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Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Historical Photographs Tuesday 19 March 2013 at 2pm Knightsbridge, London 4 | Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Historical Photographs Tuesday 19 March 2013 at 2pm Knightsbridge, London Bonhams Enquiries Please see back of catalogue Please see back of catalogue Montpelier Street London for important notice to bidders for Notice to Bidders Knightsbridge Matthew Haley London SW7 1HH Luke Batterham New bidders must also provide proof bonhams.com Simon Roberts Illustrations of identity when submitting bids. Francesca Spickernell Front cover: Lot 107 Failure to do this may result in your Viewing +44 (0)20 7393 3828 Back cover: Lot 12 bids not being processed. Friday 15 March 9am to 4.30pm +44 (0)20 7393 3834 Inside front & back cover: Lot 104 Sunday 17 March 11am to 3pm +44 (0)20 7393 3879 fax Bidding by telephone will only be Monday 18 March 9am to 4.30pm [email protected] accepted on a lot with a lower Day of Sale 9am to 12pm estimate in excess of £400. 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Customer Services Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm Sale Number: 20751 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Catalogue: £18 Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Chairman, Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Antony Bennett, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Group Managing Director, Matthew Bradbury, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Veronique Scorer, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Matthew Girling CEO UK and Europe, Andrew Currie, David Dallas, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Shahin Virani, David Williams, Michael Wynell-Mayow. Montpelier Street, Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, James Knight, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, Robin Hereford, London SW7 1HH Patrick Meade, Caroline Oliphant, Hugh Watchorn. Asaph Hyman, Charles Lanning, Camilla Lombardi, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Fergus Lyons, Paul Maudsley, Gordon McFarlan, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Peter Rees, Julian Roup, Important Notices For explanation of any asterisked symbols that may appear in catalogues, please see the notice entitled ‘VAT’ at the end of the catalogue. Please note that lots comprising printed books, unframed maps and bound manuscripts are not liable to VAT on the Buyer’s Premium. Lots are sold with all faults, imperfections and errors of description, but if on collation any described printed book in this catalogue is found to lack text or illustrations, the same may be returned to Bonhams within 21 days of the sale; the unstated defect to be detailed in writing. This shall not apply in the case of un-named items, blanks, half-titles or advertisements, nor to damage to bindings, stains, tears or other defects unless these result in loss to text or illustration. Atlases, maps and prints are sold not subject to return, as are items sold as collections, association and extra-illustrated copies, or as bindings. Photographs and Prints Unlike Books, Manuscripts and Maps, but following the general convention, descriptions of photographs, related albums and prints do not contain any particular indicators of condition or faults. A subjective opinion on such matters can be sought from the Book Department. The names of photographers given at the head of lots represent our opinion at the time of going to press. These may, or may not, be supported by factual information elsewhere in the description. For further important notices relating to lots offered in this sale see notices at the end of this catalogue. Illustrations in the catalogue are for the purpose of identification only. Bidders should be wary of using illustrations as indicators of tone or contrast. In some cases (for example mounted and framed items) catalogue illustrations may not include full margins. Items indicated in the catalogue as ‘framed and glazed’ have not been examined out-of-frame, unless specifically stated. The measurements given for framed items are those of the image-to-view, although the actual image may be larger. Collection and Storage Buyers’ accounts are due for settlement at the end of each sale and it our hope that clients will collect at the same time or certainly within 48 hours of the sale finishing. All other sold lots will remain in Bonhams Knightsbridge Books department for 21 days. Any items not collected after 21 days may be removed to our warehouse in Park Royal where storage charges will apply at the rate of £2 per day per lot, attracting a removal charge estimated at £5 + vat. Buyers can contact the Book Department Stock Manager Leor Cohen to discuss any collection, storage or shipping concerns. Leor Cohen Tel: +44 (0) 20 7393 3841 Mobile: +44 (0) 7968 798 420 Email: [email protected] 47 Contents Lots Books, Maps and Manuscripts 1-96 Historical Photographs 97-113 Artists’ Letters and Drawings 114-135 Modern Literature, Children’s, Illustrated and Private Press 136-235 Property from the Estate of the late Thomas Yoseloff 190-206 Property of a Gentleman 207-235 2 8 | Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Historical Photography Tuesday 19 March 2013 at 2pm Please note that this sale is subject to the Conditions of Sale and other Notices at the beginning and end of this catalogue, and any saleroom notices that may be posted. Your attention is drawn to the notices at the beginning of the catalogue regarding the removal of purchases. 1 • ALBIN (ELEAZAR) A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from Life: And (for those who desire it) Exactly Coloured by the Author Eleazar Albin, Painter, FIRST EDITIoN, 99 hand- coloured engraved plates after drawings by the author (of 100, lacks plate 21), each with accompanying text leaf by W. Derham, list of subscribers, toning and light spotting throughout, neat early ownership inscription (“CHP: Gnlz Hillier. ex Bib: Edward Green, Chirurgas”), bookplate of William Hillier, 4th Earl of Onslow (1853- 1911, Governor of New Zealand), modern morocco gilt preserving original red morocco spine [Nissen ZBI 58; Freeman 45; Lisney 119], 4to (283 x 228mm.), for the Author, 1720 £800 - 1,200 €930 - 1,400 “Each plate is dedicated to a subscriber or well-known personality, undoubtedly those who acted as patrons or took an interest in Albin’s drawings of insects” (Lisney). Albin was keen to stress that his work was accurate in its depictions as he “observed it as a great fault in those who have gone before... that they either did not look often enough at their Pattern, or affected to make the picture outdo Nature” (Preface). 2 • ALBUM AMICORUM Album Amicorum kept by Carl Wi[l]helm Gödicke at Halle in 1780-81, comprising some fifty entries by John Christian Hendel, Johann Philipp Roth and others, in all, many embellished, six with profile silhouettes, three with watercolours (a stylised city, a rider approaching the coast, and seated soldiers being served at mess), others with music, printed ephemera, etc., c.50 pages plus blanks, Dutch floral marbled endpapers, lower cover stamped ‘1780’ (detached), upper cover lacking, spine worn, oblong 8vo, Halle, 1780-81 £600 - 800 €700 - 930 3 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS Collection of twelve late seventeenth or early eighteenth century architectural drawings, comprising: (i) Front elevation of the west facade of an Italianate church, with statues of pilgrim saints in niches to the side of the entrance and saints with musical instruments on the roof pillars, with a ground-plan of the portico below, on paper, pen-and-ink with grey wash, 520 x 390mm. (ii) Front elevation of a palazzo with eleven bays, swagged arms above the front entrance, ground plan below, on paper, pen-and-ink with grey wash, 400 x 530mm. ( iii) Front elevation of a palazzo, with two side bays and papal arms above the central window, on paper, pen- and-ink with grey wash, 780 x 512mm. (iv) Front elevation of an Roman archway, with four pyramid finials, with ground plan below, on paper, pen- and-ink with grey wash, blue wash surround, 398 x 376mm. (v) Front elevation of a nine-arched colonnade, with ground plan below, on paper, pen-and-ink with grey wash, 350 x 500mm. Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Historical Photography | 9 3 (vi) Front elevation of a palazzo with two side bays, ground plan below, inscribed “Scala di Moduli” over rule, on paper, pen-and-ink with grey wash, browned overall, small worm-holes, etc., 500 x 640mm. (vii) Front elevation of a tempietto with cupula, topped by a statue of Justice, statues in animated posture on central balustrade, ground plan below, on paper, pen-and-ink with grey wash, 560 x 500mm. (viii) Front elevation of an eleven bayed palazzo, of three stories, arms above entranceway, with fourteen statues set on plinths above the rood balustrade, ground plan below, on paper, pen-and-ink with grey wash, 465 x 730mm.