT, New York City, and Stockbridge, MA, 24 August 1939, 9 July 1953 - 18 December 1955, in English with a few passages in German. Together 8 pages, autograph, and 29 pages, typescript, two of the typed letters incomplete (one lacking opening, one lacking conclusion), the two incomplete letters with coloured woodcut headpiece illustrations after Feininger; with two inscribed cards. "I devote much time, also during painting ... to old recollections": letters to an old friend, ranging back in time to memories of his childhood in Connecticut, of the songs of Berlin in the 1890s, of old friends, their shared love of railways and bicycles, of New York in the 1870s ("the matchless view from the long bridges spanning Fourth Avenue over the tracks"). Feininger also writes of his current enjoyment of the landscape of New England, taking snapshots from the car on the old "horse-and-buggy" by-ways, "where the ... road winds in and out, and up and down, and there is pure delight in looking across the Connecticut valleys with the scattered homesteads lying in favored nooks, and the hills in many rows in the distance tinted with the blue of the real old-style Currier and Ives shade". Elsewhere he goes further into his taste in landscape: "I love a treeless landscape ... I love cliffs on a sea shore ... I should love to visit Scotland and the Orkneys and all those terrific Motifs for paintings which I have to invent myself. I am intrigued by the white spots in maps, where nothing is recorded ...". But the mood is predominantly retrospective, with his mind going back to "Winter mornings in old Berlin, when a yellowish fog lay over the scene, snow lay everywhere on the streets and roofs, from whence it gleamed through the dark air". Amongst other subjects, Feininger's interest in photography is mentioned ("Besides or rather, in addition to, my work at watercolors all Summer, I have doing much color-photography, and find it fascinating for 'close-up' shots"), and there is some news of renewed appreciation in Germany, including letters from "... young Germans of the Post-Hitler generation, expressing much liking for old works of mine which have escaped destruction in the Nazi regime", and the prospect of one-man shows in Munich, Hanover and Amsterdam. He is, however, concerned by the fate of "hundreds of books" and "50 of my earlier paintings" which were left behind when he fled Germany in 1936, and which are now with a friend in East Germany and impossible to extract. Feininger was born in New York City, but moved to Germany in 1887 at the age of 16 to study, and made his home in Berlin until forced to flee in 1936 by the Nazi regime who classified his work as "degenerate art". He spent the rest of his life in the United States. Please note that only a small part of the lot is illustrated. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 14 March 1986, lot 458. (15)

CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80). La Chine, Amsterdam, 1670, folio, additional engraved title, 2 maps, 22 plates, 61 illustrations (lacking the portrait, some spotting and staining), contemporary vellum. FIRST FRENCH EDITION.CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80).  La Chine ... Illustrée De plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacrés que Profanes, et de quantité de Recherchés de la Nature & de l' Art. A Quoy on à adjousté de nouveau les questions curieuses que le Serenissime Grand Duc de Toscane a fait depuis peu au P. Jean Grubere touchant ce grand Empire. Avec un Dictionaire Chinois & Franois, lequel est tres-rare, & qui n' a pas encores paru as jour. Traduit par F. S. Dalquié. Amsterdam: "Ches Jean Jansson a Waesberge, & les Heritiers d' Elizee Weyerstraet," 1670. Folio (366 x 245mm). Additional engraved allegorical title dated 1667, woodcut device on printed title, 2 double-page engraved maps, 22 engraved plates including 8 with engraved letterpress, one double-page, one folding, and 61 engraved illustrations, the text printed in double column, initials and ornaments (lacking the portrait of the author, some fraying to the engraved title without loss, some marginal staining to the printed title with closed repaired tear at foot and some minor fraying without loss, [?]printing flaw affecting the margin of one plate, one plate with piece of margin torn away, variable mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary full vellum, the spine lettered and ruled in gilt, red edges (light stain to head of spine). Provenance: The Honourable Hugh Howard (armorial bookplate). THE FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of this "important source of information on the beginnings of western sinology and sinophilism in Europe" (Szczesniak). First published in Latin in 1667, Kircher's hugely influential and ground-breaking work contains some of the earliest accounts of the geography, botany, zoology, religion, mythology and language of China. It was also the first western work to include a vocabulary of Chinese and the first to include reproductions of the Sanskrit alphabet and grammar. Brunet II, 771; Cordier Sinica I, 26-27; De Backer & Sommervogel IV, 1064; Lust 38; Morrison II, 38. See Baleslaw Szczesniak's Athanasius Kircher's China Illustrata (History of Science Society, 1952, 10: 385-411).

EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis elementorum libri XV, Cologne, 1591, 2 volumes bound in one, folio, 2 titles within elaborate woodcut borders, woodcut diagrams (some browning and staining), contemporary limp vellum.EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612).  Euclidis elementorum libri XV. [Second volume: Euclidis posteriores libri IX] Accessit XVI. de Solidorum regularium cuius libet intra quodlibet comparatione. Omnes perspicius demonstrationibus, accuratisque scholiis illustrati, ac multarum rerum accessione locupletati: nunc tertio editi, summaq, diligentia recogniti, atque emendati. Cologne: "Expensis Joh. Baptistae Ciotti," 1591. 2 volumes bound in one, folio (326 x 210mm). Two title pages within elaborate woodcut baroque borders incorporating the figures of Euclid and Archimedes, woodcut diagrams, tables, initials and ornaments (waterstaining throughout, including to both titles, with variable, and sometimes quite heavy, browning and other staining, a few leaves heavily browned, some wormholes and wormtracks mainly towards the end, occasionally affecting letters). Contemporary full limp vellum, title in old manuscript on the spine (heavy stain to lower cover, some other staining). Provenance: Professor Crivelli (his name inscribed on the front free endpaper and with his signature on the first title); Antonio Frigerio (ex-libris sticker); later library shelf-mark label at foot of spine; modern (cancelled) institutional library label on front free endpaper); later illegible stamps on front free endpaper and title. The first edition of this work was published in Rome in 1574. Known as 'The Euclid of the 16th-Century', Clavius was a German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer who was instrumental in the Vatican's adoption of the Gregorian calendar, a pioneer of the use of the decimal point, and, in his lifetime, the most highly respected astronomer in Europe. Despite the fact that, for most of his life, he was a proponent, albeit a conflicted one, of the geocentric model of the solar system, he was hugely influential as a writer and teacher and was much admired by Galileo, with whom he maintained a long correspondence. One of the largest crater formations on the moon is named after him. Adams E-988; Brunet II, 1089; Graesse II, 512; Poggendorff I, 455; Thomas-Stanford 23.

BINDING - Petites Fleurs de Saint François d' Assise, Paris, 1920, 4to, printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by Jacques Beltrand after Maurice Denis, FINELY BOUND BY RENÉ AUSSOURD after a design by René Gimpel, slipcase.BINDING - Petites Fleurs de Saint François d' Assise. Traduite de l' Italien par André Pératé. Paris: "Les Presses de l' Art Catholique," 1920. 4to (278 x 210mm). Printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by Jacques Beltrand after Maurice Denis (short tear at the foot of the title, without loss). FINELY BOUND BY RENÉ AUSSOURD after a design by René Gimpel in elaborate purple crushed morocco and padded gilt onlays, the upper cover with a large cross surmounted by a sunburst stamped in gilt and lettered in gilt on either side, each letter within a gilt flowerhead, five flowerheads on the spine, gilt edges, pink silk floral endpapers, chemise, slipcase. René Aussourd (1884-1966) was among the foremost bookbinders in Paris specialising in the art deco style, and was also renowned as a teacher of the craft.

[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)]. The Fortunate Mistress, London, 1724, 8vo, fine engraved frontispiece captioned "The Famous Roxana" (some spotting and staining), contemporary calf. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of Defoe's last novel, published anonymously.[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)].  The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Call'd The Countess de Wintselheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II. London: "Printed for T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Peter-Noster Row; W. Meadows ... W. Pepper ... S. Harding ... and T. Edlin," 1724. 8vo (192 x 118mm). Fine engraved frontispiece captioned "The Famous Roxana", title within double-rule border, woodcut headpieces, initials and ornaments to the Preface and the opening of the novel, woodcut ornament at the foot of the recto of the final leaf ([Dd4] (i.e. p.407) (some usual seepage of woodcut ornaments to their rectos or versos not affecting legibility, printer's crease to one leaf affecting a few letters [see illustration of p.399], occasional light spotting, staining and browning, more pronounced to the lower margins of the second half of the novel, a few darker spots, mainly at gutters, but the text generally crisp and clean). Contemporary polished panelled calf, the spine with five raised bands and red morocco lettering-piece (the left part of the lettering piece torn away with the loss of two letters, a small patch of abrasion to the upper cover with the loss of one blind-stamped fleuron, possibly re-backed at some point preserving the old spine and lettering-piece, but, if so, barely discernibly, some ink staining to the spine, some light rubbing to the extremities, some staining to the endpapers). FIRST EDITION of Defoe's last novel, a proto-feminist work which features one of "... the strongest and most important women characters in the history of literature" (DNB). It was first published anonymously, probably because of its scandalous nature, and was not widely attributed to Defoe until 1775; the present, first, edition was the only one published in the author's lifetime. "This purports to be the autobiography of Mlle. Beleau, the beautiful daughter of French Protestant refugees, brought up in England and married to a London brewer, who, having squandered his property, deserts her and her five children. She enters upon a career of prosperous wickedness, passing from one protector to another in England, France and Holland, amassing much wealth, and receiving the name Roxana by accident, in consequence of a dance she performs. She is accompanied in her adventures by a faithful maid, Amy, a very human figure. She finally marries a Dutch merchant and lives as a person of consequence in Holland, until he discovers her deceit. He shortly afterwards dies, leaving her only a small sum of money. She is imprisoned for debt, and dies in a state of penitence" (The Oxford Companion to English Literature, ed. Drabble, 1985). Furbank & Owens A Critical Bibliography of Daniel Defoe 218; Rothschild 780. ESTC lists only three copies in UK institutions. RARE.

SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi, Venice, 1582, 4to, 14 woodcut illustrations of Turkish costume (variable browning and staining), contemporary full vellum.SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83).  Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi ... Et riformata in molte sue parti per ordine della Santa Inquisitione. Nella quale si contengeno le leggi, gli offici, i costumi, & la militia di quella natione; con tutti le cose fatte da loro per terra, & per mare. Con la vita particolare de Prncipi Othomani; cominciando dal primo fondator di quell' Imperio, fino al presente Amorath. 1582. Con le Figure in Disegno de Gli Habiti, & dell' armature de soldati d' esso gran Turco. Venice: Presso Altobello Salicato, 1582. 4to (198 x 150mm). Woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, headpieces and ornaments, 14 woodcut illustrations of Turkish costumes at the end (lacks all before title and after the final text leaf (i.e. ?blanks), small repair to margin of title, Rrr2 torn without loss, a few small rustholes and isolated darker stains affecting letters, marginal stain affecting first 22 leaves at the front, variable browning throughout, some mainly marginal staining, final leaf partially detached with some wormtracks affecting letters in one corner and a closed tear). Contemporary full vellum, title in early manuscript on the spine (some staining, bumped and rubbed at corners, lower inner hinges split). Provenance: modern (cancelled) institutional library label; old illegible inscription on front pastedown and on title; "Sac. Attilio Cordignano Parroco, Fusine in Valmorana" (later stamp on title); later library labels on the upper cover and at foot of spine. First published in 1560. Atabey 1088; Blackmer 1487: "The work contains an importantcollection of source material of the Turksedited by Sansovino. It includes thereport by Bishop Leonard of Chioson the fall of Constantinople, writtenonly a few weeks after the Turks tookover the city, and also the importantwork by Spandugino comprising theearliest description of Ottoman manners,religion and government. Excerpts fromMenavino, Cambini, Giovio andBarletius are also included"; not in Brunet; Cicogna Iscrizioni Veneziane IV, 47.22. 

SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903). Women's Suffrage, London, 1902, 8vo, plates and tables, original buckram. FIRST EDITION. With another related (defective) book, a collection of 15 SUFFRAGETTE POSTCARDS, and a related badge. (18)SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903).  Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the British Isles with Biographical Sketches of Miss Becker. London: Williams & Norgate, 1902. 8vo (190 x 130mm). Half title, publisher's woodcut monogram on title, half tone plates, 3 folding tables (one folding table crudely repaired with adhesive tape). Original green buckram, the spine lettered in gilt, uncut (extremities lightly rubbed, some scratching to the lower cover, without a dust-jacket). Provenance: E. Vaughan (old signature on the front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. With Hall Caine's Our Girls. Their Work for the War ... With 15 Illustrations from Photographs by the Ministry of Munitions (London, 1916, 8vo, full-page half tone illustrations, lacks all after p.126, original cloth, stained and spotted, without the dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, including a printed presentation leaf bound in at the front stating "From One of Our Girls To One of Our Boys ... Wishing you a Happy Christmas And a Glad New Year", with a space for a photograph of the sender); with a collection of 15 monochrome and coloured SUFFRAGETTE POSTCARDS, some supportive, some disparaging to the cause; and a suffragette enamel badge worded "National Union of Womens [sic] Suffrage Societies Constitutional Non Party", with pin. (18) 

TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials [bound with 2 other works by the same author], 4to, contemporary vellum. Please see the full description below.TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557).  La Nova Scientia ... con una gionta al terzo Libro. Venice: [no publisher], 1558. Full-page woodcut allegorical illustration on the title, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials. Adams T-191; Norman 2053; PMM 66: "Tartaglia's 'The New Science' stands at the threshold of a new age in the history of mechanics ... [The author] deals with ballistics, surveying, engineering and fortification ..."; Riccardi I, 496; Sander 7191. The work was first published in 1537. [Bound with:]  Quesiti, et Inventioni Diverse ... Sopra gli Tiri delle Artiglierie, et altri suoi varii accidenti. [No place: no date]. Woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials (lacking the first signature (A1-4), including the title, the work commencing at B1 (paginated "5") and ending at AA4 (paginated "94")). Adams T-183; Norman 2055. [And:]  Regola Generale di Solevare Ogni fondata Naue & nauilii con Ragione. Venice: "Per Curtio Troiano de i Nauò," 1562. Adams T-186; Norman 2056. A richly-illustrated work on the salvaging of shipwrecks. 3 works bound in one volume, 4to (208 x 155mm). Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, titles in later manuscript on the spine (stained, with some worming). Provenance: old illegible library stamps; old illegible signature on first title; old stub at the front with shelf numbers; modern institutional label on front pastedown; modern library shelf label at the foot of the spine.

GREGYNOG PRESS (publisher). – Robert BRIDGES. A Poem in XII Measures. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1935. Limited edition, this being one of 300 copies only, 4to (282 x 215mm.) Woodcut title-page, 2 full-page woodcut illustrations and woodcut vignettes within the text from designs by Edward Burne-Jones, 2 initial words printed in green and also the typeface designed by Graily Hewitt, some keywords in red. (Spotting to title and lightly to preliminaries.) Original cream pigskin, gilt decoration to upper cover, t.e.g., original plain cream dust-jacket, cream cloth slipcase with mounted paper label to spine (minor finger-marking).

BIBLE, In Greek. Tes Kaines Diathekes. [The New Testament.] London: Richard Whittaker [Leiden: B. and A. Elzevir], 1633. 8vo (167 x 111mm.) Title in Greek and Latin, title-page with woodcut printer’s device, double-column, text in Greek, commentary in Latin to rear, text interleaved with numerous 18th century manuscript notes in a single hand. (Toning, browning, marginal annotation and underlining to text, densely filled annotation to initial blanks and interleaved leaves.) Near contemporary calf (some loss to spine panel, extremities rubbed). Provenance: ‘T.B’ (ink inscribed to initial blank); Thomas Smith, Oxon (ink inscribed to title-page); J.F. Twigge (ink inscribed to title-page).

CICERO, Marcus Tullius. Familiarium Epistollarum Libri XVI. Venice: 1552. 8vo (296 x 203mm.) Woodcut printer’s device to title, woodcut initials and headpieces, mostly triple-column text. (Title has part of the woodcut device excised to remove the nude figure, title and *ii loosened, marginal spotting and damp-staining until leaf E, last leaf li iiii2 [p.253] and lacking all after, 2 rear blanks replaced.) Contemporary vellum (dust-soiled, rubbed, lacking small area of spine panel). Provenance: ‘Monasterii Sanctae Mariae Novae Montis Regalis’ (name-plate verso title).

ROME. – Guillaume DU CHOUL. Discours de la Religion des Anciens Romains [with:] Discours sur la Castrametation et Discipline Militaire des Anciens Romains. Lyon: Guillaume Roville, 1581. 4to (230 x 169mm.) 2 parts in 1, woodcut device to title of each part, numerous woodcut illustrations, including some full-page. (Lacking pp.11-14 and pp.27-30 of part 1 and pp.9-16 of part 2, browning and marginal spotting throughout, text-block nearly cracked at Cc2, paper repair to last leaf Ww2, marginal tear to z3.) Near contemporary speckled calf (spine lacking, hinges weakened, heavily rubbed). Note: over 500 woodcut illustrations, mainly of Roman coins and medallions.

VINE PRESS (publisher). – Victor NEUBURG. Songs of the Groves: Records of the Ancient World. Sussex, Steyning: Vine Press, 1921. Limited edition, this being number 6 of 40 De Luxe copies on hand-made paper from the edition of 590, signed and inscribed by Victor Neuburg for Dennis West, large 8vo (230 x 151mm.) Woodcut illustrations by Dennis West. (Toning, petal offsetting on pp.56-57, browning to front-free endpaper.) Original green cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards (minor staining to lower cover, extremities rubbed). Note: the inscription reads: ‘For Dennis West, the Artist, with the Author’s sincere thanks. Victor B. Neuburg, Steyning, Sussex, 13.8.21’.

VINE PRESS (publisher). – Victor NEUBURG. Swift Wings: Songs in Sussex. Steyning: The Vine Press, 1921. Limited edition, this being number 25 of the 40 De Luxe copies on hand-made paper from an edition of 590 copies, signed and inscribed by Victor Neuburg for Dennis West, large 8vo (229 x 151mm.) Hand-coloured woodcut illustration by Dennis West, woodcut initials, errata slip bound-in. (Some finger-marking to title, minor spotting to some margins.) Original brown cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards designed by Beatrice Linda Stanbrough (extremities bumped, browned to edges). Note: one of Neuburg’s flamboyant rhyming inscriptions, it reads: ‘To Dennis West/ Unquestionable best/ Compositions in Steyning/The colleague-penning/ of Victor B./Neuburg, the/Twenty-forth of December:/Remember!/Blow it:/ The poet/Nineteen-twenty-one/My song is done:/ Yes!-/ At the Vine Press’.

PROHIBITED BOOKS. [Index Librorum Prohibitorum et Expurgatorum… D. Bernardi de Sandoval & Roxus… |De consillio supremi senatus s. generalis inquisitionis Hispaniarum. Geneva: J. Crispinus, 1620.] 4to (233 x 165mm.) Half-title, 2 parts in 1, woodcut initials and head and tail-pieces, text in Latin, some sections headed in Spanish, last leaf errata at kkkii. (Browning, light spotting throughout, lacking title and pp.1-4 and pp.13-16.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to the spine (dust-soiled, small splits to spine ends). Note: first published in 1536, this list of prohibited works was revised by the Council of Trent and regularly updated until it was itself suppressed after the Vatican II in 1966. Provenance: C. Stratford (ink name to the half-title); Douai Bibliothèque Publique (stamps to the half-title); Gavin Henderson (manuscript plate to front pastedown).

VINE PRESS (publisher). – Victor NEUBURG (editor). Larkspur: A Lyric Garland. Steyning: The Vine Press, 1922. Limited edition, this being number 7 of 40 De Luxe copies made from hand-made paper from an edition of 590, signed and inscribed by the author, 8vo (227 x 149mm.) Hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by Dennis West. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth-backed pictorial boards, gilt lettering to spine (fading to spine, damp-stain to lower cover, browned to edges). Note: the inscription reads: ‘The Artist: from the Editor, fraternally, May 19, 1923, Steyning, Sussex, Victor Neuburg’, also signed in ink under the portrait frontispiece. Provenance: Dennis West (ink inscription from Victor Neuburg on the front-free endpaper). – And a further volume published by the Vine Press (Rupert Croft-Cooke’s ‘Songs of a Sussex Tramp’, 1922, 8vo) (2).

SMITH, William. The History of the Holy Jesus. Containing a Brief Account of the Birth and Life, the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Our Blessed Saviour. London: Eben Tracy, 1717. 12mo (138 x 87mm.) 11 woodcut illustrations in the text. (Last leaf G10, lacking last twelve leaves, G5-G6 loose, damp-stained A2-F.) Contemporary calf (partially lacking spine, heavily rubbed, lower cover loosened). – And a further seven volumes (including John Dryden’s ‘Original Poems’, 2 vols., 1756, 8vo, and, published by John Baskett, ‘The Book of Common Prayer’, [lacking covers], 1717, 8vo, and a manuscript ‘Confessions’ book, [circa 1882]) (8).

Frank Martin (British 1921-2005) "Miss Italy 1955" Signed, titled and numbered 'Proof', woodcut in colours.63.5 x 94cm (framed 76.5 x 107.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition. There are numerous minor spots of foxing found across the paper. The print is framed and glazed.

Frank Martin (British 1921-2005) "The Ziegfield Follies" Signed, titled and numbered XIII/XXV in pencil in the margin, woodcut in colours.58 x 48cm (framed 87.5 x 76cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition. There are one or two spots of foxing found across the print, and a few faint creases running across the top right-hand corner of the paper. The print is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some very minor scuffs and knocks, commensurate with age, and there is a small exa,ple of discolouration found along the top edge of the mount board.

Frank Martin (British 1921-2005) "Rita Hayworth" Signed, titled and numbered AP (Artist's Proof), woodcut in colours.45 x 61.5cm (framed 57 x 73.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The print is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.

George Soper, Lengthening Shadows, 1940, signed and numbered 3/50, woodcut, 12.5x20cm.Provenance: the artist's collection.

Eva Roemer,Willow tree,colour woodcut, signed,30x23cm.

Eric Slater (British, 1896-1963) Seaford Head, Sussexwoodcutsigned and titled in pencil26 x 36cm Even discolouration of the ground paper, with slight discolouration in the top left and bottom right corners, otherwise good, colours remain strong, washline mount and plain glazed framePLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Eric Slater (British, 1896-1963) Tulipswoodcutsigned and titled in pencil33 x 24.5cm Good clean condition with fair strength of colour, paper an even white tone, old washline mount and glazed slim wooden frame.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Eric Slater (British, 1896-1963) Clayton Mills, Sussexwoodcutsigned and titled in pencil28 x 26cm Good impression, colours strong, paper evenly discoloured and showing some slight undulation, mounted close to the image, washline mount and glazed plain white framePLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Frank Morley Fletcher (English, 1866-1949) 'Brotherswater'woodcutsigned in pencil, 55/10035.5 x 17.5cm Honest condition, colours remain strong, slight undulation so thought not to be laid down, unprinted margins are a little discoloured particuarly near the top, old mount and glazed gilt frame in fair order.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Eric Slater (British, 1896-1963) 'Morning calm'woodcutsigned and titled in pencil27.5 x 36cm Fair to good condition, colours strong, some slight discolouration and possibly restoration in all four corners, otherwise dirt specking is on the glass not the work, modern card mount and glazed plain frame.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

*JONATHAN KINGDON (b. 1937) 'Porcupine' and 'Waterbuck'from the 'African Mammals' series, signed limited edition prints. numbered 989/990 and 957/990 respectively, 28cm x 21.5cm; together with MILNE HENDERSON (20th century) 'The Pig', signed, titled and dated 1960 in pencil, with dedication "1972 for Reynolds and Janet (Stone)", woodcut, 61 x 87.5cm (unframed, rolled) (3)

WOODCUTS & ETCHINGS. A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible, 13th edition, charming woodcut illustrations throughout, title, pp. [1-3], 4-130, lacking remainder inc. frontispiece & covers, London: Robert Bassam, 1796. Together with Vol. X of English Botany, [by James Sowerby], containing hand-coloured etched plates of lichens numbered 1893 to 2110, nothing before plates, [c. 1840], sold as a collection of plates with all faults (2)CONDITION:

Emma Bormann (1887-1974), a signed and hand coloured woodcut print titled 'Peking Ching Shan', along with another signed and coloured titled 'Shanghai Bund'. Both unframed. H.46 W.33cm (largest).

ETCHINGS AND WOODCUT PRINTS TO INCLUDE: ETHELBERT WHITE, TOM CHADWICK, LAURENCE ANGUS (6)Largest 26cm x 17cm

PICKFORD WALLER (1873-1927) 'Three Ravens', pen and ink with designs for furniture verso, bears Chris Beetles label verso which details exhibitions, that it is monogrammed and dated 1897 and taken from a sketchbook, 16.5cm x 22cm, together with Paul Furneaux (Scottish b.1962) 'Night Leaves', woodcut print, numbered 1/1 , titled and signed in pencil, 17cm x 12cm, a charcoal sketch of three swallows in a nest, initialled and dated '25, 20cm x 18cm, a pen and ink sketch of a thrush, 14cm x 10cm, all mounted, framed and glazed (4) (Condition Report: generally good condition overall)

Monica Poole (1921-2003), woodcut printed in three colours on wove, ‘Pool’, signed, titled and numbered 6/25 in pencil. Condition - slightly faded and mount browned

Nana Shiomi (Japanese, b.1956) 'Blue Venus'woodcut, inscribed with title and numbered '27/50' in pencil l.r.sheet 76 x 56cm, unframedCondition ReportSlight creases around the edges

Howard Phipps - Melbury Beacon, woodcut print, signed titled and numbered in pencil to the margin 65/150, 12x17cm, together with two others by the artist (3)

CHARLOTTE BAXTER hand printed original (ap) lino and woodcut print - 'Cylchred (Cycle)', 64 x 64cmsProvenance: donated to aid City HospiceComments: rustic wood frame, mounted and glazed

Original color woodcut on paper depicting two Children in Aizu by Japanese Master Kiyoshi Saito, a pivotal member of the Sosaku Hanga (Creative Print) group and winner of the Sao Paulo Biennale in 1951. Red seal on lower left with graphite signature below: Kiyoshi Saito. Housed in the original gilt and black frame with an off-white mat. Sight size: 8.75"L x 14"H. Frame dimensions: 13.75"L x 19.50"H x 1"W. Artist: Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese 1907-1997)Issued: c. 1945Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: JapaneseCondition: Age related wear.

Original color woodcut on paper attached to mat by Japanese woodblock artist Kaoru Kawano who represents a young girl with calla lilies. Red seal on lower left. Housed in the original gilt and black frame with an off-white mat. Sight size: 8.75"L x 14"H. Frame dimensions: 13.75"L x 19.50"H x 1"W. Artist: Kaoru Kawano (Japanese 1916-1965)Issued: c. 1950Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: JapanCondition: Age related wear.

Erich Heckel(1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)"Frau". OriginaltitelHolzschnitt/Papier, 1920. Sign. u. dat. 1921. Eins von ca. 15 bisher bekannten Exemplaren. Wvz. Ebner/Gabelmann, Bd. 2, Nr. 757 H; Dube, Bd. 1, Nr. H 323. Dargestellt ist seine Ehefrau Siddi Heckel, entstanden in Heckels Atelier in Osterholz an der Flensburger Förde. Lichtrand, verso an allen Rändern am Passepartout montiert. Darstellung 46,8 cm x 37,2 cm; Blatt ca. 57 cm x 46,5 cm. Rahmen.Weitere Exemplare u. a. im Brücke-Museum Berlin, in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, in der Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe und im Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf.Woodcut on paper, 1920. Hand-signed and dated 1921. One of an edition of circa 15. Light toning, two bright stains from the backing board, mounted to all margins on the mat (passepartout).

Bezalel schmiedet die BundesladeAltkolorierter Holzschnitt und Letterndruck/Papier (beschnitten; Wasserzeichen "achtblättrige Blüte"), wohl 1483. Im Druck bez. "COLIAP" und "BEZELEE". R. u. mit Tinte nummeriert "35". Verso deutscher Text in zwei Spalten sowie Sammlungsstempel (Lugt 2279). Erstmals erschienen in der niedersächsischen oder niederrheinischen Ausgabe der "Kölner Bibel", die beide von Heinrich Quentell und/oder Bartholomäus von Unckel um 1478 in Köln gedruckt wurden. Das vorliegende Blatt stammt vermutlich aus der von Anton Koberger (um 1440 - 1513) 1483 in Nürnberg gedruckten sog. "Koberger Bibel". Illustriert ist eine Szene aus dem Alten Testament (Exodus 31:2-8), in der Bezalel mit Hilfe von Oholiab die Bundeslade fertigt. 12 cm x 18,8 cm. Rahmen. Provenienz: Ehemalige Sammlung des Frankfurter Professors für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Georg Karl Wilhelm Seibt (1823 - 1901). Norddeutscher Privatbesitz.Hand-coloured woodcut on paper, 15th century. Illustration for a German bible, probably printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1483. First published in Cologne, circa 1478.

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein( um 1482 wohl Nürnberg - um 1539 Nördlingen)Noli me tangere (Christus erscheint Maria Magdalena als Gärtner)Holzschnitt/Papier, um 1504. Mit dem Monogramm Albrecht Dürers im Stock. Sammlungsstempel in Rot (Lugt 190). Verso div. handschriftliche Vermerke/Nummern. Wvz. Schreyl 1990 I, S. 53, Nr. 1. Blatt (bis auf Umrisslinie beschnitten) 18 cm x 18,3 cm. Provenienz: Sammlung Antoine Vivenel (1799 Compiègne - 1862 Paris).Galt bis ins 19. Jh. Albrecht Dürer als Urheber des vorliegenden Blattes äußerte bereits Bartsch erste Zweifel an Dürers Autorschaft. Nach weitere kritischer Begutachtung von u.a. Passavant und Dodgson einigte sich die Kunstwissenschaft auf Hans Leonhard Schäufelein als Schöpfer des Blattes, was Schreyl schlussendlich in seinem Werkverzeichnis manifestierte. Woodcut on paper, circa 1504. With monogram AD in the print. Collection stamp in red (Lugt 190).

Du Bartas (Guillaume de Salluste) Du Bartas his diuine weekes, and workes..., engraved pictorial title, woodcut portrait to verso of A5, woodcut head-, tail-pieces and initials, ink ownership inscriptions to Ttt6 verso and notes in modern hand to slip tipped-in at front, lacking initial blank and folding leaf at end, title fore-edge trimmed just touching image with paper slip tipped-on, Aa3 & Aa4 misbound, final leaf laid-down to sheet, some minor damp-staining towards end, light browning, eighteenth century calf, gilt, rebacked, retaining original back-strip with spine label renewed, [STC 21653], folio, Humphray Lownes, 1621.