Magnificent large plates of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=arthur%20rackham&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rackham</a>'s famous work, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter%20Pan&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Pan</a> in Kensington Gardens.<ul><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>Peter Pan Portfolio from Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie.&nbsp;</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Brentano,&nbsp;1914.</li><li>12 large color plates mounted in mattes with lettered tissue guards.</li><li>Half tan cloth with yellow silk moire.</li></ul> Lavish limited US edition of the striking portfolio version of Rackham's selected color plates from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. The detail and colors are breathtaking, and the large size of the plates does justice to Rackham's mastery. The plates are the sizes of the original art executed by Rackham and, in some cases, larger. Issued in a format meant for owners to be able to frame the plates for display, it is rare to find it complete.

Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens Portfolio

Rare French movie poster for the Disney classic Peter Pan.<ul><li>Roger Soubie (French, 1898-1984).</li><li>Walt Disney Studios.</li><li>RKO Radio Films.</li><li>Linen-backed paper.</li></ul>

Peter Pan French Movie Poster

The <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter+Pan&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Pan</a> edition of The Works of J.M. Barrie, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the author.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 14 volumes.</li><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.</li><li>Frontispiece in each volume.</li><li>Limited to 1030 numbered and signed sets by Barrie, this being copy #95.</li><li>Bound in half red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, uncut as issued, by Atkinson.</li></ul>

The Works Of J. M. Barrie Signed Peter Pan Edition

A Danish <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the Walt Disney film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter%20Pan&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Pan</a>.<ul><li>Walt Disney Studios.</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Danish Peter Pan Movie Poster

Treasures

sur large piédouche octogonal ajouré, le corps gravé de motifs Régence, les robinets à pans unis, les anses en anneau, le couvercle octogonal avec prise en toupie, gravée dans le bord du couvercle "Vonte gifte Van Carolina Anna leonarda Arents geiont door haeren peter heer Guido Moentack priester //GEBOOREN DEN 17 YUNI 1737 ", poinçons sous la base: ville, lettre -date (V) et maître-orfèvre

sur large piédouche octogonal ajouré, le corps gravé de motifs Régence, les robinets à pans unis, les anses en anneau, le couvercle octogonal avec prise en toupie, gravée dans le bord du couvercle "Vonte gifte Van Carolina Anna leonarda Arents geiont door haeren peter heer Guido Moentack priester //GEBOOREN DEN 17 YUNI 1737 ", poinçons sous la base: ville, lettre -date (V) et maître-orfèvre Haut. 47,5 cm. (18 3/4 in.), Poids brut. 3027 gr. (97.32 oz.)

View 1 of Lot 7: Fontaine de table à quatre robinets en argent, probablement par François de Mey, Bruges, 1736-1737

fontaine de table à quatre robinets en argent, probablement par françois de mey, bruges, 1736-1737

Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

PHALARIDIS. [Epistolae] Le bellissime è sententiose lettere di Falari prencipe d'Agrigento in Sicilia, di nuouo tradotte dalla greca nella fauella toscana. Venice: Venturino Ruffinelli for Curzio Troiano Navò, 1545

View 1 of Lot 234: Phalaris, Le lettere, Venice, 1545, Parisian armorial calf binding for Jean II Brinon

phalaris, le lettere, venice, 1545, parisian armorial calf binding for jean ii brinon

The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2

Vincent, Levinus Wondertooneel der Nature. Amsterdam: François Halma (volume 2 Gerard Valk), 1706-1715 2 parts in one volume, 4to (230 x 180 mm). Engraved additional title, double-page engraved frontispiece, title with engraved allegorical vignette, 7 engraved folding plates; occasional and very light spotting. Contemporary reddish-brown crushed morocco, Imperial coat-of-arms on each cover in gilt, sides paneled in gilt, spine decorated in blind, gilt buntpapier endpapers, gauffered edges; arms slightly oxidized, bumped. First edition, and a superb royal copy, of the richly illustrated catalogue of Dutch textiles merchant Levinus Vincent’s (1658–1727) famed natural history cabinet—one of the most beautiful of all cabinet catalogues. The visitor's book for Vincent's museum records 3,500 visitors including Peter the Great. The striking frontispiece is by Romeyn de Hooghe. Vincent assembled one of Holland’s great Wunderkammern, encompassing animals, shells, corals, marine plants, minerals, insects, ethnographic pieces, and a supporting library. Gersaint, writing in 1736, recalled visiting the collection after Vincent’s death and being impressed by its range and refinement. After protracted negotiations, the cabinet was sold to M. P. Bout, deputy of Holland. It was later dispersed at auction in The Hague in 1779, with many specimens informing the work of Valentijn, Cramer, d’Argenville, Petiver, and Knorr. Two large plates depict the collection: de Hooghe’s frontispiece shows the Amsterdam display, while a double-page plate presents the vast hall at Haarlem in 1705, with visitors examining the arrayed specimens. Additional plates show individual cabinets and drawer contents. The detailed text records the specimens item by item. A very fine, fresh copy from the library of Schönborn-Buchheim. The book is of some rarity at auction, particularly in such a binding and in such fine condition. REFERENCES Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe 105. See Florence Fearrington, Rooms of Wonder: From Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599-1899, Grolier Club, 2012, no. 96 PROVENANCE Counts of Schönborn-Buchheim (supralibros) — Johann Friedrich Oehls, a Leipzig law student, identifying himself as “of the County of Meissen” and associated with the study of natural law (18th-century inscription on title)

View 1 of Lot 210: Vincent, Levinus | Wondertooneel der Nature, first edition, and a superb royal copy

vincent, levinus | wondertooneel der nature, first edition, and a superb royal copy

Western Illuminated Manuscripts 

This lot includes 5 leaves (4 single leaves and one bifolium)

This lot includes 5 leaves (4 single leaves and one bifolium) Leaf 1, 10th-century Missal, a partial leaf, c.182 x 130mm, 22 lines written in brown ink in Carolingian minuscule, ruled in blind, 3 lines of early linear staffless St Gall neumes (Early German neumes), rubrics and 3 large capitals in red (stained and worn, text faded, especially on verso, red initials darkened, a few wormholes). Bound in grey buckram at the Quaritch bindery. Leaf 2, first half 11th-century Antiphonal, a bifolium, c.222 x 158mm, blind-ruled for 25 lines written in a regular Caroline minuscule, ruled space c.170 x 100mm, initials in red, psalm tone differential musical cues in the margins, St Gall (Early German) linear, staffless neumes (formerly used as a pastedown, slight darkening of the margins, the margins slightly trimmed, with the loss of parts of marginalia, some creasing). Leaf 3, mid-11th-century Psalter, c.269 x 165mm, 24 lines written in brown ink in a late German Carolingian minuscule, ruled space: c.200 x 120mm, 24 lines of early staffless adiastematic (unheightened) St Gall neumes (Early German neumes), rubrics and large initials in red, early foliation 'xlxii' (small cut in the upper part of the leaf with small loss to text and music, a little darkened). Bound in grey buckram at the Quaritch bindery. Leaf 4, second half 11th-century Breviary, c.270 x 210mm, 33 lines written in dark brown ink in a late Carolingian minuscule of 2 sizes, ruled space: c.260 x 170mm, stylised St Gall neumes in transitional form, rubrics and initials in red (a few stains). Bound in grey buckram at the Quaritch bindery. Leaf 5, second half 11th century Breviary, c.292 x 193mm, a single leaf, 29 lines written in brown ink in a regular Romanesque book script in two sizes, ruled space: c.240 x 150mm, staffless adiastematic (unheightened) St Gall neumes (Early German neumes) above lines, rubrics and three 2-line initials in red (recovered from use as a pastedown, verso consequently almost entirely scrubbed, some darkening to the margins, some cuts, creases and fading). Bound in grey buckram at the Quaritch bindery. AN INTRIGUING COLLECTION OF EARLY LEAVES PROVENANCE Leaf 1 1. Antiquariat J. Voerster, Stuttgart. 2. Bernard Quaritch, acquired in 1993 by: 3. Schøyen Collection, MS 1663. Leaf 2 1. Internationaal Antiquariaat Menno Hertzberger, Amsterdam 22 June 1966, lot 1126, purchased by: 2. Ludwig Rosenthal Antiquariaat, Hilversum, Netherlands. 3. Bernard Rosenthal, his ‘I/203’ (1966-1987). 4. Bernard Quaritch, Bookhands of the Middle Ages, III, cat. 1088 (1988), no 35. 5. Schøyen Collection, MS 98. Leaf 3 1. Antiquariat J. Voerster Collection, Stuttgart. 2. Bernard Quaritch, acquired in 1993 by: 3. Schøyen Collection, MS 1667. Leaf 4 1. Walter Goldwater (1907-1985), American antiquarian bookseller and founder of University Place Book Shop, New York. Acquired from him in January 1967 by: 2. Bernard Rosenthal, his ‘I/206’. 3. Bernard Quaritch, Bookhands V, cat. 1147 (1991), no 34, acquired in 1990 by: 4. Schøyen Collection, MS 641. Leaf 5 1. Robert Babcock, New Haven. 2. Bernard Quaritch, acquired in 1993 by: 3. Schøyen Collection, MS 1769. COMMENTARY This lot brings together 5 leaves containing St Gall Neumes, ranging from the 10th century to the second half of the 11th century. The leaves form a fascinating collection, offering insight into the use of neumes in the context of St Gall Abbey and its liturgical and musical practices. Encompassed are a leaf from a 10th-century Missal, an 11th-century Antiphonal, an 11th-century Psalter leaf, as well as two leaves from two different 11th-century Breviaries. This selection of leaves reveals the breadth of liturgical manuscripts in demand and use during the 10th and 11th centuries – an important time for the refinement of musical practice during mass. Neumes in their basic form provided an aide-memoire by means of a specialised notation for chants sung during mass and for Gregorian chants. These chants are still renowned for creating harmony out of chaos, shaping and elevating the individual voice to fashion an otherworldly melody that cannot be simply detangled by the listener. The practice of music and singing were central parts of daily life in religious foundations. Some of the earliest examples of neumes can be traced back to 9th-century St Gall, Metz, and Laon, which were important monastic foundations that would produce some of the leading medieval scholars, such as Notker Balbulus, Adalbero I of Metz, and Anselm of Laon. St Gall neumes are seen as particularly distinguished for their time, as the monastery had a strong tradition of creating elaborate musical manuscripts from the 9th century onwards. In their earliest incarnation, a single neume could stand for a tone or a melodic pattern. Staffless neumes, such as in leaf 1 and 2 were called cheironimic neumes. This earliest notational system provided information about pitch changes and the relative duration of a sung syllable, acting as a mnemonic device for how the melody was sung, but not offering enough contextual information to reconstruct the melody. The musical manuscripts of St Gall formed some of the earliest traces of Western Christian musical practice, with a clear artistic ambition and vision which is captured in the leaves at hand. In their differing approach to musical notation, the leaves show the refinement and development of the use of neumes in St Gall, from the early 10th to the late 11th century, ranging from early staffless examples to the stylised forms of musical notation typical in the second half of the 11th century. TEXT AND MUSIC Leaf 1, Missal, a partial leaf with St Gall Neumes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 10th-century] The fragment contains the text for the mass for the Monday after the 3rd Sunday in Lent, beginning at the end of the postcommunion for the 3rd Sunday in Lent: 'A cunctis nos, Domine, reatibus & periculis [...]' followed by the sung mass 'In Deo laudabo'; the Psalm ('Miserere mei'); the prayer 'Cordibus nostris' and the reading 'In diebus illis'. The script is a regular 10th-century minuscule, with open bow on 'g', dotted Caroline 'y', rounded 's'. The sung portions are written in a smaller script, with early linear staffless neumes. Neumes of this period from the East Frankish territories convey many nuances and small details of inflections for the singer, without giving precise details of pitch. Leaf 2, Antiphonal fragment with St Gall Neumes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first half of the 11th century] A table listing the incipits of chant texts for offices of saints, with marginal notes showing the modal formulae associated with each antiphon supplied with primitive German neumes. The text is non-consecutive and contains a table of Sanctoral offices, from St Paul the Apostle (30 June) to St Pantaleon (7 July), and St Maurice (22 September) to All Saints (1 November). Linear, staffless neumes represent the most primitive stage of notation, without any cue to the pitch of each neume, making performance fully dependent on oral tradition. Leaf 3, A leaf from a Gradual with St Gall Neumes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-11th century] The text of the fragment is the Masses for the Vigil of Sts Peter and Paul, the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul, with versicles, gradual, offertory and communion, from '[Nimis con]fortatus est principatus eorum' to 'Qui operatus est Petro in apostolatu [operatus est]'. This is a clear and neat example of German Carolingian script and St Gall notation: the virga is slightly curved and on a slant; the pes, clivis, and torculus are rounded. The script is made up of accent neumes, with the signs aligned horizontally above the words and not diastematic. Already in the 11th century we see a slight thickening of the cursive penwork. Leaf 4, A leaf from a Breviary with St Gall Neumes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half 11th century] The leaf contains the end of the Feast of St Michael (29 September) and the beginning of the Feast of Sts Remigius, Germanus and Vedastus (1 October) from '[principem Persarum contradicen]tem tuis precibus et meae legationi verumtamen Michahel archangelus [...] to the rubric: 'In nativitate Sanctorum Remigii Germani Vedasti [confessorum?]'. The script, written in dark brown ink in a thick, bold hand, can be compared to Bernhard Bischoff, Kalligraphie in Bayern, 1981, no 9, p.27, also from the second half of the 11th century, and a leaf from a Gregorian Sacramentary sold at Christie's, The History of Western Script, Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection, 10 July 2019, lot 434. The St Gall notation here is slightly stylised, with Psalm tone differential musical cues in the margins. Leaf 5, A leaf from a Breviary with St Gall Neumes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Italy, second half 11th century] The leaf contains readings for the Feasts of Staints Sixtus (August 6/7) Cyriacus (August 8) and Lawrence (August 10), beginning: 'Beatus Syxtus episcopus respondit: Ego semper sacrificavi [...]'. Notation is added to some but not all of the chant texts, in a contemporary hand. LITERATURE Unpublished. FURTHER READING Eccardus (Sangallensis): St. Galler Klostergeschichten/Ekkehard IV. transl. by Hans F. Haefele, 3 ed., Darmstadt 1991. Töne für die Seele Musik in St. Galler Handschriften Sommerausstellung 29. April bis 9. November 2025 Franziska Schnoor, Basel 2025.

View 1 of Lot 1: 5 fragments with St Gall Neumes | Germany and Northern Italy | 10th-11th century

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