Whisky & Whiskey | The Camouflage Collection Part II

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 proof NV

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 proof NV ﻿Bottle #197 of 499, bottle code: L1933701N17:45, ullage: mid shoulder, contains glass stopper, certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case, original presentation case worn 1 bt 75cl (opc) Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or shipment to the District of Columbia, New Hampshire and New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business.

View 1 of Lot 176: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 proof NV (1 BT 75cl)

double eagle very rare 20 year old 90 proof nv (1 bt 75cl)

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Double Eagle Very Rare Bourbon 45.0 abv NV

Double Eagle Very Rare Bourbon 45.0 abv NV 1 bt75 (opc) Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or shipment to the District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Shipping / Collection / Storage in the Conditions of Business.

double eagle very rare bourbon 45.0 abv nv (1 bt75cl)

The Great American Whiskey Collection

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV 2019 Release, Bottle code:L19008011445H, bottle #112 of 299, includes original certificate of authenticity 1 bottle 75cl (original presentation case) Please refer to images for levels and conditions﻿ All Lots are offered for sale in the condition they are in at the time of sale and sold “AS IS” in accordance with the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Prospective buyers should inspect each Lot to satisfy themselves as to condition. The images provided here are provided to assist you with assessing the condition of each Lot and are for guidance only; they should not be considered a replacement for inspecting the Lot in person. Buyers are encouraged to collect their purchased Lots in person at our New York premises. Please note we do not ship spirits to any location outside of Manhattan. ﻿Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business. Please note that for Wine and Spirits Lots, the Buyer’s Premium rate is 24% of the Hammer Price and the Overhead Premium rate is 1% of the Hammer Price. The Buyer’s Premium and Overhead Premium are subject to any applicable VAT/GST and/or sales or use tax. Please refer to the Conditions of Business for further details.

View 1 of Lot 1025: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV (1 Bottle 75cl)

double eagle very rare 20 year old 90 proof nv (1 bottle 75cl)

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Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV Bottle code: Missing, bottle #68 of 1000 bottles, imported to the UK by Sazerac, UK duty sticker applied to rear of bottle, contains glass stopper, within original black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case, shipping and storage stickers adhered to the transit packaging 1 bottle 75cl (original presentation case) Please refer to images for levels and conditions ﻿All Lots are offered for sale in the condition they are in at the time of sale and sold “AS IS” in accordance with the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Prospective buyers should inspect each Lot to satisfy themselves as to condition. The images provided here are provided to assist you with assessing the condition of each Lot and are for guidance only; they should not be considered a replacement for inspecting the Lot in person. Buyers are encouraged to collect their purchased Lots in person at our New York premises. Please note we do not ship spirits to any location outside of Manhattan. ﻿Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business. Please note that for Wine and Spirits Lots, the Buyer’s Premium rate is 24% of the Hammer Price and the Overhead Premium rate is 1% of the Hammer Price. The Buyer’s Premium and Overhead Premium are subject to any applicable VAT/GST and/or sales or use tax. Please refer to the Conditions of Business for further details.

View 1 of Lot 228: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV (1 Bottle 75cl)

double eagle very rare 20 year old 101 proof nv (1 bottle 75cl)

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Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV Bottle #216 of 299, bottle code: L1933801N08:48, contains glass stopper, certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case, original presentation case doors slightly loose 1 bottle 75cl (no original packaging) Please refer to images for levels and conditions Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business. Please note that for Wine and Spirits Lots, the Buyer’s Premium rate is 24% of the Hammer Price and the Overhead Premium rate is 1% of the Hammer Price. The Buyer’s Premium and Overhead Premium are subject to any applicable VAT/GST and/or sales or use tax. Please refer to the Conditions of Business for further details.

View 1 of Lot 82: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV (1 Bottle 75cl)

Whisky & Whiskey | The Three Continents Collection Part V - The Final Chapter

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 proof NV Bottle no. 256 of 299, bottle code: L19009011504H, ullage: high shoulder, contains certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping packaging 1 bt 75cl (opc) ﻿Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or shipment to the District of Columbia, New Hampshire and New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business.

View 1 of Lot 5315: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 proof NV (1 BT75)

double eagle very rare 20 year old 90 proof nv (1 bt75)

Whisky & Whiskey | Rare Scotch, Bourbon & Rye featuring the Hard Water Collection

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV Bottle #206 of 299, bottle code: L19010011036H, ullage: mid shoulder, contains glass stopper, certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case, original presentation case worn 1 bt 75cl (opc) Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business.

View 1 of Lot 177: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV (1 BT 75cl)

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Double Eagle Very Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 90 Proof NV

Double Eagle Very Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 90 Proof NV u. ms 1 bt75 (oc)

double eagle very rare kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, 90 proof nv (1 bt75cl)

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV Bottle code: Missing, bottle #135 of 1000 bottles, imported to the UK by Sazerac, UK duty sticker applied to rear of bottle, contains glass stopper, within original black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case, shipping and storage stickers adhered to the transit packaging 1 bottle 75cl (original presentation case) Please refer to images for levels and conditions ﻿All Lots are offered for sale in the condition they are in at the time of sale and sold “AS IS” in accordance with the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Prospective buyers should inspect each Lot to satisfy themselves as to condition. The images provided here are provided to assist you with assessing the condition of each Lot and are for guidance only; they should not be considered a replacement for inspecting the Lot in person. Buyers are encouraged to collect their purchased Lots in person at our New York premises. Please note we do not ship spirits to any location outside of Manhattan. ﻿Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business. Please note that for Wine and Spirits Lots, the Buyer’s Premium rate is 24% of the Hammer Price and the Overhead Premium rate is 1% of the Hammer Price. The Buyer’s Premium and Overhead Premium are subject to any applicable VAT/GST and/or sales or use tax. Please refer to the Conditions of Business for further details.

View 1 of Lot 229: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV (1 Bottle 75cl)

The World’s Most Valuable Whisky + The Epicurean’s Atlas

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV Bottle code: L223340112:3211, one of 1000 bottles, imported to the UK by Sazerac, UK duty sticker applied to rear of bottle, level: mid shoulder, contains glass stopper, within original black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case 1 bt 75cl (opc) LYING IN GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX Offered Duty Paid With VAT On the Hammer Price Please note the purchase price does not include applicable shipping, taxes or import charges which may be charged in addition to the purchase price. Standard price shipping is available for deliveries within the United Kingdom (excluding Ireland and Scotland). Prices are quoted per case of wine or spirits; please note that a single bottle of wine or spirit will be considered as a full case. Deliveries will be charged as follows: - to an address in London: £35 for the first 10 cases, plus £10 for any additional case, plus VAT and Sotheby’s Transit Care cover; - to a UK address outside of London (excluding Ireland and Scotland): £45 for the first 10 cases, plus £10 for any additional case, plus VAT and Sotheby’s Transit Care cover. Price on application quotes are available for all other UK addresses. Pricing for international shipping available from Sotheby's Wine and Spirits Department on request, please contact: winepostsaleservices.UK@sothebys.com. Sotheby’s cannot arrange or take responsibility for shipments to non-UK buyers, but will be pleased to introduce them to a forwarding agent. Where it is necessary to have a licence to import wines or spirits, procural of the licence shall be the sole responsibility of the buyer. Buyers from outside the UK should note that local sales taxes or use tax may become payable upon import of items following purchase. Buyers should obtain their own advice in this regards. Any duties and taxes payable on import to the country of destination are not included. The cost of any such permit or license required for export or import of the purchased lot is not included. UK purchasers wishing to export directly out of the UK will have to pay VAT on the Buyer’s Premium irrespective of the destination. If you are shipping to another EU member state, 20% VAT has been added to the Buyer’s Premium. Those amounts of VAT may be refunded provided Sotheby’s receive the appropriate export documents within 3 months of the sale.

View 1 of Lot 48: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV (1 BT 75cl)

double eagle very rare 20 year old 101 proof nv (1 bt 75cl)

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Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV Bottle #194 of 199, bottle code: L210280115:34M, ullage: top shoulder, inside of presentation case worn and damaged, contains glass stopper, certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case 1 bt 75cl (opc) Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business. ﻿Please note that for Wine and Spirits Lots, the Buyer’s Premium rate is 24% of the Hammer Price and the Overhead Premium rate is 1% of the Hammer Price. The Buyer’s Premium and Overhead Premium are subject to any applicable VAT/GST and/or sales or use tax. Please refer to the Conditions of Business for further details.

View 1 of Lot 141: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV (1 BT 75cl)

Whisky & Whiskey | The Camouflage Collection Part I

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV Bottle #81 of 199, bottle code: L210280110:56M, ullage: very top shoulder, contains glass stopper, certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case 1 bt 75cl (opc) Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or shipment to the District of Columbia, New Hampshire and New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business.

View 1 of Lot 225: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV (1 BT 75cl)

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV Bottle #72 of 299, bottle code: L19009010709H, ullage: high shoulder, contains glass stopper, certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case 1 bt 75cl (opc) Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or shipment to the District of Columbia, New Hampshire and New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business.

View 1 of Lot 224: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV (1 BT 75cl)

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV Bottle code: L223340112:32M, bottle #54 of 1000 bottles, imported to the UK by Sazerac, UK duty sticker applied to rear of bottle, contains glass stopper, within original black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case, shipping and storage stickers adhered to the transit packaging 1 bottle 75cl (original presentation case) Please refer to images for levels and conditions ﻿All Lots are offered for sale in the condition they are in at the time of sale and sold “AS IS” in accordance with the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Prospective buyers should inspect each Lot to satisfy themselves as to condition. The images provided here are provided to assist you with assessing the condition of each Lot and are for guidance only; they should not be considered a replacement for inspecting the Lot in person. Buyers are encouraged to collect their purchased Lots in person at our New York premises. Please note we do not ship spirits to any location outside of Manhattan. ﻿Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business. Please note that for Wine and Spirits Lots, the Buyer’s Premium rate is 24% of the Hammer Price and the Overhead Premium rate is 1% of the Hammer Price. The Buyer’s Premium and Overhead Premium are subject to any applicable VAT/GST and/or sales or use tax. Please refer to the Conditions of Business for further details.

View 1 of Lot 230: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 101 Proof NV (1 Bottle 75cl)

Whisky & Whiskey | America's Finest Bourbon and Rye Through the Decades

Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV Bottle #324 of 499, bottle code: L1933701N17:45, ullage: mid shoulder, contains glass stopper, certificate of authenticity and black velvet bag, packed in original shipping case. 1 bt 75cl (opc) Please note that all spirits are sold for collection in New York or delivery within New York via specialized carriers. For delivery outside of the United States, please see Important Information for Purchases at Wine and Spirit Sales in the Conditions of Business.

View 1 of Lot 87: Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year Old 90 Proof NV (1 BT 75cl)

Icons of Endless Luxury

Old and Rare from Buffalo Trace, including:

Old and Rare from Buffalo Trace, including: Colonel E.H Taylor Warehouse C 100 proof NV (1 BT)-10 year old Double Eagle Very Rare Bourbon 101 proof NV (1 BT)BT# L210280115:24M, Bottle 188 of 199, 20 Year Old O.F.C Bourbon 90 proof 1995 (1 BT)BT# 202800113:27M, Distilled in 1995, bottled in 2020, 25 Year Old

View 1 of Lot 103: Old and Rare from Buffalo Trace

old and rare from buffalo trace

* U.S.A., Double Eagle, 1875-CC, letters of mintmark close (Breen 7256), uncirculated, some friction and surface marks to Liberty's cheek and light bagmarks on both sides (especially the obverse), but an unusually fine example and very rare thus

* u.s.a., double eagle, 1875-cc, letters of mintmark close (breen 7256), uncirculated, some friction and surface marks to liberty's cheek and light bagmarks on both sides (especially the obverse), but an unusually fine example and very rare thus

the pot of compressed globular form, incised with a band of opposing triangle motifs, and crisply sprigged in cream with flower, bird and figural motifs including a crowned head titled beneath LOCRINE, and set with a mask spout and dolphin handle tipped in cream slip, all beneath a cream slip-edged rim, the cover with a rouletted band, edged in cream slip, and applied with double-headed eagle and flower reliefs around a reclining lion-form knop.

a very rare staffordshire glazed redware teapot and covercirca 1740

Germany, Neuss, thaler, 1557, double eagle, rev., St. Quirinus standing with banner, flanked by shields (Dav. 9593), cleaned, very fine and rare

germany, neuss, thaler, 1557, double eagle, rev., st. quirinus standing with banner, flanked by shields (dav. 9593), cleaned, very fine and rare

1963 3d. yellow eagle printing double, s.g.78c,

Important Watches

• manual winding movement, two hammers repeating on two gongs • white enamel dial, Roman numeral, subsidiary seconds • 18k yellow gold hinged case, case back with a double-headed eagle coat of arms, minute-repeating slide to the band • case, dial, cuvette, and movement signed

a fine and very rare yellow gold open-face minute repeating keyless watch with enamel dial, made for russian marketno 1599 circa 1867

The Cottesloe Military Library

ZANCHI, TETI, CATANEO AND FERRETTI A volume containing 4 works on fortification, comprising: i. Zanchi, Giovanni Battista. Del modo di fortificar le citta. Venice: (Domenico and Cornelio Nicolini da Sabbio), 1560, woodcut portrait of the author on title-page, woodcut initials and illustrations ii. Teti, Carlo. Discorso di fortificationi. Rome: Giulio Accolti, 1569, FIRST EDITION, woodcut double-headed eagle on title-page, woodcut illustrations, woodcut printer's device on final verso, leaf B1 missing and supplied in later manuscript facsimile, inscription removed from foot of title-page iii. Cataneo, Girolamo. Nuovo ragionamento del fabricare le fortezze, si per prattica, come per theorica. Brescia: Giovanni Francesco and Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1571, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut diagrams (some double-page), folding woodcut plate (signed K3 and foliated 33) bound after preliminaries of Ferretti, occasional light browning iv. Ferretti, Francesco. Della osservanza militare. Venice: Camillo and Rutilio Borgomineri, 1567, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations, without final blank 4 works in one volume, 4to (200 x 141mm.), eighteenth-century Italian vellum, gilt armorial of Pius VI on spine, with a manuscript list of contents on flyleaf headed "Opusculi militari tomo II" Zanchi's work was first published in 1554. For other editions of Cataneo, see lots 73-75, 131 and 319, for a later edition of Ferretti, see lot 166, and for other editions of Teti, see lots 71, 319 and 437. LITERATURE: Cockle 767, 776 ("very rare first edition"), 779 & 537 (1568 edition); Edit16 31966, 23118, 10303 & 18848 (with colophon dated 1568) PROVENANCE: Pius VI (1719-1799, Pope from 1775), gilt armorial on spine; Guglielmo Palmieri, inscription on title-page of the Ferretti

zanchi, teti, cataneo, ferretti, a volume containing 4 works, 1560-1571, later vellum, pius vi's copy

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Ladurner, A., & A. Charlemagne Garde Impériale Russe. St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Paris: Daziaro, 1842–1852 12 very fine handcolored lithographed plates (ca. 664 x 515 mm, sheet) after Ladurner and Charlemagne, lithographed by Victor, Huot, and Bastin, printed by J. Chevalier, captioned in Russian (Cyrillic) and French with the double-headed Russian eagle and keys identifying each rank and regiment depicted, plates on guards; plate 3 with marginal discoloration just into background of image, a few plates lightly browned. Early twentieth-century half maroon morocco over marbled boards, spine in six compartments, gilt-lettered in second, marbled endpapers, additional flyleaves at front and back, top edge gilt; extremities a bit worn. Very Rare: Apart from Colas (599), Garde Impériale Russe does not seem to appear in any of the standard bibliographies of costume, but it is also recorded in M. Lyons, The Russian Imperial Army. A Bibliography of Regimental Histories and Related Works (Stanford: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University 1968). No other copies seem to be cited in the auction records. The lithographs depict life guards, infantry, grenadiers, cuirassiers, and cavalry. PROVENANCE: Louis Napoléon Michel Ney duc d'Echingen (armorial bookplate) — N.M (small collector’s stamp on verso of each plate) —Alexandre Sementchenkoff (bookplate; Christie's London, 22 October 1987, lot 525)

View 1 of Lot 1070: Ladurner, A., & A. Charlemagne | Garde Impériale Russe, a virtually unrecorded suite of Russian military plates, with distinguished provenance

ladurner, a., & a. charlemagne | garde impériale russe, a virtually unrecorded suite of russian military plates, with distinguished provenance

* Bishopric of Chur, Ortleib von Brandis (1458-1491), uniface pfennig, Gothic O above ibex, annulet below, 0.27 g. very fine; Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg (1503-41), batzen, 1528, 3.35 g., weakly struck, fair to fine; Beatus a Porta (1565-81), etschkreuzer, Imperial eagle within circle, rev., double-cross, 0.85 g., weak in places, fine and very rare; Peter II von Rascher (1581-1601), uniface pfennig, Bishopric and family arms with crozier and mitre above, 0.17 g. (Trachsel 69), extremely fine and rare

* Bishopric of Chur, Ortleib von Brandis (1458-1491), uniface pfennig, Gothic O above ibex, annulet below, 0.27 g. very fine; Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg (1503-41), batzen, 1528, 3.35 g., weakly struck, fair to fine; Beatus a Porta (1565-81), etschkreuzer, Imperial eagle within circle, rev., double-cross, 0.85 g., weak in places, fine and very rare; Peter II von Rascher (1581-1601), uniface pfennig, Bishopric and family arms with crozier and mitre above, 0.17 g. (Trachsel 69), extremely fine and rare Last two illustrated. Third ex Kress 125, lot 2626.

* bishopric of chur, ortleib von brandis (1458-1491), uniface pfennig, gothic o above ibex, annulet below, 0.27 g. very fine; paul ziegler von ziegelberg (1503-41), batzen, 1528, 3.35 g., weakly struck, fair to fine; beatus a porta (1565-81), etschkreuzer, imperial eagle within circle, rev., double-cross, 0.85 g., weak in places, fine and very rare; peter ii von rascher (1581-1601), uniface pfennig, bishopric and family arms with crozier and mitre above, 0.17 g. (trachsel 69), extremely fine and rare

Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

Swiss A very rare and fine gold, enamel and pearl-set double scent flask in the form of an urn capped by twin eagles' head stoppers, with watch and visible balance made for the Chinese market Circa 1800 • Movement: cylinder escapement, visible diamond-set balance • Dial: white enamel chapter rings for time with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds • Case: gold, surmounted by two eagles' head stoppers, the heads detachable from their collars to reveal recesses for perfume, case front with glazed mandorla to the centre revealing the watch movement's four-spoked diamond-set visible balance to the centre, dials for seconds above and time below, surround of pale blue enamel heightened by gold leaves set with pearls, bordered by graduated panels of black champlevé and translucent red flinqué enamel, back with central panel painted en grisaille depicting two statues within niches, the panel hinged and opening to reveal concealed gold cuvette with three apertures for winding, hand-setting and regulation, the panel surrounded by red translucent flinqué enamel with some small repairs and paillons over an engraved ground, enamel panel opened via a pusher to the case band, gold asymmetric panel beneath chased and engraved with musical trophies, top of case back with gold and champlevé enamel urn heightened by pearls, black banded champlevé enamel and pearl-set base, palmettes chased and engraved to the case sides heightened with translucent green flinqué enamel and pearls height 70mm, width 31mm

View 1 of Lot 1325: A very rare and fine gold, enamel and pearl-set double scent flask in the form of an urn capped by twin eagles' head stoppers, with watch and visible balance made for the Chinese market Circa 1800

a very rare and fine gold, enamel and pearl-set double scent flask in the form of an urn capped by twin eagles' head stoppers, with watch and visible balance made for the chinese market circa 1800

* Counts of Arnstein, Walter II, bracteate, eagle facing left, pellet either side of neck, above double archway with founders of the dynasty within each, tower either side, 0.88 g. (Lobbecke 220), good very fine and toned, rare

* Counts of Arnstein, Walter II, bracteate, eagle facing left, pellet either side of neck, above double archway with founders of the dynasty within each, tower either side, 0.88 g. (Lobbecke 220), good very fine and toned, rare Ex Peus 262, lot 1480.

* counts of arnstein, walter ii, bracteate, eagle facing left, pellet either side of neck, above double archway with founders of the dynasty within each, tower either side, 0.88 g. (lobbecke 220), good very fine and toned, rare

with tapering barrel formed with a simple medial girdle, the forward half chiselled over its length with a very narrow rib terminating in a calyx at the girdle, the rear half formed with a long raised flat terminating in a signed cartouche chiselled in low relief over the breech, cut with a basal leaf moulding with engraved tang, gold-lined vent, silver fore-sight and back-sight, the latter fitted over the barrel and cast in relief with a coronet with double eagle supporter, and the barrel retained by three pierced engraved iron bands, patilla lock lightly engraved and signed 'Quero' in a small cartouche, fitted with chiselled mainspring, the principal components finely engraved with scrolling foliage on a contrasting ground and the rear face of the steel signed within an engraved cartouche en suite with barrel, figured walnut full stock carved about the barrel tang, the butt bound by a moulded iron band enclosing a decorated iron plaque, flat iron side-plate pierced and engraved with scrollwork carrying a central cartouche, engraved fluted iron trigger-guard, pierced engraved trigger, and the barrel bands retained by three engraved bar-springs (ramrod replaced)

f - a rare spanish miquelet-lock fowling-piece by matias de quero

with two-stage blade of flattened-hexagonal section stamped with the patriotic inscription 'Pro Gloria et Patria' twice within a pair of very narrow gilt fullers and etched and gilt with scrolls on each face, gilt-bronze hilt finely cast and chiselled in low relief in characteristic Tula style, comprising double shell-guard decorated with a running garland of foliage around the inner edge, fluted quillon-block on a fluted rectangular washer and drawn-out to form a pair of acutely curled arms, short quillon, fluted knuckle-guard with volute terminal, large faceted globular pommel decorated on the front and the back with the crowned Imperial eagle and on the sides with the Imperial cypher within a strapwork cartouche, ivory grip (age cracks), and retaining almost all of its original bright mercury gilding

a very rare russian small-sword with gilt-bronze hilt, made for an officer of the court of elizabeth petrovna, empress of russia

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings

Colonna, Francesco. Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, deduisant comme Amour le combat à l’occasion de Polia. Soubz la fiction de quoy l’aucteur monstrant que toutes choses terrestres ne sont que vanité, traicte de plusieurs matieres profitables, & dignes de memoire. Nouvellement traduict de langage Italien en François. Paris: Louis Blaublom (Cyaneus) for Jacques I Kerver, 20 August 1546

Colonna, Francesco. Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, deduisant comme Amour le combat à l’occasion de Polia. Soubz la fiction de quoy l’aucteur monstrant que toutes choses terrestres ne sont que vanité, traicte de plusieurs matieres profitables, & dignes de memoire. Nouvellement traduict de langage Italien en François. Paris: Louis Blaublom (Cyaneus) for Jacques I Kerver, 20 August 1546 First edition of the first French translation of this famous archaeological-architectural romance, lavishly illustrated with woodcuts based on those designed for the first edition (Venice, 1499; see lots 381 & 382 in the sale of Bibliotheca Brookeriana, 12 October 2023), and fourteen new subjects. It is often considered one of the most beautiful books of the French Renaissance. The genesis of the translation (in fact, a condensed adaptation) is obscure. The editor, Jean Martin (ca. 1507–1553), claims in his dedicatory letter to Henri de Lenoncourt, that it was made by a “Gentilhomme vertueux, & de bon savoir,” adding, in the book’s preface, that he had needed to give it only finishing touches. Jacques Gohory, in a bitter preface to the second edition, published after Martin’s death by Kerver (1554; reprinted 1561), identifies the translator as “a knight from Malta, a cultured and talented man,” and insists that the translation was in his hands before Martin’s, who botched the job (Duché-Gavet, “Jacques Gohory’s copy of the Poliphile (1546): A first analysis of his handwritten marginalia,” in Marginal Notes: Social Reading and the Literal Margins [2000], pp. 21–40). Some modern critics doubt the existence of this Eques Meltensis, and credit Martin with crafting the entire book; others persist in uncovering his identity: the Lyonese humanist, Jean de Vauzelles (or his brother George), are the latest contenders. Martin, a self-styled “studieux d’architecture”, most certainly shaped the book. He was working, almost simultaneously, on French translations of the treatises on architecture by Serlio, Vitruvius, and Alberti, and he explicates here much architectural terminology, adds printed glosses and scholia in the margins (found on twenty-eight pages, and absent in the original), and strips from the text many non-architectural descriptions. New woodcuts of buildings and formal gardens are incorporated, and architectural or antique elements are placed in some others. The book nourished antiquarian fantasies and became a sort of model book for designers of ephemeral architecture and garden art. The blocks were cut by multiple cutters (Mortimer recognized four hands), one of whom might be Jean Goujon, the illustrator of Martin’s translation of Vitruvius (1547). A preparatory drawing for the title-block is associated with the Fontainebleau designer Luca Penni. This copy was bound for Marcus Fugger (1529–1597), the eldest son of Anton Fugger, head of the powerful textile trading, banking, and mining family based in Augsburg. Marcus matriculated in June 1546 at the Collegium Trilingue in Louvain, and began there to build a library, acquiring books both new and second-hand, sometimes inscribing on the pastedown of the upper cover his name or initials MF, a date, the adage O.R.V.E. (Omnium Rerum Vicissitudo Est, from Terentius Afer’s Eunuchus), and a drawing of the family arms. A few years later, Marcus was buying heavily in Paris, commissioning (until about 1552) large numbers of standard bindings, in brown calf, these simply decorated, often with the small tool of a hand holding a branch, upon which perches a bird, or a crowned double-headed eagle (for reproductions of three such bindings, see Hobson & Culot, Italian and French 16th-century Bookbindings, no. 41). He also commissioned exquisite bindings from the royal binder, Gomar Estienne (see lot 33), from Claude de Picques, and from a shop known as “Wotton Binder C”. He habitually wrote his name (“Marx Fugg.,” “Marcus Fugger,” or similar) on the paste-down of the upper cover, and some of his luxury bindings are tooled in gold with the letters O.R.V.E. and his initials. After his father’s death, in 1560, Marcus became leader of the firm, and thereafter his book purchases dwindled. Folio (331 x 214 mm). Roman type, with some italic including shoulder-notes, 45 lines plus headline. collation: ã*6 A-Z6 Aa-Bb6 CC8: 164 leaves. Woodcut title-border signed with Jacques Kerver’s initials and the turtle symbol of Louis Blaubom, 181 woodcut illustrations (including 13 full-page), variously attributed to Jean Cousin and Jean Goujon, 10-line woodcut floriated initials, Kerver’s woodcut device on Cc8v. (Occasional very light marginal spotting, marginal restoration to upper fore-edge corner of Aa6.) binding: Parisian tan calf over pasteboards (339 x 224 mm), ca. 1550, by Wotton Binder C, gilt fillets around sides, double gilt fillets framing an interlaced rectangle and lozenge with loops at angles of rectangle, gilt quatrefoils at outer angles, central cartouche composed of circles of an open leaf and tendrils, with azured stirrup tool at first sides, in center “DISCOURS. / DV. SONGE. DE. / POLIPHILE.,” spine with 6 full and 2 half bands, gilt quatrefoil in each compartment, gilt edges. (Corners, joints, and second spine compartment restored.) Black morocco folding-case. provenance: Marcus Fugger (signature “Marcus Fuggerus” on front pastedown), by descent to — Philipp Fugger (1567–1601), by descent to — Marcus Philipp Fugger (1598–1620), by descent to — Marquard Fugger, Graf von Kirchberg und Weissenhorn (1596–1655) — Öttingen-Wallerstein, family library at Schloss Maihingen (armorial ink-stamp on title-page — Eugen Wolfgang Karl Friedrich Joseph Notger, Fürst zu Öttingen-Öttingen und Öttingen-Wallerstein (1885–1969; Karl & Faber, Munich, 6–7 November 1933, lot 170) — Raphaël Esmerian (1903–1976; Antoine & Étienne Ader, Jean-Louis Picard, Jacques Tajan & Claude Guérin with Georges Blaizot, 6 June 1972, lot 50), purchased by — unidentified owner (FF 116,000) — Fernand Pouillon (1912–1986; Ader Picard Tajan & Claude Guérin, Monte Carlo, 1 July 1986, lot 172) — François Ragazzoni (Tajan, Paris, 13 May 2003, lot 9) — Livio Ambrogio (bookplate). acquisition: Purchased from Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books, London, 2019. references: BP16 112393; USTC 12610; P. Renouard, ILP, IV: no. 160; Mortimer, French, no. 145; for the binding see: Foot, “Thomas Wotton and his binders,” in The Henry Davis Gift: … Volume I: Studies in the History of Bookbinding (London, 1978), p. 153 (Appendix V: Bindings by Wotton’s binder III [Wotton’s binder C] for other collectors, no. 23); for the translator of this edition see: Elsa Kammerer, Jean de Vauzelles et le creuset lyonnais: un humaniste catholique au service de Marguerite de Navarre entre France, Italie et Allemagne (1520–1550) (Geneva 2013), pp.399–403.

View 1 of Lot 26: Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger

francesco colonna, hypnerotomachie, paris, 1546, parisian calf by wotton binder c for marcus fugger

Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

BEMBO, PIETRO. Epistolarum Leonis decimi pontificis maximi nomine scriptarum libri XVI. Placuit praeterea ejusdem autoris epistolas aliquot sanequam doctas adnectere, videlicet ad Longolium III; ad Budaeum II; ad Erasmum I. Lyon: Thibaud Payen, 1540

View 1 of Lot 36: Bembo, Epistolarum libri XVI, Lyon, 1540, Roman impresa binding by Niccolò Franzese for Apollonio Filareto

bembo, epistolarum libri xvi, lyon, 1540, roman impresa binding by niccolò franzese for apollonio filareto

COLONNA, FRANCESCO. Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, deduisant comme Amour le combat à l’occasion de Polia. Soubz la fiction de quoy l’aucteur monstrant que toutes choses terrestres ne sont que vanité, traicte de plusieurs matieres profitables, & dignes de memoire. Nouvellement traduict de langage Italien en François. Paris: Louis Blaublom (Cyaneus) for Jacques I Kerver, 20 August 1546

COLONNA, FRANCESCO. Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, deduisant comme Amour le combat à l’occasion de Polia. Soubz la fiction de quoy l’aucteur monstrant que toutes choses terrestres ne sont que vanité, traicte de plusieurs matieres profitables, & dignes de memoire. Nouvellement traduict de langage Italien en François. Paris: Louis Blaublom (Cyaneus) for Jacques I Kerver, 20 August 1546 First edition of the first French translation of this famous archaeological-architectural romance, lavishly illustrated with woodcuts based on those designed for the first edition (Venice, 1499; see lots 381 and 382 in the sale of Bibliotheca Brookeriana, 12 October 2023), and fourteen new subjects. It is often considered one of the most beautiful books of the French Renaissance. The genesis of the translation (in fact, a condensed adaptation) is obscure. The editor, Jean Martin (ca. 1507–1553), claims in his dedicatory letter to Henri de Lenoncourt, that it was made by a “Gentilhomme vertueux, & de bon savoir,” adding, in the book’s preface, that he had needed to give it only finishing touches. Jacques Gohory, in a bitter preface to the second edition, published after Martin’s death by Kerver (1554; reprinted 1561), identifies the translator as “a knight from Malta, a cultured and talented man,” and insists that the translation was in his hands before Martin’s, who botched the job (Duché-Gavet, “Jacques Gohory’s copy of the Poliphile (1546): A first analysis of his handwritten marginalia,” in Marginal Notes: Social Reading and the Literal Margins [2000], pp. 21–40). Some modern critics doubt the existence of this Eques Meltensis, and credit Martin with crafting the entire book; others persist in uncovering his identity: the Lyonese humanist, Jean de Vauzelles (or his brother George), are the latest contenders. Martin, a self-styled “studieux d’architecture”, most certainly shaped the book. He was working, almost simultaneously, on French translations of the treatises on architecture by Serlio, Vitruvius, and Alberti, and he explicates here much architectural terminology, adds printed glosses and scholia in the margins (found on twenty-eight pages, and absent in the original), and strips from the text many non-architectural descriptions. New woodcuts of buildings and formal gardens are incorporated, and architectural or antique elements are placed in some others. The book nourished antiquarian fantasies and became a sort of model book for designers of ephemeral architecture and garden art. The blocks were cut by multiple cutters (Mortimer recognized four hands), one of whom might be Jean Goujon, the illustrator of Martin’s translation of Vitruvius (1547). A preparatory drawing for the title-block is associated with the Fontainebleau designer Luca Penni. This copy was bound for Marcus Fugger (1529–1597), the eldest son of Anton Fugger, head of the powerful textile trading, banking, and mining family based in Augsburg. Marcus matriculated in June 1546 at the Collegium Trilingue in Louvain, and began there to build a library, acquiring books both new and second-hand, sometimes inscribing on the pastedown of the upper cover his name or initials MF, a date, the adage O.R.V.E. (Omnium Rerum Vicissitudo Est, from Terentius Afer’s Eunuchus), and a drawing of the family arms. A few years later, Marcus was buying heavily in Paris, commissioning (until about 1552) large numbers of standard bindings, in brown calf, these simply decorated, often with the small tool of a hand holding a branch, upon which perches a bird, or a crowned double-headed eagle (for reproductions of three such bindings, see Hobson & Culot, Italian and French 16th-century Bookbindings, no. 41). He also commissioned exquisite bindings from the royal binder, Gomar Estienne, from Claude de Picques, and from a shop known as “Wotton Binder C”. He habitually wrote his name (“Marx Fugg.,” “Marcus Fugger,” or similar) on the paste-down of the upper cover, and some of his luxury bindings are tooled in gold with the letters O.R.V.E. and his initials. After his father’s death, in 1560, Marcus became leader of the firm, and thereafter his book purchases dwindled. Folio (331 x 214 mm). Roman type, with some italic including shoulder-notes, 45 lines plus headline. Collation: ã*6 A-Z6 Aa-Bb6 CC8: 164 leaves. Woodcut title-border signed with Jacques Kerver’s initials and the turtle symbol of Louis Blaubom, 181 woodcut illustrations (including 13 full-page), variously attributed to Jean Cousin and Jean Goujon, 10-line woodcut floriated initials, Kerver’s woodcut device on Cc8v. (Occasional very light marginal spotting, marginal restoration to upper fore-edge corner of Aa6.) Binding: Parisian tan calf over pasteboards (339 x 224 mm), ca. 1550, by Wotton Binder C, gilt fillets around sides, double gilt fillets framing an interlaced rectangle and lozenge with loops at angles of rectangle, gilt quatrefoils at outer angles, central cartouche composed of circles of an open leaf and tendrils, with azured stirrup tool at first sides, in center “DISCOURS. / DV. SONGE. DE. / POLIPHILE.,” spine with 6 full and 2 half bands, gilt quatrefoil in each compartment, gilt edges. (Corners, joints, and second spine compartment restored.) Black morocco folding-case. Provenance: Marcus Fugger (signature “Marcus Fuggerus” on front pastedown), by descent to — Philipp Fugger (1567–1601), by descent to — Marcus Philipp Fugger (1598–1620), by descent to — Marquard Fugger, Graf von Kirchberg und Weissenhorn (1596–1655) — Öttingen-Wallerstein, family library at Schloss Maihingen (armorial ink-stamp on title-page — Eugen Wolfgang Karl Friedrich Joseph Notger, Fürst zu Öttingen-Öttingen und Öttingen-Wallerstein (1885–1969; Karl & Faber, Munich, 6–7 November 1933, lot 170) — Raphaël Esmerian (1903–1976; Antoine & Étienne Ader, Jean-Louis Picard, Jacques Tajan & Claude Guérin with Georges Blaizot, 6 June 1972, lot 50), purchased by — unidentified owner (FF 116,000) — Fernand Pouillon (1912–1986; Ader Picard Tajan & Claude Guérin, Monte Carlo, 1 July 1986, lot 172) — François Ragazzoni (Tajan, Paris, 13 May 2003, lot 9) — Livio Ambrogio (bookplate). Acquisition: Purchased from Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books, London, 2019. References: BP16 112393; USTC 12610; P. Renouard, ILP, IV: no. 160; Mortimer, French, no. 145; for the binding see: Foot, “Thomas Wotton and his binders,” in The Henry Davis Gift: … Volume I: Studies in the History of Bookbinding (London, 1978), p. 153 (Appendix V: Bindings by Wotton’s binder III [Wotton’s binder C] for other collectors, no. 23); for the translator of this edition see: Elsa Kammerer, Jean de Vauzelles et le creuset lyonnais: un humaniste catholique au service de Marguerite de Navarre entre France, Italie et Allemagne (1520–1550) (Geneva 2013), pp.399–403

View 1 of Lot 90: Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger

Bembo, Pietro. Epistolarum Leonis decimi pontificis maximi nomine scriptarum libri XVI. Placuit praeterea ejusdem autoris epistolas aliquot sanequam doctas adnectere, videlicet ad Longolium III; ad Budaeum II; ad Erasmum I. Lyon: Thibaud Payen, 1540

View 1 of Lot 10: Bembo, Epistolarum libri XVI, Lyon, 1540, Roman impresa binding by Niccolò Franzese for Apollonio Filareto

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