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Lot 693: Zeiss Ikon Contax Camera w/ Accessories

by Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals

18 May 2013

Knoxville , TN, USA

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Description: German Zeiss Ikon Contax camera, housed in the original brown leather case. Numerous accessories including a Bigon No. 831454 1:28 f=35 mm lens, a Sonnar No. 1897484 1:4 f=135 mm lens, a Sonnar No. 686769 1:2 f=50 mm lens, a Zeiss Universal turret viewfinder, a Leica-meter, a Walz UV lens, a Walz close-up 1+ lens for Sonnar, and a chrome carrying strap.

Condition Report: All items with moderate wear due to use. Not tested for functionality.

Lot 21: A Leica IIIc 35mm camera, with Leitz Summar 50mm

by John Cordy Limited

2013

New Zealand

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Description: A Leica IIIc 35mm camera, with Leitz Summar 50mm f/2 lens, (replacement cap). Engraved with owner's name Lt. Col. D.T. Morrison dated June 1945. Camera S/N 369690. See page 5.

Lot 22: A Leica IIIc 35mm camera, with Leitz Summitar 50

by John Cordy Limited

2013

New Zealand

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Description: A Leica IIIc 35mm camera, with Leitz Summitar 50 f/2 lens, in original 'Ever Ready' case, camera S/N 484298. See page 5.

Lot 23: A Leica IIIa 35mm camera, with Leitz Summar 50mm

by John Cordy Limited

2013

New Zealand

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Description: A Leica IIIa 35mm camera, with Leitz Summar 50mm f/2 lens. 'Ever Ready' leather case requiring attention. Camera S/N 253873. Requires attention. See page 5.

Lot 24: A Leica Ig 35mm camera with Leitz Elmar 50mm f/3.5

by John Cordy Limited

2013

New Zealand

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Description: A Leica Ig 35mm camera with Leitz Elmar 50mm f/3.5 lens. Camera S/N 924647. In later associated case. See page 5.

Lot 46: A Leica 3B camera body serial no.317700, with

by Frank Marshall LLP

21 May 2013, 10:00 GMT

Knutsford, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £200 - £300

Description: A Leica 3B camera body serial no.317700, with Summar F5CM 1.2 lens, serial no.285714, chrome and black body, with brown leather carry, case and strap, 1935-1950 (illustrated)

Lot 842: WINE : SHAW & SMITH M3 Vineyard Chardonnay,

by Langton's Fine Wine Auctions

2013

Australia

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Description: WINE : SHAW & SMITH M3 Vineyard Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills 2008 1 Magnum Bid Per bottle $68

Lot 843: WINE : SHAW & SMITH M3 Vineyard Chardonnay,

by Langton's Fine Wine Auctions

2013

Australia

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Description: WINE : SHAW & SMITH M3 Vineyard Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills 2008 1 Magnum Bid Per bottle $68

Lot 711: French Dinky - French Dinky. M3 Half Track No. 822

by Warwick & Warwick Limited [Collectables]

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: French Dinky - French Dinky. M3 Half Track No. 822 matt finish with machine gun (not attached) smooth tires, excellent plus in good plus yellow end flap box. (T)

Lot 712: French Dinky - French Dinky. M3 Half Track No. 822

by Warwick & Warwick Limited [Collectables]

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: French Dinky - French Dinky. M3 Half Track No. 822 matt finish with machine gun (not attached) smooth tires, excellent plus in good plus yellow scenic end flap box. (T)

Lot 3726: Leitz leica IIIf camera, serial no. 690124,

by Reeman Dansie

22 May 2013, 10:00 GMT

Colchester, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £300 - £500

Description: Leitz leica IIIf camera, serial no. 690124, complete with identity tag, summicron f1:2 lens, serial no. 1125666, prismeter leica close-up attachment and accessories, exposure guide for red flash syn. scale, leather carrying case and instruction manual

Lot 3808: Leica 100mm camera lens F - 5cm 1:1.5

by Reeman Dansie

22 May 2013, 10:00 GMT

Colchester, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £250 - £350

Description: Leica 100mm camera lens F - 5cm 1:1.5

Lot 468: Cameras - Leica IIIaNo.215085 (1936) with a Prixi

by Clevedon Salerooms Ltd.

23 May 2013, 10:30 GMT

Clevedon, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £100 - £150

Description: Cameras - Leica IIIaNo.215085 (1936) with a Prixi light meter

Condition Report: Shutter mechanism appears to work correctly. Light meter has some light corrosion to the metal plates - ** General condition consistent with age

Lot 809: A Leica A1 camera - 1927 range finder with Lettz

by Rendells

2013

United Kingdom

Description: A Leica A1 camera - 1927 range finder with Lettz Elmar f=5cm 1:3,5

Lot 43: ILSE BING, Self portrait with Leica, 1931

by Lempertz

24 May 2013, 14:00 CET

Cologne, Germany

Estimated Price: €2,500 - €3,000

Description: Gelatin silver print, printed 1993 by Abe Frajndlich. 26.7 x 29.6 cm (27.9 x 35.5 cm). Signed and dated in pencil on the verso. Literature: Hilary Schmalbach, Ilse Bing. Photographien 1929 - 1956, exhib.cat. Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen 1996, plate 4

Lot 1010: HORNBY 0 GAUGE LOCOMOTIVE

by Lawrences

24 May 2013, 10:00 GMT

Crewkerne, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £40 - £60

Description: HORNBY 0 GAUGE LOCOMOTIVE M3 6600 Great Western locomotive, in it's original box (part of box missing).

Lot 12: "The Pascaline" (or: "Arithmatique") - Calculator by Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

by Auction Team Breker

25 May 2013, 10:00 CET

50997 Köln , Germany

Estimated Price: €25,000 - €40,000

Description: "The Pascaline" (or: "Arithmatique") - Calculator by Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) Historically accurate older model of the 'Pascaline' after the original design by Blaise Pascal, 1652. Since going to press, additional scientific research and laboratory analysis have confirmed that the instrument on offer is an historically accurate early 20th century working-model of a six-digit Pascal calculator that differs from the original only in the following points: 1) The large lantern gears in the 9 known original Pascal machines were all cut from solid pieces of metal whereas the pins on this working model are inserted individually into wheels. 2) Spectral analysis reveals that the housing is of lacquered brass, and it is dated from the end of the 19th century. It is of the same style and construction as the 9 known original Pascal calculators. 3) The engraving on the upper plate is in the same script but with a slightly larger font than on the 1652 example in the CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris) 4) The screws on this working model have either M3 or M4 thread - a size only introduced in 1919. The screw-thread suggests that the machine was produced in the 1920s, especially when compared to an- other 'Pascaline' calculator with nearly identical characteristics in the collection of the Science Museum in London, which is known to have been built by E. Rognon, horologist and employee of CNAM, in 1926. Both machines correspond to the vintage 6-digit model in the IBM collection in New York but bear only little similarity to the more recent IBM replicas. 5) The label is a handwritten facsimile on old paper (of approx. 80 - 150 years) not a photographic copy. It should also be noted that as Blaise Pascal designed - but did not physically build - any of his calculators himself, variations exist even between the 9 known original examples ! This Pascal-pattern calculator was until recently in the possession of an old Canadian family. It is a fine, accurate and well-engineered older working model of the six-digit 1652 calculator in the CNAM in Paris. Rare Six-Digit "Pascaline Calculator", dated 1652 With lacquered-brass case, spoked digit-wheels with engraved white-metal scales corresponding (right to left) to: "Nombre Cimple", "dixaine", "Cantainne", "mille", "dixaine de mille" and "Cantainne de mille", sliding rule for changing display from addition to subtraction, brass-framed interior mechanism with six axles each carrying three lantern gears (some pins missing) and an inscribed paper-covered drum for the display, on wood plinth with four square feet and hinged flap with paper label inscribed "Esto probati Instrumenti Symbolum siot. Blasias Pascal arvernus Inventor 20 May 1652", width 11 ¼ in. (28,5 cm) x depth 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) x height 3 in. (7,8 cm). Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), mathematician, physicist and philosopher, is credited with the invention of the first mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction. His father, Étienne Pascal, was a lawyer and a judge in the tax court who assumed a new position as tax commissioner for Upper Normandy, based in Rouen, in 1639. - France had declared war with Spain four years earlier, leading the French government to renege on part of its internal debt and to increase taxation. Étienne - assisted by his son - was under pressure to keep accurate account of the rising tax levies with only the help of counting boards. In 1642 the 19-year old Blaise began designs for a machine that would simplify his father's work. As a reviewer wrote in Le Figaro Littéraire in 1947, "the calculating machine was born of a filial love flying to the rescue of the tax man". - Pascal's first design was for a five-digit calculator; he later refined his principal by creating six and eight-digit machines. Due to the difficulty in cutting toothed gears accurately, Pascal used lantern-type gears formed by pinned wheels that could turn in one direction only. - His design was simultaneously simple and brilliant; the Pascaline could add and subtract two numbers directly and multiply and divide by repetition. The six digit-wheels on the outer case are connected to axles that each carry three lantern gears and a paper-covered drum with inscribed figures. The digit-wheels were rotated by a stylus. For addition, a sliding rule located on the number display was pushed upwards for digits from 0-9. For subtraction, the rule was pushed downwards for digits from 9-0. - The Pascaline was also revolutionary for including digital carry-over. Whenever a ten was carried, a ratchet mounted between the gears, pushed the adjacent gear around a notch, so that the display moved one digit higher. Unfortunately for its operator, a design flaw meant that the ratchets were inclined to jam - perhaps one reason why production of the Pascaline was not financially successful at 100 Livres apiece. It was, however, a mathematical sensation, leading Pascal's friend, the poet Charles Vion Dalibray, to compose a sonnet in its honor: - "... Calculation was the action of a reasonable man, And now your inimitable skill. Has given the power to the slowest of wits". - Pascal accordingly applied for a privilege (the 17th Century term for a patent), which was only eventually granted in 1649, after its inventor had presented the issuing officer, Chancellor Seguier, with an 8-digit calculator of his own. - The total production of the Pascaline is not known, however, researchers estimate that no more than 20 examples were produced, of which 9 are known today. It was, nevertheless, an historic achievement, not least for demonstrating "that an apparently intellectual process like arithmetic could be performed by a machine". Its introduction led to the development of mechanical calculators in Europe and, eventually, to the invention of the very first microprocessor, the "Intel 4004", for the "Busicom 141-PF" electronic desk calculator in 1971 (see the following lot). Understood in this way, the Pascaline is arguably world's earliest mechanical computer. - Literature: Stan Augarten, "Bit by Bit, An Illustrated History of Computers", 1984, pp. 22-30. - An important instrument of inestimable historical and technical value!"Pascaline" (oder: "Arithmatique") - Rechenmaschine nach Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) "Pascaline" (oder: "Arithmatique") - Rechenmaschine nach Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Nach Drucklegung ergaben eingehende wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen und Labortests, dass es sich hier um einen äußerst originalgetreuen alten Nachbau vom Anfang des 20. Jhs. handelt, der nur einige wenige Unterschiede zum Original aufweist: 1) Die großen Stifträder der 9 bekannten Original-Pascal-Maschinen sind jeweils aus einem einzigen Metallstück herausgearbeitet worden. Bei dem vorliegenden alten Nachbau sind die "Stifte" einzeln eingesetzt! - 2) Das gesamte Gehäuse besteht - wie bei den 9 bekannten Originalmaschinen - nachweislich aus reinem Messingblech, das eine Spektralanalyse ergab, Datierung: Ende 19. Jh. - 3) Die Gravierung der Deckplatte erfolgte in gleicher, jedoch etwas fetterer Schrift als das Original im CNAM, Paris. - 4) Die Schrauben des Gehäuses haben schon M3- bzw. M4-Gewinde, das aber erst 1919 eingeführt wurde, was eine Datierung dieser Maschine "um 1920" zulässt, zumal sie auch nahezu gleiche Fertigungsmerkmale zu der "Pascaline" des Science Museum London aufweist, die nachweislich 1926 von E. Rognon (Uhrmacher und Mitarbeiter des CNAM - Conservartoire des Arts et Metiers), Paris, hergestellt wurde. - Und sie entspricht weitestgehend dem ebenfalls 6-stelligen alten Nachbau in der IBM-Sammlung in New York. - Sie ist aber absolut nicht vergleichbar mit den neuzeitlichen IBM-Kopien! - 5) Das Etikett ist original mit Tinte von Hand beschriftet und nicht kopiert. Das Papier ist alt (ca. 80-150 Jahre). - Bekanntlich hat Blaise Pascal seine Rechenmaschinen nur konstruiert, aber nie selbst gebaut, so gibt es Unterschiede selbst bei den 9 bekannten Original-Maschinen. - Diese sensationell in Kanada bei einer traditionsreichen Familie entdeckten"Pascaline" ist ein qualitativ hochwertiger alter originalgetreuer Nachbau, wie er in solcher Qualität nicht mehr auf dem Weltmarkt zu finden ist. "Pascaline" (oder: "Arithmatique"), Original-Rechenmaschine von Blaise Pascal, datiert 1652 Legendäre 1. mechanische Rechenmaschine der Welt des großen französischen Mathematikers und Philosophen, der 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand in der Auvergne geboren wurde. Bereits als Kind hatte er einige anerkannte fundamentale mathematische Lehrsätze ent wickelt, zum Beispiel über geometrische Kegelschnitte. Blaise Pascal schrieb später zahlreiche mathematische Abhandlungen, er bewies die Abhängigkeit des Luftdrucks von der Höhe des jeweiligen Ortes, diskutierte die Frage des Vakuums gegen den Willen der Naturforscher und schuf die Grundlagen für die Entwicklung der Hydraulik ... - heute noch gebräuchlich als "Pascal'sches Gesetz". - Mit 19 Jahren entwickelte Blaise Pascal seine erste Rechenmaschine, nach zahlreichen zeitgenössischen Berichten sollen nur max. 20 Stück je gebaut worden sein, wovon heute noch 9 Exemplare - ausschließlich in öffentlichen Museen - bekannt sind. Aber hier nun - sensationell - die 10. Maschine (!!) ... die damit die einzige auf dem freien Weltmarkt ist! - Die "Pascaline" ist für Addition sowie Subtraktion nach der Neuner- bzw. Zehner-Komplement-Methode (= addieren, um zu subtrahieren) konzipiert, da sie nur in einer Richtung gleichlaufende Zahnräder aufweist. - Zum Rechenvorgang: Dieser begann mit der Nullstellung aller Schaulöcher durch Verdrehen der Zifferräder. Zum Addieren wurde das an den Anzeigerollen befindliche Lineal nach oben geschoben. Die Anzeigerollen waren 2-reihig mit Ziffernfolgen gekennzeichnet. Die untere Reihe war nach rechtslaufend steigend von 0 bis 9 (Addition) und in der oberen Reihe fallend von 9 bis 0 (Subtraktion) ausgelegt. Für beide Rechenarten galt also die gleiche mechanische Handhabung: Ein Stift wurde in den Speichenzwischenraum der entsprechenden Ziffer des Einstellrades eingeführt und dann bis zum Anschlag herumgedreht. Zur Umschaltung von Addition auf Subtraktion wurde lediglich das Lineal nach unten geschoben. Die Arbeitsweise blieb die gleiche. Pascals Rechenmaschinen hatten von Anbeginn bereits Zehnerübertragung und konnten auch zur Multiplikation eingesetzt werden, was allerdings einem sehr mühsamen Unterfangen gleichkam. Im Deckel an der Maschinenunterseite ist noch Pascals handschriftlicher Vermerk vorhanden: "Esto probati Instrumenti Symbolum siot. Blasius Pascal arvernus. Inventor 20 May 1652" - damit entspricht sie exakt dem Exponat des "Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris". - Blaise Pascal erhielt 1649 für seine Rechenmaschine das "Royal Privilège", und sie war damit die erste patentierte Rechenmaschine der Welt"! Außerdem war die "Pascaline" auch die erste Rechenmaschine mit automatischer Zehnerübertragung, wie sie auch die erste Rechenmaschine in Serienproduktion war. Mit Blaise Pascal und seiner Rechenmaschine begann die Entwicklung der mechanischen Rechner, zunächst in Europa und dann weltweit, was dann schließlich nach mehr als 300 Jahren zur Erfindung des ersten Mikroprozessors führte, den "Intel 4004", der für den ersten Elektronen-Tischrechner der Welt, den "Busicom 141-PF" von 1971, entwickelt wurde und der gleich im Anschluß als nächste Los-Nummer in dieser Auktion ebenfalls erstmals in der Welt angeboten wird!! Die hier offerierte "Pascaline" ist in Originalzustand, einzelne Zahnradstreben fehlen, sind aber leicht ergänzbar. - Diese "Pascaline" ist zweifellos eine Riesen-Rarität von unschätzbarem kulturellen wie technischen Wert!

Condition Report: (3/4)

Lot 5360: Camera, Leica, Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, No. 214429,

by Henry's Auktionshaus

25 May 2013, 11:15 CET

Mutterstadt, Germany

Estimated Price: €300 - €360

Description: Camera, Leica, Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, No. 214429, with orig. Leather case

Lot 321: Leica Circa 1933. Instrument scientifique:

by Horta

2013

Belgium

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Description: Leica Circa 1933. Instrument scientifique: Appareil photographique dans son étui de cuir à restaurer. De marque Leica.

Lot 322: Leica. Instrument scientifique: Appareil

by Horta

2013

Belgium

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Description: Leica. Instrument scientifique: Appareil photographique, avec son coffret contenant divers accessoires. De marque Leica, numéroté 238964. (à restaurer).

Lot 323: Leica. Instrument scientifique: Appareil

by Horta

2013

Belgium

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Description: Leica. Instrument scientifique: Appareil photographique dans sa housse d'origine. De marque Leica, numéroté 246770.

Lot 1238: Courtenay M3 mounted Knight, Sir Roger le Strange

by Bonhams

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: with sword and shield, detachable great helm, black base, embossed beneath "MADE IN ENGLAND BY COURTENAY" (G, hand with sword detached) and No.9, the Black Prince with sword and shield, detachable great helm, black base, unsigned (G, one small corner of base missing) (2)

Lot 1294: Ducal Mounted Dignitaries, Royal Occasion

by Bonhams

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: sets M1 Queen Elizabeth, M2 Duke of Edinburgh, M3 Prince Charles, M4 Duke of Kent, M15 Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Household personnel, Grooms, Equerries, Staff, Officers and Aides de Camp M5, M6 (two), M8 (four), M9, M12, M13, M14, M16, M17, M27, M28, M29 and M31 and the Drums, Pipes and Colours of the London Scottish with escort, all in original boxes (E, boxes VG) (46)

Lot 279: 1943 WHITE HALF-TRACK M16

by Artcurial - Briest - Poulain - F. Tajan

10 June 2013, 18:00 CET

Paris, France

Estimated Price: €15,000 - €25,000

Description: 1943 WHITE HALF-TRACK M16 Sans titre de circulation, attestation FFVE Châssis n° 283798 Moteur n° 41900 - Version M16 particulièrement recherchée - Bon état de présentation - Excellente capacité de franchissement En anglais, un "half-track" correspond à un engin doté de chenilles à l'arrière et d'un train avant classique. Le premier à avoir expérimenté avec succès ce système était Adolphe Kégresse, notamment pour les autochenilles Citroën, et cette configuration a été adoptée pendant la seconde Guerre Mondiale pour produire des engins blindés tout-terrain légers et mobiles. Ils ont été produits à plus de 40 000 exemplaires par plusieurs constructeurs, le principal étant White Motor Company. Le Half-Track White, animé par un moteur six-cylindres 6,3 litres essence développant 150 ch à 3 000 tr/min, a connu plusieurs versions en fonction de l'usage auquel il était destiné. Le plus connu est le M3 qui, doté d'un accès arrière, pouvait accueillir douze hommes de troupe. En août 1944, les forces alliées ont libéré Paris et le premier engin à pénétrer dans la capitale était un M3 nommé "España Cañí", piloté par des soldats espagnols combattant sous le drapeau tricolore. Le Half-Track White que nous présentons est un M16, dérivée du M3. Il s'agit d'un engin antiaérien qui était équipé d'une mitrailleuse quadruple de 12,7 mm, montée dans une tourelle Maxson. Ce matériel pouvait être également utilisé contre des objectifs terrestres, si bien que les parois latérales et arrière sont rabattables pour dégager le champ de tir. Sur le modèle proposé à la vente, la tourelle est manquante mais il est équipé des blindages correspondant à ce modèle. Les chenilles sont en état d'usage. Cet engin donc la mécanique est tournante devra bénéficier d'une révision afin de profiter pleinement de ses capacités de franchissement. En bon état de présentation, il s'agit d'un véhicule particulièrement recherché par les amateurs, symbole de la libération de la France en 1944. Ce véhicule sera exposé chez les Transports Prevost - 16, chemin des Carrouges 93140 Bondy, du lundi 3 Juin au lundi 10 Juin inclus, de 10h00 à 18H00. Not registered, FFVE certificate Chassis n° 283798 Engine n° 41900 - Sought-after M16 version - Well presented - Excellent all-terrain capability A "half-track" is a vehicle with rear caterpillar tracks and a standard axle at the front. The first person to experiment successfully with this system was Adolphe Kégresse, notably on the Citroën autochenilles, and this configuration was employed during the Second World War, on lightweight, all-terrain armoured vehicles. More than 40,000 examples were built by several manufacturers, primarily the White Motor Company. The White Half-track, powered by a 6.3-litre six-cylinder petrol engine producing 150 bhp at 3,000 rpm, appeared in various versions for different uses. The best known is the M3 which, with rear access, could accommodate twelve troops. In August 1944, when the allied forces liberated Paris, the first vehicle to penetrate the capital was an M3 known as "España Cañí", driven by Spanish soldiers fighting under the French flag. The White Half-track on offer is an M16, derived from an M3. It was an anti-aircraft machine equipped with four 12.7mm machine guns, mounted on a Maxson turret. This could also be employed against targets on the ground, and the side and rear sections were hinged to allow access to these targets. On the vehicle in the sale, the turret is missing, but it is equipped with armoured plates corresponding to this model. The caterpillar tracks are in used condition. With an engine that turns over, this vehicle would require servicing before making best use of its all-terrain capabilities. Presented in good condition, here is a particularly sought-after vehicle that symbolises the liberation of France in 1944. This vehicle will be exhibited at Prevost Transport - 16, chemin des Carrouges 93140 Bondy, from Monday, June 3rd to Monday, June 10th included, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Lot 78: ROLEWINCK, Werner (1425-1502). Fasciculus temporum. Speier: Peter Drach, 8 kalendas Decembris (24 November), 1477.

by Christie's

2013

United Kingdom

Description: ROLEWINCK, Werner (1425-1502). Fasciculus temporum. Speier: Peter Drach, 8 kalendas Decembris (24 November), 1477. 2° (284 x 204mm). Collation: [110, 2-510, 6-88, 92] (1/1 blank, 1/2-1/10r index, 1/10v blank, 2/1-2/2r prologue, 2/2v-8/8 text, 92 blank). 74 + 2 leaves. Type: 1:130G, 2:94G, 3:68G. Woodcuts throughout the text, including Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and 9 city views, printer's device beneath colophon. Index and Prologue with initials, paragraph marks, capital strokes and underlining in red. (Minor worm hole ff38-76, small area of worming to lower edge f.1, tear to top-edge f.74, short closed tear to lower margin f.21, ink spot to lower margin f.21 and f.74, small hole to fore-margin ff68 obscuring marginalia, final leaf with worming and tears.) Contemporary German chained binding, blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, with original iron staple to lower board, paper label (rebacked, old spine laid down, without clasps and chain links, metal corner pieces and centre boss). Provenance: folio numbers. An early edition of this widely printed universal chronicle, measuring time both from Creation and from the birth of Christ up to 1474, the date of the first edition. Subsequent editions were brought up to date, the last event recorded here being the death of Charles the Bold in 1476, and the succession of Maximilian to the Duchy of Burgundy. Bod-inc R-108; BMC II, 488; BNI R165; Polain 3368; Goff R-257. [Bound after:] [THOMAS Cantipratensis (1201-?1270)]. Bonum universale de proprietatibus apum. [Cologne: Jean Koelhoff, c.1479.] 2° Collation: a-q8, r6 (a1 blank, m3.6 lacking, r6v blank). 132 leaves. Type: I:95e. Text in double columns, initials, paragraph marks, capital strokes and underlining in red. (Worming to a1, small worm track to fore- and lower margin a2, stab hole a1-6, minor dust soiling to top edge.) Provenance: contemporary and later marginalia. Polain 3768; CIBN T-217 (Variante: l4 signé par erreur l3); Bod-inc T-197; BMC I, 223.8; Goff T-347.

Lot 83: VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-1564). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem . Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543.

by Christie's

2013

United Kingdom

Description: VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-1564). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543. Royal 2° (411 x 273mm). Roman, italic, Hebrew and Greek types. With the two folding sheets following m2 and p3, and with single leaf inserted in quire m ('Charta parvas aliquot figuras complectens', signed m3). Woodcut pictorial title, author portrait, over 200 woodcut illustrations, including 3 full-page skeletons and 14 full-page muscle-men, printer's device at end, many woodcut historiated and ornamental initials from several sets. (Title defective at edges, repaired in facsimile and mounted, numerous other leaves repaired at margin, occasionally touching text, folding plates with minor repairs at folds, last leaf with extensive marginal replacement and one letter in facsimile, 20th-century ownership ink stamps throughout.) 18th-century vellum, red leather spine label (repaired, new endleaves). Provenance: Stanescu family (3 generations: Alessandro, George and Cristian Stanescu; monogram ink stamps). FIRST EDITION of 'the most famous anatomical work ever published, ... and the milestone in all medical history' (Heirs of Hippocrates). The Fabrica is 'a complete anatomical and physiological study of every part of the human body' (PMM). Vesalius broke new ground in his method and observations, based on the then radical practice of dissecting the human body, thus fundamentally dividing the study of anatomy into pre- and post-Vesalian periods. The Fabrica combines scientific exposition, art and typography in a manner unprecedented in the 16th century and rarely equalled in later ages. The woodblock illustrations, prepared in Venice under Vesalius's supervisiton, were highly influential and were re-used or copied for over a century. The work opens with a full-page scene of an anatomical theatre showing the dissection of a female corpse in progress, the 14 muscle-men stand in landscapes that together form a panorama of the Euganean Hills near Padua, where Vesalius studied, and even the woodcut initials depict activities associated with the dissecting room. Adams V-603; Dibner, Heralds of Science 122; Garrison-Morton 375; Heirs of Hippocrates 281; Grolier Medicine 18A; NLM/Durling 4577; PMM 71; Wellcome 6560; Norman 2137.

Lot 100: SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations . London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776.

by Christie's

2013

United Kingdom

Description: SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. 2 volumes, 4° (280 x 222mm). Half-title in volume II only as issued, with cancels M3, Q1 U3, 2Z3, 3A4 and 3O4 (misbound after U3) in vol. I and D1 and 3Z4 in vol. II, publisher's advertisements on verso of 4F2 in vol. II. (Clean tear to A3 in vol. I, light occasional scattered spots and stains.) Contemporary calf, spines with raised bands in six compartments, red morocco gilt lettering piece in second compartment, numbered in gilt on green morocco label in fourth compartment, yellow edges (extremities lightly rubbed, a few scuff marks, front hinge cracked in vol. I). Provenance: Johnston (ownership inscription dated 1858) -- unidentified armorial book label. FIRST EDITION OF 'THE FIRST AND GREATEST CLASSIC OF MODERN ECONOMIC THOUGHT' (PMM). In his Wealth of Nations, Smith 'begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange... it ends with a history of economic development, a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system, and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control... Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore, Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work' (PMM). Goldsmith 11392; Grolier English, 57; Kress 7621; PMM 221; Rothschild 1897. (2)

Lot 32: German Leica Camera R3

by Release Test House

14 June 2013, 15:00 EST

Allston, MA, USA

Estimated Price: $500 - $1,000

Description: German, Leica camera, R 3, no lens. Length 6 in., Height 4 in.

Lot 34: German Leica Camera

by Release Test House

14 June 2013, 15:00 EST

Allston, MA, USA

Estimated Price: $2,000 - $3,000

Description: Germany, Leica camera, No. 460197, with case. Length 6 1/2 in., Height 3 1/2 in.

Lot 35: German Leica Camera

by Release Test House

14 June 2013, 15:00 EST

Allston, MA, USA

Estimated Price: $5,000 - $10,000

Description: Germany, Leica Camera, # 19676, with case. Width 5 1/2 in., Height 3 in.

Lot 32: German Leica Camera R3

by Release Test House

15 June 2013, 13:00 EST

Allston, MA, USA

Estimated Price: $500 - $1,000

Description: German, Leica camera, R 3, no lens. Length 6 in., Height 4 in.

Lot 34: German Leica Camera

by Release Test House

15 June 2013, 13:00 EST

Allston, MA, USA

Estimated Price: $2,000 - $3,000

Description: Germany, Leica camera, No. 460197, with case. Length 6 1/2 in., Height 3 1/2 in.

Lot 35: German Leica Camera

by Release Test House

15 June 2013, 13:00 EST

Allston, MA, USA

Estimated Price: $5,000 - $10,000

Description: Germany, Leica Camera, # 19676, with case. Width 5 1/2 in., Height 3 in.

Lot 534: U.S. M3 binoculars 6x30 dated 1943 made by Nash-Kelvinator Corp with an M-17 case with strap. A consignor note states he brought these back from WW2 after they were sent on a replacement plane (4-47) to England from the United States in 1944. Signed

by Conestoga Auction Co.

15 June 2013, 09:00 EST

Manheim, PA, USA

Estimated Price: $60 - $125

Description: U.S. M3 binoculars 6x30 dated 1943 made by Nash-Kelvinator Corp with an M-17 case with strap. A consignor note states he brought these back from WW2 after they were sent on a replacement plane (4-47) to England from the United States in 1944. Signed "Jim Schatz Troop Carrier Sqd." Condition: very good.

Lot 4291: Philatelic - Country: MALTA Type: Single

by APEX Philatelic Auctions

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Philatelic - Country: MALTA Type: Single 1981 Maltese History defins to £M3 complete fine used, cat £40 (SG 667/82)