Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

P. Giambatista Pagani - Palermo, 1750, laid paper in full calf binding, 564 pp; spine worn; rare. 614 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm



Property of an Essex gentleman.

Original calf binding, still mostly tight and with tables and charts: a concordance of chronometric calculations using the Roman Julian calendar, the solar calendar of the Egyptians, the lunar calendar of the Arabs and the Hebrew metrics based in these three traditions.

Hardcover, 976 pp, profusely illustrated. 1.9 kg, 24.6 x 17.7 cm



From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

Hardcover with 32 pp and profusely illustrated with colourful pictures, published by Country Life. 231 grams, 25.5 x 18.6 cm



From the vendor's family by descent.

Orlando the Marmalade Cat is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Kathleen Hale. In this book, Orlando and his wife, Grace, decide to establish a shop where customers can either exchange goods or pay for them with milk and fish so that the stray cats of the neighbourhood can be gainfully employed and fed.

A mixed group of paper ordnance maps. 1.41 kg total, 52.5 x 40 - 66 x 55 cm



Acquired on the UK art market.

The Wide World Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly of True Narrative: Adventure, Travel, Customs and Sport, London, hardcover, 676 pp, monochrome illustrations. 1.8 kg, 25 x 19 cm



From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s