Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 520
520. Stothard (Thomas, RA) 2 o r i g i n a l i l l u s t r at i o n s f o r t h e
ar a B i a n ni g h t s, Coggia Houssain stabbed by Morgiana, and
Ganem finding Fetnah in the chest, for the Novelist Magazine,
pen and black ink with monochrome wash, each c.115 x 70mm.,
mounted on gilt-ruled card supports, pencil captions on verso (?by
a later hand), [1785] (2) £800 - £1,200
Lot 521
521. Stothard (Thomas, RA) 2 o r i g i n a l i l l u s t r at i o n s f o r el i z a
fo w l e r hay w o o d, one for The History of Betsy Thoughtless, the
other for The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, both for the
Novelist Magazine, pen and black ink with monochrome wash,
each c.115 x 70mm., mounted on gilt-ruled card supports, each
bearing later pencil inscriptions of identification on verso, [c.1783
and c.1785, respectively] (2) £800 - £1,200
522. Trench (Col. Sir Frederick William) a li t h o g r a p h i c sk e t c h
o f th e no rt h Ba n k o f t h e th a m e s, from Westminster Bridge to
London Bridge, shewing the Proposed Quay and some other
improvements suggested by Lieut.-Colonel Trench, prospectus
and 10 plates, printed in colour, to form a continuous panorama,
including folding plan, lithograph by T.M. Baynes, each section
c.220 x 565mm., but the final section 220 x 355mm., slight attendant
browning, stitched into original wrapper, title label to upper, small
repairs to lower edge, pasted into cloth backed marbled card
boards, cloth chemise,[cf. Abbey Life 496], oblong folio, Hurst and
Robinson, 1825. £800 - £1,000
Lot 523
523. Wilde (Oscar) th e happy pr i n c e a n d o t h e r tales, first e d i t i o n,
[1 o f 1000 c o p i e s], illustrations by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood,
frontispiece slightly loose, and small crack to front hinge, original
pictorial boards, spine darkened and soiled, bookplate to front pastedown,
4to, David Nutt, 1888. £600 - £800
Lot 524
524. Wilde (Oscar) a ho u s e o f po m e g r a n at e s, first e d i t i o n, [o n e
o f 1000 c o p i e s], 4 plates by Charles H. Shannon, woodcut title,
decorations and patterned endpapers by Charles Ricketts, ink
contemporary signature at head of title, original cloth comprising
green spine and off-white covers decorated in red & gilt, spine
lettered in gilt, uncut, a little rubbed and browned, spine slightly
stained, [Mason 347], small 4to, 1891. £500 - £700
*** “Mr. Shannon is the drawer of dreams, and Mr. Ricketts is the
subtle and fantastic decorator.” Oscar Wilde, in letter to The Speaker,
December 5 1891, in defense & praise of this publication.
One of Ricketts & Shannon’s early collaborations, before they
went on to form the Vale Press in 1896.
Lot 525
525. 19th century English School st i l l l i f e w i t h v i o l i n a n d s h e e t
m u s i c, watercolour over pencil, 245 x 350mm., ESK blindstamp of
an examination work in a South Kensington Museum exhibition,
framed and glazed, later 19th century; with a crude 19th century
charcoal copy of Boydell Shakespeare engraving after Fuseli’s
depiction of the three witches in Macbeth (2) £120 - £180
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