Pictures, Maps, Furniture and Works of Art including Chess Related Items
Auction 14167
21 Feb 2006, starting at 11:00 GMT.
Sessions
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Auction highlights
Sold for
£10,692
inc. premium
Benjamin Williams Leader RA (1831-1923) British Fir Tree Island, Pont-y-Pair on the River Llugwy, Betws-y-Coed,
Sold for
£7,755
inc. premium
A George IV mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase,
Sold for
£6,815
inc. premium
A George II figured walnut, herringbone and crossbanded secretaire chest-on-chest
Sold for
£6,580
inc. premium
A George III mahogany breakfront bookcase
![WARWICKSHIRE Speed (John) The Counti of Warwick, The Shire, Towne and Citie of Conventre described, hand-coloured double-page engraved map, inset plans of Warwick and Coventry, coats of arms, English text on verso, 38 x 51cm (15 x 20in) Sudbury and Humble [c.1611] with A New Map of Warwickshire by John Cary. (2)](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/03/94285469-3-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![BIRMINGHAM Plans of Birmingham and Vicinity, Ancient and Modern, fifteen facsimile maps after Snape, Sparry, Tomlinson, Westley, Bradford, Hanson, Kempsen, Pigott Smith and Till, folio 50 x 32.5cm (19¾ x 12¾in) [1884].](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94285345-6-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
withdrawn
![OXFORDSHIRE Saxton (Christopher) Oxoniensis, hand-coloured double-page engraved map by William Hole, decorative cartouche, 26.5 x 28.5cm (10½ x 11¼in) [c.1607].](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94286997-184-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![SWANSEA Buck (Samuel and Nathaniel), The East View of Swansea in the County of Glamorgan, single-page engraved view, 30.5 x 78.5cm (12 x 31in) London [c.1748].](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94285801-9-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![RICHMOND GARDENS Rocque (John) A New Plan of Richmond Gardens, hand-coloured engraved map, inset views, (right side only), third state, 57 x 44cm (22½ x 17¼in) [1748].](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94286997-185-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![WARWICKSHIRE Dix (Thomas) A New Map of the County of Warwick, printed colour engraved map divided into twelve sections, with a vignette of Warwick Castle, backed onto linen in original slipcase, 43 x 35cm (17 x 13¾in) [c.1820].](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94285130-11-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![After Leonard Knyff Newnham Padox in Warwickshire the Seat of the Rt Honble Basill Feilding, hand-coloured double-page engraved bird's-eye view, coat of arms, engraved by Johannes Kip, 32 x 47cm (12½ x 18½in) [c.1740]](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94285323-21-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![Walker's Universal Atlas containing twenty-seven hand-coloured single-page engraved maps, plate nine missing, loose boards, 23 x 15cm (9 x 6in) [c.1823].](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94285797-1-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
![Gall & Inglis The Edinburgh Imperial Atlas, Ancient and Modern, containing all forty-seven hand-coloured engraved maps, other pages excised, 55 x 35cm (21½ x 13¾in) Edinburgh [1852].](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2006-02/07/94285843-1-1.JPG.tif&tmp=web150&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
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