The Gentleman's Library Sale
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge
Date of the auction: 23.02.2021 - 24.02.2021

BINDINGS
DICKENS (CHARLES) The Works, 40 vol. bound in 80, "The National Edition", LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, numerous engraved plates by Cruikshank, Hablot Browne, etc. on India proof paper, colour reproductions of original parts wrappers, light dampstaining in opening few volumes, red crushed morocco gilt by
Lot #: 1
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

BINDINGS
DICKENS (CHARLES) The Works, 17 vol. (Complete), "Crown Edition", plates, occasional light spotting, opening gathering to David Copperfield loose, contemporary half calf gilt, red and green morocco gilt lettering labels, Chapman and Hall, 1890-1892--GIBBON (EDWARD) The History of the Decline and
Lot #: 2
Estimate: £600 - £800
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

BINDINGS
MACAULAY (THOMAS BABINGTON) The Works, 12 vol., new impression, 12 plates, contemporary half calf, spines tooled in gilt within raised bands, t.e.g., Longmans, 1903--JONSON (BEN) The Works, 9 vol., half-titles, dark crushed morocco gilt by Stikeman, gilt lettered on spine, gilt dentelles, t.e.g., G
Lot #: 3
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

BINDINGS
ELIOT (GEORGE) The Writings, 25 vol. (Complete, including "The Life" by J.W. Cross"), LARGE-PAPER EDITION, frontispiece printed in 2 states (coloured, uncoloured), contemporary crushed half morocco gilt, spines tooled in compartments within raised bands, t.e.g., 8vo, Boston and New York, Houghton
Lot #: 4
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

BINDINGS
GREVILLE (CHARLES C.F.) The Greville Memoirs, 8 vol., edited by Henry Reeve, maroon straight-grained morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, sides with 3-line gilt fillet border enclosing 2-line inner border and floral corner-pieces, gilt dentelles, t.e.g., Longmans, 1874-1887--HAGGARD (ANDREW C.P.) [The
Lot #: 5
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

NAVAL – MAURICE SUCKLING
Letters patent appointing Maurice Suckling Comptroller of the Navy ("...except those thereof relating to the Comptrolling of the Treasurers Storekeepers and Victualling accounts...") in succession to Sir Hugh Palliser, at an annual salary of £500, on one membrane of vellum, engraved initial portrait
Lot #: 6
Estimate: £400 - £600
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

BINDINGS
LAMB (CHARLES) The Life and Works, 12 vol. (complete), "The Edmonton Edition", edited by Alfred Ainger, with introduction and notes, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, this number "90", printed on hand-made paper, 36 plates, contemporary full aqua-green morocco gilt, sides with 5-line gilt fillet border, floral
Lot #: 7
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

BINDINGS
[ARABIAN NIGHTS] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. with Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of the Nights... by Richard Burton [-Supplement. 17 vol. (complete), "Connoisseur Edition", NUMBER 14 OF 100 SETS
Lot #: 8
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

BINDINGS
MOTLEY (JOHN LOTHROP) The Works, 9 vol. (complete, comprising: The United Netherlands, 3 vol.;The Rise of Dutch Republic, 4 vol.; The Life and Death of John of Barneveled, 2 vol.), plates, polished calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McLurg & Co., spines elaborately tooled with within raised bands
Lot #: 9
Estimate: £400 - £600
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

English School
Still life of food with a cat stalking a mouse oil on canvas 50.5 x 60.5cm (19 7/8 x 23 13/16in
Lot #: 10
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

English Naive School
A jockey with a horse in a landscape oil on canvas 91.4 x 122.2cm (36 x 48 1/8in). unframed
Lot #: 11
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

English School
Call of the hunt oil on canvas 63.8 x 76.5cm (25 1/8 x 30 1/8in
Lot #: 12
Estimate: £3,500 - £5,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

English School
A view of Rochester with busy shipping on the Medway oil on canvas 26.7 x 44.7cm (10 1/2 x 17 5/8in
Lot #: 13
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

The Gentleman's Library Sale
'View on Regent's Canal' signed, indistinctly inscribed and titled 'L Evans 3 Devonshire/---- Camden Town/No1 View on Regents Canal' (on stretcher) oil on canvas 25.4 x 35.3cm (10 x 13 7/8in
Lot #: 14
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Follower of Richard Wilson, R.A
Tabley House, Cheshire oil on canvas 50.8 x 61cm (20 x 24in
Lot #: 15
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

English School
British soldiers preparing cannon for an impending engagement oil on metal 33.4 x 56.5cm (13 1/8 x 22 1/4in
Lot #: 16
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

John Augustus Atkinson
The 1st King's Dragoon Guards at Waterloo watercolour and pencil 22 x 34cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/8in
Lot #: 17
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Charles Henry Seaforth
Ships of the Imperial Russian Navy in stormy seas signed and dated 'C.H SEAFORTH/1859' (lower left) oil on canvas 39.7 x 60.7cm (15 5/8 x 23 7/8in
Lot #: 18
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

After Benjamin Marshall
'The Trimmed Cock'; 'The Cock in Feather' a pair both bear signatures and date oil on canvas 50.5 x 40.9cm (19 7/8 x 16 1/8in).(2
Lot #: 19
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Louis François Gerard van der Puyl
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, seated holding a letter from the Cape of Good Hope signed and dated 'VD Puyl/ Pt 1787' (lower left) oil on canvas 68.4 x 58.1cm (26 15/16 x 22 7/8in). unframed
Lot #: 20
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Anglo-Irish School
Portrait of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, London a wooden identification plaque affixed to the lower centre of the canvas oil on canvas 75.9 x 62.2cm (29 7/8 x 24 1/2in
Lot #: 21
Estimate: £600 - £800
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Edgar Hunt
Goats and chickens feeding in a farmyard interior signed and dated 'E. Hunt. 1916' (lower right) oil on canvas 35.8 x 45.7cm (14 1/8 x 18in
Lot #: 22
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Edwin Frederick Holt
Cows in a farmyard with chickens and chicks signed and dated 'E.F.Holt.1900' (lower left) oil on canvas 40.6 x 61cm (16 x 24in
Lot #: 23
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Follower of John Nost Sartorius
A cockerel with trimmed feathers oil on canvas 53.5 x 60.5cm (21 1/16 x 23 13/16in
Lot #: 24
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

H. Knight
A portrait of a seated girl and her dog with a garden beyond signed and dated 'H.Knight pinxt/1857' (lower left) oil on canvas 90.5 x 75cm (35 5/8 x 29 1/2in
Lot #: 25
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

British School
A primitive school portrait of a young girl, seated, holding a puppet of a soldier (or an Indian servant) and with a silver rattle at her waist oil on canvas 76.5 x 63.5cm (30 1/8 x 25in
Lot #: 26
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Felice Santoloni
Three wall designs of baccanti taken from Herculaneum the first and third signed and inscribed 'Felice Santoloni/BACCANTE/Del Ercolano' (lower edge) gouache the first 51.1 x 40.6cm (20 1/8 x 16in); the second 51.1 x 36.5cm (20 1/8 x 14 3/8in); the third 50.8 x 40 cm (20 x 15 3/4 in). (3
Lot #: 27
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Circle of Charles Collins
A badger and a rabbit in a landscape oil on canvas 61 x 74.3cm (24 x 29 1/4in
Lot #: 28
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Roman School
A black retriever with a lizard and a dead duck in a landscape oil on canvas 55.5 x 68.6cm (21 7/8 x 27in
Lot #: 29
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021

Dutch School
A barking dog in a landscape bears signature and date 'Adrian./Adriaen v***/velde.fec/ 1662' (strengthened, lower right) oil on laid paper, laid down on board, extended by 3.5cm on left edge 24.5 x 30.2cm (9 5/8 x 11 7/8in
Lot #: 30
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Date: 23 Feb 2021 - 24 Feb 2021
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