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His Majesties Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
[1727?]
8vo, 11pp., original wrappers, 195 x 120mm (7¾ x 4¾").
The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches was an organisation established in 1710 with the intention of building fifty new churches for the rapidly growing city of London. Although it did not meet its target, it did result in the construction of Nicholas Hawksmoor's iconic London churches. Letters Patent revoking the previous Letters Patent for this commission and appointing (probably re-appointing) 56 commissioners. ESTC lists five copies only (four in the UK, one in the US).
Ex Earl of Hardwicke MSS
[Ref: 39197] £120.00
[1727?]
8vo, 11pp., original wrappers, 195 x 120mm (7¾ x 4¾").
The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches was an organisation established in 1710 with the intention of building fifty new churches for the rapidly growing city of London. Although it did not meet its target, it did result in the construction of Nicholas Hawksmoor's iconic London churches. Letters Patent revoking the previous Letters Patent for this commission and appointing (probably re-appointing) 56 commissioners. ESTC lists five copies only (four in the UK, one in the US).
Ex Earl of Hardwicke MSS
[Ref: 39197] £120.00
![[Scrap album containing Cricket Ephemera.]](jpegs/39565.jpg)
[Scrap album containing Cricket Ephemera.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Scrap album. Size: 290 x 235mm (11¼ x 9¼"). Damage to spine.
An album containing a large amount of cricketing ephemera and articles, including both printed score cards and a very important manuscript score card indicating that, in 1837 Alfred Adams scored 279 against Bishops Stortford, the highest ever score recorded in cricket at the time of 279.
[Ref: 39565] £600.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1850.]
Scrap album. Size: 290 x 235mm (11¼ x 9¼"). Damage to spine.
An album containing a large amount of cricketing ephemera and articles, including both printed score cards and a very important manuscript score card indicating that, in 1837 Alfred Adams scored 279 against Bishops Stortford, the highest ever score recorded in cricket at the time of 279.
[Ref: 39565] £600.00 view all images for this item
![[Period scrap album containing an etching published by Darton, 1817; 'Natives pursuing Kangaroo's in the neighbourhood of New South Wales' after George Stubbs.]](jpegs/39566.jpg)
[Period scrap album containing an etching published by Darton, 1817; 'Natives pursuing Kangaroo's in the neighbourhood of New South Wales' after George Stubbs.]
[n.d., c.1817.] [Illustration; London, Published by Darton, Harvey & Darton, Gracechurch Street, Sept.r 1, 1817. ]
Scrap album. Size: 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Broken at spine.
A period scrap album containing mixed material, including prints, silhouetted cut-outs, drawings and watercolours, largely natural history. Includes a hand coloured etching titled, 'Natives pursuing Kangaroo's in the neighbourhood of New South Wales'; two Aborigines hunting kangaroos with spears, European buildings and a ship in the background. The female has two joeys in her pouch, a very unlikely occurence. The shape of the kangaroos is based on the illustration by George Stubbs, painted from a skin provided by Sir Joseph Banks and used in the Official Account of Cook's First Voyage. The representation of Sydney is among the first of the colony.
Lennox-Boyd, 'George Stubbs: The Complete Engraved Works', 463.
[Ref: 39566] £350.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1817.] [Illustration; London, Published by Darton, Harvey & Darton, Gracechurch Street, Sept.r 1, 1817. ]
Scrap album. Size: 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Broken at spine.
A period scrap album containing mixed material, including prints, silhouetted cut-outs, drawings and watercolours, largely natural history. Includes a hand coloured etching titled, 'Natives pursuing Kangaroo's in the neighbourhood of New South Wales'; two Aborigines hunting kangaroos with spears, European buildings and a ship in the background. The female has two joeys in her pouch, a very unlikely occurence. The shape of the kangaroos is based on the illustration by George Stubbs, painted from a skin provided by Sir Joseph Banks and used in the Official Account of Cook's First Voyage. The representation of Sydney is among the first of the colony.
Lennox-Boyd, 'George Stubbs: The Complete Engraved Works', 463.
[Ref: 39566] £350.00 view all images for this item
![[A collection of Trade Cards in four Albums.]](jpegs/39564.jpg)
[A collection of Trade Cards in four Albums.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Scrap albums. Sizes: 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). 255 x 360mm (10 x 14"). 295 x 445mm (11½ x 17½").
A fabulous collection of Trade cards in four albums 1840-1860's, Business cards, and invitations put together by Fanny van Beveren as titled on the cover board of one of her albums of over 1500 items including most trades, hotels, kitchen equipment, perfumes etc. A unique record of mainly Belgium industrial and shop industry. Includes in ink a listing of a journey from Colbenz on 21/7/1844 amd finishing 20/10/1844 in Bruxelles, via Germany, Sweden, Russia, Odessa, Constantimople, Greece, in quarantine, Ancona, Trieste, Verona then Germany and finally Bruxelles by Pierre van Derbon and Edward de Doncker. They travelled to the cities of Liege, Gand, Bruges, Louvain, Anvers, Brussels, Lille, Constantinople, Stockholm, Athens, Ems, Cologne, Bonn, Berlin, Amsterdam.
[Ref: 39564] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1850.]
Scrap albums. Sizes: 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). 255 x 360mm (10 x 14"). 295 x 445mm (11½ x 17½").
A fabulous collection of Trade cards in four albums 1840-1860's, Business cards, and invitations put together by Fanny van Beveren as titled on the cover board of one of her albums of over 1500 items including most trades, hotels, kitchen equipment, perfumes etc. A unique record of mainly Belgium industrial and shop industry. Includes in ink a listing of a journey from Colbenz on 21/7/1844 amd finishing 20/10/1844 in Bruxelles, via Germany, Sweden, Russia, Odessa, Constantimople, Greece, in quarantine, Ancona, Trieste, Verona then Germany and finally Bruxelles by Pierre van Derbon and Edward de Doncker. They travelled to the cities of Liege, Gand, Bruges, Louvain, Anvers, Brussels, Lille, Constantinople, Stockholm, Athens, Ems, Cologne, Bonn, Berlin, Amsterdam.
[Ref: 39564] £2,500.00 view all images for this item