19th & 20th Century European Art

Property from a Distinguished Hong Kong Collection

Property from a Distinguished Hong Kong Collection James Smetham Pateley Bridge 1821–1889 Stoke Newington Girl with a Mandolin signed central right edge: J. Smetham watercolour and gouache on paper unframed: 47 x 36.5 cm.; 18½ x 14⅜ in. framed: 65 x 54.4 cm.; 25⅝ x 21⅜ in.

girl with a mandolin

Set with 8 marquise cut diamonds.<ul><li>Marquise cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 0.90 carat</li><li>Platinum</li><li>Signed Tiffany &amp; Co.</li><li>Total weight 3.8 grams</li><li>Earring measures 1/2 inch</li><li>Size Medium</li></ul>

Platinum and Diamond Victoria Stud Earrings

Of classic Victoria collection, composed of 3 iconic motifs in graduate size and 1 marquise cut diamond at the bottom, each motif set with 4 marquise cut diamonds.<ul><li>Diamonds weighing a total of approximately 2.10 carats</li><li>Signed <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/jewelry/tiffany-&amp;-co" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tiffany &amp; Co.</a></li><li>Platinum</li><li>Total weight 6.52 grams</li><li>Length 16 inches</li><li>Accompanied by original brand box</li></ul>

Platinum and Diamond Victoria Pendant Necklace

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Fine%2520Bindings%2520and%2520Sets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> edition of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=A+Popular+History+of+England&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Popular History of England</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4 volumes.</li><li>François Guizot [M. Guizot] (French).</li><li>Translated by F. Moy Thomas and M. M. Ripley.</li><li>A Popular History of England.</li><li>Boston:&nbsp;Estes &amp; Lauriat.</li><li>Fully illustrated with wood and steel plates, illustrated frontispiece.&nbsp;</li><li>Three-quarters calf leather and marbled boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, ornate gilt panels on spine, raised bands.</li></ul>

A Popular History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Accession of Queen Victoria

Of iconic Victoria collection, each set with 4 marquise cut diamonds.<ul><li>Diamonds weighing a total of approximately 0.90 carat</li><li>Signed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/jewelry/tiffany-&amp;-co" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tiffany &amp; Co.</a></li><li>Platinum</li><li>Total weight 3.62 grams</li><li>Length ½ inch</li><li>Accompanied by original brand box and copy of receipt</li></ul>

Platinum and Diamond Medium Model Victoria Earrings

Set with 4 marquise cut diamonds.<ul><li>Diamonds weighing a total of approximately 0.30 carat</li><li>Signed <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/jewelry/tiffany-&amp;-co" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tiffany &amp; Co.</a></li><li>Platinum</li><li>Total weight 2.72 grams</li><li>Necklace length 16 inches</li><li>Accompanied by original brand box and receipt</li></ul>

Platinum and Diamond Small Victoria Pendant Necklace

Hermès Ecru Bleu De Malte Toile Clemence Victoria II 35 Palladium Hardware, 2014<ul><li>This bag is lined with blue herringbone toile canvas</li><li>Includes lock, keys, and clochette</li><li>This item is final sale and not eligible for return</li></ul>

Ecru Bleu De Malte Toile Clemence Victoria II 35 Palladium Hardware, 2014

A first-edition account by the author, who was one of the first Europeans to see the Victoria Falls in full flood,&nbsp;having traveled to Natal in 1873 and made his way overland to the Zambesi.<ul><li>Frank Oates (English).</li><li>Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls, a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa. From the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates. F.R.G.S.</li><li>London: Kegan Paul, 1881.</li><li>383 pages.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Includes a portrait frontispiece, four folding maps, six chromolithograph plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text, natural history appendix with 10 plates (nine hand-colored) after Keulemanns (2) and others.</li><li>Bound in original grey pictorial cloth gilt with beveled edges.</li></ul>

Matabele Land And The Victoria Falls

Of the iconic Victoria collection, composed of marquise cut diamonds and accented by round brilliant cut diamonds.<ul><li>Diamonds weighing a total of approximately 0.65 carat</li><li>Signed <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/jewelry/tiffany-&amp;-co" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">T &amp; Co. </a></li><li>Platinum</li><li>Total weight 4.27 grams</li><li>Length ⅝ inch, width ¼ inch</li><li>Accompanied by a signed inner and outer box</li><li>This item is final sale and not eligible for return</li></ul>

Platinum and Diamond Victoria Drop Earrings

Explore the World of Fine Wine | The Institute of Masters of Wine Benefit Auction

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF FINE WINE | MCLAREN VALE, AUSTRALIA

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF FINE WINE | MCLAREN VALE, AUSTRALIA ﻿7 Magnums of Australian Wines together with a Grenache Masterclass and Lunch at Wirra Wirra and private vineyard tours of Smart Vineyard, Trott Vineyard and Noon’s Estate Vineyard, hosted by 4 Masters of Wine followed by a dinner at Maxwell Wines, for 2 guests WINE: A selection of 7classic Australian magnums, sourced from the producers’ cellars and made, represented by and/or curated by Australian Masters of Wine Kate McIntyre, Matthew Deller, Giles Cooke and Ned Goodwin. 1 Magnum of Ashton Hills Reserve Pinot Noir, Adelaide Hills, South Australia 2021 1 Magnum of Wirra Wirra RSW Shiraz, McLaren Vale, South Australia 2019 1 Magnum of Moorooduc Estate, The Moorooduc McIntyre Chardonnay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria 2018 1 Magnum of Moorooduc Estate, The Moorooduc McIntyre Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria 2018 1 Magnum of Bass Phillip Pinot Noir, Gippsland, Victoria 2021 1 Magnum of Thistledown Sands of Time Trott Vineyard Grenache, McLaren Vale, South Austrlia 2024 1 Magnum of Shaw + Smith Balhannah Shiraz, Adelaide Hills, South Australia 2018 The wine included in this lot is lying in McLaren Vale, Australia, to be collected by the winning bidder at the time of the visit. Offered Duty Paid with VAT on the Hammer Price. Sotheby's will provide the buyer with the contact details of the donor to arrange collection / organisation of the experience. EXPERIENCE: This lot includes private vineyard tours of Smart Vineyard, Trott Vineyard, and Noon’s Estate Vineyard; a Grenache Masterclass and lunch at Wirra Wirra hosted by Giles Cooke MW, Drew Noon MW, David Gleave MW and Matthew Deller MW and a Grenache dinner at Maxwell Wines, for 2 guests. This experience to take place on mutually agreed date during the week of 19 April 2027. Accommodation, flights and transport to and from Adelaide not included. A private driver will collect guests from their accommodation in or around Adelaide and return them at the end of the day. Minimum age of guests subject to local regulations. MORE ABOUT THIS LOT: The Ultimate McLaren Vale Grenache Experience An exclusive post-Symposium immersion hosted by four Masters of Wine Overview: This once-in-a-lifetime experience offers two guests a full day immersed in the ancient vineyards and extraordinary wines of McLaren Vale, South Australia, guided personally by four leading Masters of Wine. Curated exclusively for this auction in support of the Institute of Masters of Wine, the experience is timed to follow the 2027 IMW Symposium in Adelaide (15–18 April) and will take place during the week of 19 April 2027. McLaren Vale is home to the some of the world’s oldest Grenache vines and some of the planet’s most ancient soils, producing perfumed, energetic wines that have redefined the global benchmark for this historic variety. This is the ultimate insider access to the region’s finest sites, producers and minds, all in a single, unforgettable day. Hosted by: 1. Giles Cooke MW – Thistledown 2. Drew Noon MW – Noon 3. David Gleave MW – Willunga 100 4. Matthew Deller MW – Wirra Wirra Experience Highlights: 1. Private vineyard tour of Smart Vineyard – planted in 1891 and still producing today 2. Walk-through the legendary Trott Vineyard, on a beautiful hillside in Blewitt Springs 3. Grenache Masterclass and long-table lunch at Wirra Wirra – hosted by all four MWs 4. Visit to Noon’s estate vineyard – dry-grown bush vines beside the winery producing Grenache of power and longevity 5. Grenache Celebration Dinner at Maxwell Wines – rare bottles, thoughtful pairings, and intimate conversation Website: www.wirrawirra.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wirra-wirra-vineyards Instagram: @wirrawirrawines Website: www.thistledownwines.com LinkedIn: https:www.linkedin.com/company/thistledown-wines Instagram: @thistledownwines Website: www.noonwinery.com.au Website: www.willunga100.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/willunga-100 Instagram: @willunga100 Website: www.maxwellwines.com.au LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/maxwell-wines Instagram: @maxwellwines Website: www.ashtonhills.com.au LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ashtonhillsvineyard Instagram: @ashtonhillsvineyard Website: www.moorooducestate.com.au Instagram: @moorooducestate Website: www.bassphillip.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/bass-phillip-wine Instagram: @bassphillipwine Website: www.shawandsmith.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/shawandsmith Instagram: @shawandsmith This lot is subject to non-refundable VAT @20% on the Hammer Price, Buyer's Premium and Overhead Premium. The buyer is solely responsible for determining the legality and the tax/duty consequences of having the goods delivered to the desired destination. 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 and/or sales tax. Please refer to the Conditions of Business for further details.

View 1 of Lot 58: Explore the World of Fine Wine | McLaren Vale, Australia | 7 Magnums of Australian Wines together with a Grenache Masterclass and Lunch at Wirra Wirra and private vineyard tours of Smart Vineyard, Trott Vineyard and Noon’s Estate Vineyard, hosted by 4 Masters of Wine followed by a dinner at Maxwell Wines, for 2 guests   ﻿

explore the world of fine wine | mclaren vale, australia | 7 magnums of australian wines together with a grenache masterclass and lunch at wirra wirra and private vineyard tours of smart vineyard, trott vineyard and noon’s estate vineyard, hosted by 4 masters of wine followed by a dinner at maxwell wines, for 2 guests ﻿

Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

(Obstetrics) — Dr. Edward Rigby et al A group of three manuscript ward books from the the General Lying-In Hospital of Westminster, London, ca. 1819-1839 Three volumes, folios (320 x 200 mm), comprising: Midwife's Journal, dated January 1819 to February 1824, manuscript text, accomplished in several hands, written recto and verso on faintly ruled paper; scattered soiling, a few stray spots, one leaf nearly detached. Contemporary brown paper-covered boards, partially printed paper label to spine, edges marbled, marbled endpapers, bookseller John Miller's label to front pastedown; overall rubbed and soiled, label chipped. Midwife’s Journal, from June 1827 to August 1829, manuscript text, accomplished in several hands, written recto and verso on faintly ruled paper; scattered soiling, a few stray spots. Contemporary velum stained green, partially printed paper label to spine, marbled endpapers, bookseller John Miller's label to front pastedown; overall rubbed and soiled, joints split, label chipped. Medical Officer’s Book, dated October 1828 to October 1830, manuscript text, accomplished in several hands, written recto and verso on ruled paper with letterpress index tabs; scattered soiling, a few stray spots, some instances of browning and creasing. Contemporary velum stained green, partially printed paper label to spine, bookseller Romney's label to front pastedown, presentation inscription to front free endpaper; overall rubbed and soiled, joints split, label chipped. "22 Monday | 26 Patients | Mary Read came in poorly — | Read was delivered of a Girl | Mr. Mathias and Dr. Ley visited | Anne Smart's Child died" (Midwife's Journal from 1819) The General Lying-In Hospital, founded by Dr. John Leake in 1767, was one of the first maternity hospitals in Great Britain. Established for “the Relief of those Child-bearing Women who are the wives of poor Industrious Tradesmen or distressed House-keepers, and who either from unavoidable Misfortunes of the Expenses of maintaining large Families are reduced to real Want. Also for the Reception and Immediate Relief of indigent Soldiers and Sailors Wives, the former in particular being very numerous in and about the City of Westminster.” The ward books date from the early nineteenth century, a period of significant medical advance in Britain, particularly in relation to understandings of hygiene, as well as the implementation of new standards of professional qualifications. The present works offer an accounting of the hospital's daily operations, including the number of patients being treated, the names of the patients, the date they gave birth along with the gender of the baby, and the date of their discharge. The ward books also note the the names of the attending doctors: Edward Rigby, Sir Charles Locock, Robert Gooch, and Hugh Ley, among others. Rigby became examiner in midwifery at London University from 1841 to 1860, and when the Obstetrical Society was founded in 1859, he was elected its first president. Locock would establish his own obstetrical practice, which became the largest in London, and in 1840 he was made obstetrician to Queen Victoria, serving as attending doctor for the births of all nine of her children. Gooch was a lecturer on Midwifery at St. Bartholomew’s hospital, and is his Account of some of the most important Diseases peculiar to Women (1829) came to be known as a standard text on the subject. Ley went on to lecture extensively on matters pertaining to midwifery and diseases unique to women and children. Beyond recording the number of patients, their basic state of health, and when they were discharged, more detailed case studies are also offered: "Mary Burton [...] Admitted Monday November: 26. 1838. Delivered of a female infant at 1/2 past three a.m. on Monday Dec: 3rd a premature birth. Has had previously two stillborn children (both females) having in both instances having gone to the(?) full period of gestation, was delivered in this Hospital in both cases by means of instruments" (Medical Officer’s Book, pg. 186). "Sarah Harper At: 21. Admitted Febr'y 10 3 a.m. and delivered of a male infant. Has had one m. inf:t before. [...] Membranes ruptured at 1 a.m. and the child was born before the patient could be placed on the bed, perineum suffered a very slight laceration. Placenta was expelled five minutes after the birth of the child" (Medical Officer’s Book, pg. 216). An important group of manuscripts offering insight into the history of obstetrics and women’s health.

View 1 of Lot 1085: (Obstetrics) — Dr. Edward Rigby | Extraordinary and important ward books from the General Lying-In Hospital, Wesminster

(obstetrics) — dr. edward rigby | extraordinary and important ward books from the general lying-in hospital, wesminster

Swinging on a Star: The Collection of Bing & Kathryn Crosby

Swinging on a Star: the Collection of Bing and Kathryn Crosby

Swinging on a Star: the Collection of Bing and Kathryn Crosby (I) Barnaby Conrad III b. 1952 Kathryn Crosby signed Barnaby Conrad and dated 1965 (lower right) pastel on paperboard 40 by 29 ¼ in. 101.6 by 74.3 cm. Executed in 1965. (II) Kathryn Crosby's Victorian-Inspired Silk Polka Dot Ensemble, comprised of a waistcoat with internal boning, bustled skirt, internal linen bustle, tulle crinoline, straw floral and velvet embellished hat, and a Jean Louis silk bonnet, unlabeled, waistcoat - shoulder: 15in, 38cm, bust: 30in, 76cm, waist: 22in, 56cm; skirt - waist: 22in, 56cm, length: 44in, 112cm; bustle - waist: 22in, 56cm, length: 44in, 112cm; crinoline - waist: 22in, 56cm, length: 44in, 112cm; silk bonnet - circumference: 21in, 54cm; straw hat - circumference: 21in, 54cm.

kathryn crosby

Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels

Formerly in the Collection of Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain

Formerly in the Collection of Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain [西班牙王后維多利亞・尤金妮舊藏] CARTIER SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND CLIP, 1933 [卡地亞] [藍寶石配鑽石別針，1933年] Set with a cabochon sapphire stated to weigh 25.20 carats, enhanced with circular-cut, baguette, bullet- and kite-shaped diamonds, signed Cartier, numbered, French assay mark for platinum and maker's mark. Accompanied by a duplicata of Gübelin report no. 19010018, stating that the sapphire is of Burmese origin, with no indications of heating, together with a copy of a Cartier certificate of authenticity.

cartier [卡地亞]| sapphire and diamond clip, 1933 [藍寶石配鑽石別針，1933年]

Dickens, Charles Autograph letter signed, to Lady Talfourd, upon the death of her husband 2 pages (to sight: 170 x 108 mm). Writen from Tavistock House, 17 March 1854, and signed by the author ("Charles Dickens"). Matted, glazed, and framed; not examined out of frame. "When I heard, on Monday afternoon of the bereavement we both in our far different places so heavily deplore, I went instantly to Russell Square. You were not long gone, and I left a note (such as I could write, in the first agitation of so sudden a shock) for Frank." A poignant and personal letter, penned by the greatest writer of the Victorian age. An emotional letter to Lady Talfourd, upon the death of her husband, English judge and author Sir Thomas Talfourd, who had died of an apoplectic seizure in court while addressing the jury from his judge's seat. In addition to being a judge, Talfourd was a Radical Politian and an author. In 1837, he introduced a copyright bill—a keen interest of Dickens's—in the House of Commons. In the same year, Dickens Dedicated The Pickwick Papers to Talfourd. The dissolution of Parliament that year upon the death of William IV meant that it had to be reintroduced in the new Parliament in 1838. There, the bill was met with strong opposition, but in 1842, a somewhat revised copyright bill it was finally passed into law. Dickens was amongst the mourners at Talfourd's funeral. REFERENCES Charles Dickens Letters Project, Leon Litvack, Emily Bell, Lydia Craig, and Jeremy Parrott (eds.) https://dickensletters.com/letters/rachel-talfourd-17-mar-1854

View 1 of Lot 1054: Dickens, Charles | Autograph letter signed, to Lady Talfourd, upon the death of her husband

dickens, charles | autograph letter signed, to lady talfourd, upon the death of her husband

Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

FLORUS, LUCIUS ANNAEUS. Lucio Floro De fatti de Romani dal principio della città per insino ad Augusto Cesare. Tradotto nella nostra lingua, per Gioan. Domenico Tharsia di Capo d’Istria. Venice: Heirs of Pietro Ravani & Compagni, 1546 (January 1547). Bound with:

FLORUS, LUCIUS ANNAEUS. Lucio Floro De fatti de Romani dal principio della città per insino ad Augusto Cesare. Tradotto nella nostra lingua, per Gioan. Domenico Tharsia di Capo d’Istria. Venice: Heirs of Pietro Ravani & Compagni, 1546 (January 1547). Bound with: POLYBIUS. Polibio Del modo dell’accampare tradotto di greco per m. Philippo Strozzi. Calculo della castrametatione di messer Bartholomeo Caualcanti. Comparatione dell’armadura, & dell’ordinanza de romani & de macedoni di Polibio tradotta dal medesimo. Scelta de gli apophtegmi di Plutarco tradotti per m. Philippo Strozzi [part 2:] Eliano De’ nomi et de gli ordini militari tradotto di greco per m. Lelio Carani. Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1552. Bound with: SEXTUS RUFUS FESTUS. Libro di Sesto Ruffo huomo consulare, a Valentiniano Augusto, dell’historia de Romani. Nuouamente tradotto de latino in volgare. Venice: Agostino Bindoni, 1544. Bound with: ANDREA DOMENICO FIOCCO. Il Fenestella d’i sacerdotii, e d’i magistrati romani. Tradotto di latino alla lingua toscana, al Magnifico M. Angelo Motta. Venice: Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1544 Thirty of these bindings featuring a gold-tooled coat of arms of a rampant lion supporting a fleur-de-lis in his dexter paw are now recorded, all but one on Italian texts, the great majority printed in the decade 1560–1569. Each has a title lettered horizontally on the spine, in the top or in the second compartment, indicating that it stood on the shelf in the modern way, upright, back facing out. On twenty-nine bindings the initials “I” and “R” flank the armorial cartouche; on one (a Latin text), the arms stand alone. The arms were twice misidentified: in 1859, as belonging to James V of Scotland, or to James I of England (whilst James VI of Scotland); in 1870, as belonging to the Bouffier family in France. However, by 1891 it was recognized that they are the arms of the Ruiz, a family of Spanish origin, resident in Rome (the surname Italianized as Ruis). In 1926, G.D. Hobson listed four Ruiz bindings, Anthony Hobson in 1953 raised that number to seven, and by 1965 “about ten” of “these famous bindings” were known. In 1975, Anthony Hobson identified 23 bindings, and in 2004 Michel Wittock added another (A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, Appendix IX; Wittock, “Une reliure inédite pour Jeronimo Ruiz,” pp.217–222). Since then, more volumes have come to light (see list below). The Ruiz octavos are simply decorated, with gilt fillet borders and floral tools in the corners. The quartos are more elaborately tooled, some having broad frames, others an arabesque centerpiece and/or corner-pieces. The cartouche or shield enclosing the rampant lion and fleur-de-lis varies, likewise the rampant lion tool. In 1975, Anthony Hobson assigned the bindings to three different shops, of which Maestro Luigi’s was one; when he reconsidered the matter, in 1991, he concluded that they were produced in a single workshop, which he called the “Ruiz Binder,” presuming him to be the successor to Luigi (Hobson & Culot, p. 49). The smaller cartouche enclosing the Ruiz arms also appears on bindings for Pope Pius V, however there are no other tools in common, and it is uncertain whether the Ruiz Binder was employed by the Vatican. A cartouche used on the larger Ruiz bindings (formed of winged caryatids, with a bull’s head at base) appears on a copy of the 1562 Valgrisi Orlando furioso bound for Jacopo Annibale Altemps (Graf Jakob Hannibal von Ems; 1530–1587), now at the Houghton Library (Typ 525 62.157). G.D. Hobson had first drawn attention to the Ruiz family chapel in the Roman church of S. Caterina della Rosa dei Funari, where their lion and fleur-de-lis insignia adorn the pilasters and are molded into the stucco of the chapel arch. In the pavement outside the chapel is a ledger stone recording details of several family members, which enabled Antony Hobson in 1975 to identify “I.R.” as Girolamo (Jéronimo) Ruiz. This slab, laid presumably in 1605, is inscribed with a shield bearing the Ruiz arms, the names and dates of two family members: Abate Filippo (Felipe) Ruiz (1512–18 May 1582), who had endowed the chapel, and commissioned its decoration from Girolamo Muziano and Federico Zuccari; and his great nephew, Pietro (Pedro) Ruiz (1573–29 August 1605). Girolamo Ruiz is named thereon as paying for the upkeep of the chapel. Abate Filippo had trained as a priest and as a lawyer, perhaps in his native Valencia. In Rome, he became archpriest in absentia of Teruel (Zaragoza), Scrittore delle lettere of the Penitenzieria Apostolica, Correttore of the Archivio della Curia Romana, and held other offices. Together with the noble and wealthy Spaniards Luis Torres and Alfonso Diaz, he was a member of the charitable association of Confraternita delle vergini miserabili di S. Caterina della Rosa, founded ca. 1543 with the support of Ignatius of Loyola, Filippo Neri, Gaetano da Thiene, and Cardinal Gian Pietro Carafa (later Paul IV). In testaments written in 1566 and in 1576, Abate Filippo made his nephew Girolamo his sole heir, charging him with responsibility for maintaining the Ruiz chapel in S. Caterina dei Funari. Girolamo Ruiz was the elder son of Alessandro Ruiz, deputato of the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice, and Taddea Centanni. Born in Venice, he was elected a citizen of Rome by the Consiglio ordinario on 30 July 1565. In a deposition made on 23 December 1610, Girolamo claims to be aged 68, so he probably was born in 1542. He married Virginia (ca. 1578–1611), daughter of the rich Roman banker Giovanni Angelo Crivelli, with whom he had three children: Pietro, a member of the Congregazione dell’Assunta, who died in 1605, aged 32, and was interred in S. Caterina dei Funari; Caterina; and Gaspare. Girolamo occupied high offices in the municipal administration, and in 1571, was one of two sindaci of the Arciconfraternita del Gonfalone. Girolamo’s residence was the Palazzo Ruiz, situated between via Giuseppe Zanardelli, via degli Acquasparta, and via della Maschera d’Or, with frontage on the Piazza Fiammetta. He had obtained the property and its opulent contents in 1556, by fidecommesso, upon the death of his great uncle, the apostolic protonotary Girolamo di Belisando Ruiz, and he lived there until 1605. Together with his brother, Michele, he ran a literary salon, and probably also held private musical parties (ridotti). The playwright Cristoforo Castelletti dedicated his Rime spirituali (Venice: Heirs of Melchiorre Sessa, 1582) to Girolamo, describing his patron’s household as a “veritable home for the muses and a permanent refuge, where all virtuosi can escape and as it were a safe port from the tempests. …” The brothers were joint-dedicatees of Antonio Ongaro’s Alceo fauola pescatoria … Recitata in Nettuno castello de’ signori Colonnesi: et non più posta in luce (Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1582); about the same date, Ongaro dedicated his “Hospitium Musarum,” a poem in 397 hexameters describing the Palazzo Ruiz and its artworks, to little Pietro Ruiz. In 1584, Girolamo received the dedication of Casteletti’s Il furbo comedia (Venice: Alessandro Griffio, 1584) and of Luca Marenzio’s Quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci. Nouamente composti, & dati in luce (Venice: Giacomo Vincenzi & Riccardo Amadino, 1584). Girolamo’s residence was the Palazzo Ruiz, situated between via Giuseppe Zanardelli, via degli Acquasparta, and via della Maschera d’Or, with frontage on the Piazza Fiammetta. He had obtained the property and its opulent contents in 1556, by fidecommesso, upon the death of his great uncle, the apostolic protonotary Girolamo di Belisando Ruiz, and he lived there until 1605. Together with his brother, Michele, he ran a literary salon, and probably also held private musical parties (ridotti). The playwright Cristoforo Castelletti dedicated his Rime spirituali (Venice: Heirs of Melchiorre Sessa, 1582) to Girolamo, describing his patron’s household as a “veritable home for the muses and a permanent refuge, where all virtuosi can escape and as it were a safe port from the tempests. …” The brothers were joint-dedicatees of Antonio Ongaro’s Alceo fauola pescatoria … Recitata in Nettuno castello de’ signori Colonnesi: et non più posta in luce (Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1582); about the same date, Ongaro dedicated his “Hospitium Musarum,” a poem in 397 hexameters describing the Palazzo Ruiz and its artworks, to little Pietro Ruiz. In 1584, Girolamo received the dedication of Casteletti’s Il furbo comedia (Venice: Alessandro Griffio, 1584) and of Luca Marenzio’s Quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci. Nouamente composti, & dati in luce (Venice: Giacomo Vincenzi & Riccardo Amadino, 1584). The surviving books from Girolamo’s library indicate a taste for history, both ancient and modern. He possessed Strabo’s Geography, Caesar’s Commentaries, and works of ancient Roman history by Lucius Annaeus Florus, Polybius, Rufus Festus, Sallustius, and Thucydides, all in in Italian translation, also Bembo’s history of Venice, Biondo’s history of Europe from the plunder of Rome until his own time, Cieza De Leon and Zarate’s histories of Peru and Lopez de Gomara’s of India, all likewise in Italian. He owned Ringhieri’s book on courtly entertainments and Scandianese’s on hunting. He seems interested also in philosophy, owning copies of Diogenes Laertius’s Lives, Piccolomini’s compendium of moral philosophy, and similar works by Salviati and Thomagni and Ulloa. And, of course, he had a taste for literature, acquiring the anthologies of the poetry of Luigi Alamanni and Annibale Caro, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and Ruscelli’s collection of imprese. As dedicatee, Girolamo presumably was gifted copies of Castelletti and Ongaro’s books; however, those volumes either have been lost, or cannot be recognized. Hobson included in his list (no. 20) a Latin book, Maurolico’s Martyrology (1568) featuring the Ruiz arms but not the initials “I” and “R”. This book perhaps was bound for Girolamo’s uncle, Abate Filippo Ruiz. An empty binding, appended to the list below, displays the Ruiz arms surmounted by a mitre. Anthony Hobson dismissed this binding, for the reason that he could not identify a member of the family who was ordained bishop. At this time, however, priests with the protonotary apostolic title could wear regalia similar to a bishop, including a mitre. Several members of the Ruiz family apparently were Protonotari apostolici, among them Girolamo’s uncle, Abate Filippo, and great uncle Girolamo di Belisando Ruiz. Additions to Hobson’s 1975 Census (1) Luigi Alamanni, Opere toscane di Luigi Alamanni al christianissimo re Francesco primo (Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1532), bound with: Luigi Alamanni, Opere toscane (Venice: Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio for Melchiorre Sessa, 1533). Jerónimo Ruiz (armorial supralibros). — Thomas Grenville (1755-1846); John Thomas Payne & Henry Foss, Bibliotheca Grenvilliana; Part the second. Completing the catalogue of the library bequeathed to the British Museum by the late Right Hon. Thomas Grenville (London 1878), p.7 — London, British Library, G. 10621. (2) Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii di Gaio Giulio Cesare, tradotti di latino … per Agostino Ortica della Porta (Venice: Francesco Lorenzini, 1563). Jerónimo Ruiz (armorial supralibros). — Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) — Windsor, Royal Library, RCIN 1081327. (3) Girolamo Garimberto, Concetti di Girolamo Garimberto, Et d’altri degni Autori; Raccolti da lui per scriuer, & ragionar familiarmente (Venice: Domenico Farri, 1571). Jerónimo Ruiz (armorial supralibros). Bibliotheca Brookeriana (to be offered in a future sale). (4) Olaus Magnus, [Storia d’Olao Magno arciuescouo d’Uspali de’ costumi de’ popoli settentrionali (Venice: Francesco Bindoni, 1561), or: Opera breue, la quale demonstra, e dechiara, ouero da il modo facile de intendere la charta, ouer delle terre frigidissime di settentrione (Venice: Giovanni Tommaso, 1539)]. Jerónimo Ruiz (armorial supralibros). Current location not traced. A. Hobson, op. cit., 1991, p.49 (5) Publius Ovidius Naso, Le metamorfosi di Ouidio ridotte da Giovanni Andrea dell’Anguillara in ottaua rima, editio terza (Venice: Francesco De_Franceschi, 1569), bound with: Tito Giovanni Scandianese, Quattro libri della caccia, di Tito Giouanni Scandianese (Venice: Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari & fratelli, 1556). Jerónimo Ruiz (armorial supralibros). — Milan, Societa Unitaria, Centro Studi Sociali Biblioteca — Sotheby’s Italia, Libri e stampe, Milan, 25 March, 1994, lot 430 — Michel Wittock (1936-2020); Paul Culot, “La reliure en Italie et en France” in Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Musea Nostra - 38 (Brussels 1996), p. 25; Christie’s, The Michel Wittock Collection, Part I: Important Renaissance bookbindings, London, 7 July 2004, lot 61 (unsold); Michel Wittock, “Une reliure inédite”, op. cit., pp.217-222; Alde, Collection Michel Wittock. Septième partie, Paris, 14 November 2017, lot 13 (estimate €10,000-12,000; unsold). Current location not traced. (6) Francesco Sansovino, Della agricoltura di m. Giouanni Tatti lucchese libri cinque (Venice: Francesco Sansovino, 1560). Jerónimo Ruiz (armorial supralibros). Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Einbandsammlung, Ebd 109-8. Ilse Schunke, “Die vier Meister der Farnese-Plaketteneinbände” in La Bibliofilia 54 (1952), pp.57-91 (p.91). (7) Giovanni David Thomagni, Dell’eccellentia de l’huomo sopra quella de la donna libri tre (Venice: Giovanni Varisco & compagni, 1565), bound with: Alfonso de Ulloa, Dialogo della degnità dell’huomo. Nel quale si ragiona delle grandezze & marauiglie, che nell’huomo sono: & per il contrario delle sue miserie e trauagli (Venice: Francesco Rampazetto for Giovanni Battista & Melchiorre Sessa, 1564). Jerónimo Ruiz (armorial supralibros ). — William Beckford (1760-1844) — Alexander Douglas, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852); Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, Hamilton Palace Libraries. Catalogue of the third portion of the Beckford Library, removed from Hamilton Palace, London, 2-14 July 1883, lot 2581 — Ellis & White, London - bought in sale (£2 14s) — F.S. Ellis, London; Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of the very choice collection of rare books, illuminated, and other manuscripts, books of prints, and some autograph letters, formed by Mr. Ellis, of 29 New Bond Street, London, 16 November 1885, lot 686 — James Bain, London - bought in sale (£4 18s) — Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl Rosebery (1847-1929), exlibris; Catalogue of the library at Barnbougle Castle (Edinburgh 1901), p.278; George P. Johnston, Catalogue of the early & rare books of Scottish interest in the library at Barnbougle Castle (Edinburgh 1923), p.258 (Thomagni) and p.263 (Ulloa) — Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Ry.III.d.28(1-2). (8) Empty binding. Abate Filippo Ruiz (armorial supralibros?) — Emil Hirsch Antiquariat, Katalog 15: Buch-Einbände. Litteratur und alte Originale. Mit 12 Tafeln (Munich [1897]), item 44 & Pl. 3. Current location not traced. Geoffrey Hobson, Mailoi, Canevari and others (London 1926), p.126 no. 19; Anthony Hobson, French and Italian collectors and their bindings: illustrated from examples in the library of J.R. Abbey (Oxford 1953), p.143; Paul Needham, Twelve centuries of bookbindings 400-1600 (New York 1979), p.236 8vo (154 x 100 mm). (I) Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A–L8: 88 leaves. Woodcut Ravani device on title-page, historiated and floriated woodcut initials. (II) Roman type, 29 lines plus headline. Collation: §8 A–L8 M4 A–G8 H4: 160 leaves. Woodcut initials, second part with section-title with woodcut Torrentino device, numerous typographic diagrams of military formations in text. (III) Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. Collation: A8 B4: 12 leaves (B4 blank). Title within woodcut border. (IV) Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. Collation: A–E8 F4: 44 leaves. Title with Giolito’s phoenix device, numerous historiated woodcut initials. Binding: Roman red goatskin (159 x 109 mm), ca. 1570, for Jerónimo Ruiz, gold tooled, frame of multiple blind and double gilt fillets, fleurons at outer corners, fleur-de-lis at inner corners, large central cartouche of scrollwork integrating 2 half-length nude males upholding a classical head, in center of which the Ruiz: arms, a lion rampant holding a fleur-de-lis argent (oxidized) in right paw, flanked by gilt initials I. R. between small leaf tools, spine with 3 full and 4 half bands, compartments with small gilt marguerite (overgilt in the seventeenth century), edges gilt and gauffered to a ropework design. (Repairs to spine and corners, a few small stains.) Maroon cloth folding-box, black morocco label. Provenance: Girolamo (Jerónimo) Ruiz (armorial supralibros) — William Phelp Perrin (1743–1820; exlibris) — Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864–1958; exlibris; Sotheby’s, London, 17–18 June 1946, lot 255), purchased by — Maggs Bros, London (£65) — Jean Fürstenberg (1890–1982). Martin Breslauer Inc., New York (Catalogue 107, [1984], item 135, $7500). Acquisition: Purchased from Martin Breslauer Inc., 1989. References: (I) Edit16 19298; USTC 830056; (II) Edit16 34602; USTC 850250; Moreni, Torrentino, p. 197: 6; (III) Edit 1672124; USTC 853815; (IV) Edit16 19089; USTC 829651; for this and related bindings, see: Pollard, Italian Book-Illustrations and Early Printing; a Catalogue of Early Italian Books in the Library of C.W. Dyson Perrins (London, 1914), nos. 263, 265, 264, 273; Duff, Scottish Bookbinding, Armorial and Artistic: A paper read before the Bibliographical Society, February 18, 1918 (London 1920), p. 12; Musée d’art et d’histoire, Collection Jean Furstenberg : 3 mai–5 juin 1966 (Geneva, 1966), no. 17; De Marinis, Die italienischen Renaissance-Einbände der Bibliothek Fürstenberg (Hamburg, 1966), pp. 66–67; A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus: An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library (Amsterdam, 1975), pp. 219–220 (“Appendix IX: Bindings with the arms of Jeronimo Ruiz”, no. 1); A. Hobson & Culot, Italian and French 16th-Century Bookbindings (Brussels, 1991), p. 49; Wittock, “Une reliure inédite pour Jeronimo Ruiz” in E codicibus impressisque: Opstellen over het boek in de Lage Landen voor Elly Cockx-Indestege (Leuven, 2004), pp. 217–222 (p.220)

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Greenaway, Kate An album of original drawings, mostly child studies or botanical illustrations, with a few other subjects, many finely hand colored. Circa 1880-1890 82 original drawings, 32 of which are hand colored in watercolor, matted in 20 stiff card leaves (328 x 286 mm), each leaf with between 1 and 5 drawings, mounted on tabs with linen guards; very faint soiling to some of the mounts, around 5 of the drawings with very small spots. Bound in an album of full green crushed levant morocco, signed Riviere & Son, gilt titled front board, boards and spine compartments with gilt double-fillet borders, gilt spine with five raised bands, all edges gilt; a few scuffs to the boards, minor wear along the edges and corners, spine mildly sun-faded to a greenish brown. A charming group of original sketches by the celebrated Victorian children’s book illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The drawings range in size from incredibly small to near full-page, and in completeness from unfinished pencil sketches to finely rendered outline drawings to fully colored artworks. The most impressive sketch shows a young girl in a green dress with flowers all around her, evidently one of Greenway’s favorite subjects, a flower procession. PROVENANCE Feodrovna Yorke Sturt (bookplate and pencil signature; the wife of Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington of Crichel) — Anderson Galleries, November 19 1931, lot 394 — Sotheby’s London, November 14 1932, lot 68 — Alain de Suzannet (bookplate) — Doris L. Benz (gilt blue leather book label; her collection sold at Christie's, November 16 1984, but this album does not appear to have been included) — unidentified monogrammed book label, “EHM,” printed on light blue paper

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