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OCTOBER 2012 SUPPLEMENT FIRST 2013 MEETING If not already in your diary, please note that there is a talk on some Bookplates of Botanists, given by Anthony Pincott and John Edmondson. This is a joint meeting with The Linnean Society, on Thursday, 7 March 2013 at 2.30pm at The Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BQ. SUBSCRIPTION REMINDER – it helps us so much if you pay on time This supplement is being mailed by our printer with the Autumn 2012 journal. Subscription reminders are being sent out at the same time. Rates are as follows: UK members pay £30, USA $65, Europe €50, Rest £39, or £40.25 by PayPal. OUR SOCIETY’S NEW SECRETARY We are most grateful to Geoffrey Vevers for many years of sterling service, and pleased that John Titford has consented to act as secretary. A professional genealogist, John is well equipped for investigating interesting bookplates, and he contributes articles to our journal as well as Family Tree magazine and elsewhere. His address is: Yew Tree Farm, Hallfieldgate, Higham, Derbyshire DE55 6AG. Tel: 01773 520389 Fax: 01773 833373 Email: [email protected] Auction 67 1 December 2012 Please send your bids to our auction secretary Peter McGowan, Nethergreen House, 9 The Green, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire NG11 6DY or by email to [email protected] to reach him by 28 November 2012 at the latest. Ensure you include current address and contact details. If you are bidding by email, please make sure you have received his acknowledgement of receipt. Successful bidders from overseas will be asked to pay for their lots before despatch. If two bids of the same amount are received for a lot, then the bid received first will take precedence, so early bidding is desirable. All lots now carry reserves, either at a default value of 75% of the estimate or at an undisclosed figure set by the seller. No bid will be accepted below the reserve. Take into account that some of our estimated prices appear rather too modest, and may be well overbid. References to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography are shown as ‘ODNB’. Lot 21: 17thC engraving of the arms of Henri de Justel (1620-93), a Huguenot who came to London in 1681, became Charles II’s librarian at St James’s Palace, lived in a house on Piccadilly, friend of John Evelyn, was elected FRS, buried at Eton. See biography in ODNB. Lot 34 (part): Pretty engraved label of William Mountaine FRS (c.1700-79), born at Clint, West Riding, Yorkshire. Teacher of mathematics and writer of many books on navigation. Lived in Gainsford Street, Shad Thames (opposite Tower of London), buried in parish church of St Johns. Over 560 books, gifted to his old school, were in 1898 sold very cheaply to a Leeds bookseller. The Bookplate Society Newsletter October 2012 Supplement Auction 67 1 December 2012 LOT DESCRIPTION £ For images of the first 20 lots plus images of a selection of other lots, please go to www.bookplatesociety.org, click on Members Area (top right) and follow the link. 1 Bibliothek Oberherrlinge 1839 E.M. Arms within circles within square. 8 2 Italian mid-18C initials on shield upon Maltese star, coronet above, between 2 15 seated orientals, for Cavalier Francesco Vargas Macciucca, of Naples. See Gelli #1096. 3 German exlibris 2nd half 18C: Friedrich August Herzog Braunschweig- 30 Lüneburg-Oels, Warnecke #254 See www.virtuelles- kupferstichkabinett.de/index.php?selTab=3&currentWerk=43082& 4 Swiss 18C arms mantling helm and crest. Christoph Leonti Peijer im Hooff. 20 Listed at 280 SwFr in Falk & Falk, Zurich exlibris catalogue of 2005/6. 5 Perhaps French – rococo arms between eagles, crown above, motto Volabunt 10 Non Deficient. 6 Inter libros Josephi Mariae Parascandolo Antecessoris Regii A.L.N. – Italian 8 19C armorial from Naples. Gelli #792. 7 Belgian 18C armorial with supporters, motto groeninghe velt. Ascribed by 16 Rietstap to the Borluut family of Gand (Ghent), Flanders. 8 Mid-18C, multiple quarterings. Inscribed: Fievez, Avocat. Dexter supporter is 20 Justice (seated, she holds scales and sword). Sinister supported is perhaps Mars, in armour, holding a spear. 9 Swiss mid-18C oval armorial for Jacob Joseph Antoni Pfyffer von Altishoffen. 28 Venner. He was of Luzern, 1693-1761. See Wegmann #5571 10 French: Perrin Ministre, signed Demeuse. 15 11 Papal crown, crossed keys and arms of Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo 20 Lambertini, who was Pope 1740-58. Not in Gelli. Not necessarily a bookplate. 12 French or Italian: Unidentified arms Arg a lion ramp, crowned and tail erect, 10 an upright sword held in forepaws, on a chief 3 fleurs-de-lis. Coronet above. 13 French: Mr. Brochant du Breiul, Conseiller au Parlement, sgd [Charles- 20 Grégoire] Mathey Sculp. [of Paris]. 14 French: 2 lion supporters & helmet above arms. Inscribed: Ex Libris D Jacobi 15 Olivarii Vallée, Equitis, regi à Consilius, et in Camera regiarum Rationum Magistri Anno 1730. Signed: Gravé par Beaumont Gravr. Ord.re de la Ville. 15 Italian: Quartered arms with clerical hat above and 3 rows of tassels (ie a 15 bishop or abbot). Apparently not in Gelli. 16 French: Ex Libris D Petri Franc Delabarre de Joncy in Supr. Burg. Curia 20 Senatoris. 17 French: Rococo arms betw 2 eagles, coronet above. On a pedestal below is the 20 inscription: Bibli. Joan Petri Ludovici de Podio Equitis Domini de Laloubiere 1750. Signed: Roy inv et sculp. 18 Swiss 18C. inscribed R.D.I. Caspar Stettlin Caplau im Stettlin" (ZUG). Shield 25 bears a prancing unicorn; helm, coronet and feathers above. In an oval cartouche with inscription above crest. 19 2nd half 18C allegorical pictorial armorial with figures & cherubs; arms of 10 Germain Bart. impaling Berkeley. Probably not a bookplate but a dedication plate to Lady Elisabeth Germain (1680-1769) from a book. 20 Arms of Lincoln Cathedral (bookplate?) engraved in his last years by W. 50 Hollar (1607-77), F33810A (added to Franks Collection by Viner)., illus. at p.106 in Lee’s Parochial Library and Cathedral Ex-Libris. Rare item. 21 V. interesting 17C arms of De Iustel, used by Henry Justel (1620-93, ODNB), 20 or his father. Huguenot librarian of Charles II at St James’s Palace, signed by Parisian engraver Joan. Picart. On wove paper so possibly a late print from the Gentleman’s Magazine of March 1788. See illustration. 22 Jacobean Armorial F.14862. Arms above & long engraved text below begins 14 “The Gift of Henry Hoare Esqr Who Died March 12. 1724 Aged 47.” 23 Classic Pictorial Jac Arm of George Treadway F.29797 illus in long article by 12 BN Lee on stock patterns (Newsletter, June 1981); caryatids, cherubs etc. 24 Early Jac Arm of Richard Hassall Esqr (a) of Lincoln’s Inn 1745 F14043, and 13 later state (b) of Barnet 1768 F14045. Nice pair. (2) The next 20 lots all come from a single collection of Fellows of the Royal Society. See also Lots 21, 117 and 157 for more FRS. 25 Large Early Arm: The Right Honble William Lord North of Carthlage and 30 Baron Grey of Rolleston 1703. Fine “Brighton Book” bookplate F*84/F22012 26 Same inscription, but the small version F*94/F22013; plus Early Arm of The 25 Right Honble Charles Lord Halifax 1702 (small plate) F*71/F*80/F20878 (2) 27 Large Early Arm: Robert Harley of Bramton Castle in the County of Hereford 30 Esqr. F13802. Fine, with 20 quarterings 28 Early Arm: His Grace James Duke of Montrose, F12444. Dates from c.1707. 14 29 [Yorke] Jac Arms & supporters: Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke 16 in ye County of Gloucester, F32869 [Lord Chief Justice]; Philip Earl of Hardwick, NIF [minor browning at top margin]. (2) 30 Irish: Nice set of 3 anon Early Jac Arms (all different arms) supporters, badges 20 of John [Boyle] 5th Earl of Cork & Orrery, F3378, F3379 & F3380; Deburgh Earl of Clanricarde [John 11th Earl] F8327. W Hibbert sculp 1750 (4) 31 Solomon Dayrolles [d.1786, ODNB]: anon Early Jac Arm; v. nice Chip Arm 13 Sol Dayrolles Esqr, cherub, sgd W Austin sculp, F8625 (BJ Mar 2004) (2) 32 2 mid-18C barons, arms with supporters: anon F6310 [Thomas Coke of 11 Holkham, dates to 1728-44]; Right Honble Lord Henniker FRS, NIF 33 America: Chip Arm by Stephens of Francis Fauquier Esq. F10257. Elected 15 FRS 1753, Lieut-Governor of Virginia 1758-68. Allen #269. See ODNB. 34 Fine Chip label: The Gift of Wm. 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