Succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy
Engraved by Abraham de Blois. 1679-1720
Painted by Charles Herbel 1656-1703
Size 40 x 30 cm
Price £48.00
Ref:3574
Hungary and Transylvania with Remarks on Their Condition, Social, Political and Economical
John Paget (Paget János )was born in Loughborough 1808. He was educated at the Unitarian Manchester College at York, and then read medicine. He travelled extensively in Europe. He married the Hungarian Baroness Polyxena Wesselenyi Banffy (née de Hadad), divorced wife of Baron Ladislaus Banffy, in 1836. He lived on his wife’s estate in Transylvania, developing the farming there with an “improved” breed of cow, and campaigning for improvements to agriculture. His diary, in six volumes is in the National Széchényi Library in Budapest) Volumes 1-5 contain observations on natural history around Europe. Volume 6 records Hungary’s 1849 war of independence, in which Paget took part.
He died in Ghiriş (then called Gyéres) and is buried in the Hajongard Cemetery in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Good tight copy in publishers mauve cloth , internally clean and bright Illustrated throughout including folding coloured map and Engraved Frontispiece to each volume. Two volumes bound in one.
Published by John Murray 1850
Price £575.00
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Subject: English Medals of the 15th-17th Centuries
With nearly 600 lots of individual medals, such a dispersal is exceedingly rare and has hardly been equalled in size and scope for completeness in the last 100 years. Well illustrated heavy catalogue of 591 lots with extensive text. This catalogue is an invaluable reference work for any serious collector of English Medals.
Auction house: Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury
Date: 16 October 2014
Condition: As New
(Weight:Heavy)
Price £9
Ref:23063
Ambassador to Moscow
Size 17 x 14 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3585
English soldier who fought for Parliament during the English Civil War and one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.
Engraved by James Caulfield 1764-1826
Size 28 x 23 cm
Price £16.00
Ref:3362
Naturalist, patron of science and President of the Royal Society, 1778-1820. Banks sailed with Captain Cook to the Pacific on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour, 1768-71, and compiled a unique natural history collection. Banks held a position of great influence in the scientific world and he advised on ventures such as the Kew Botanic Gardens and the first British colonies in Australia.
Engraved by Wagstaff
Painted by Thomas Philips
Size 27 x 19 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3340
Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG, styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803, was a British politician.
Engraved by T.A.Dean 1847
Painted by Thomas Philips
Size 28 x 22 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3310
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.
Engraved by S.Freeman 1846
Painted by Thomas Lawrence
Size 28 x 22 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3312
George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster GCH PC FRS FRAS, was an English peer and Major General.
Engraved by W.H.Cooke 1846
Painted by James Atkinson
Size 28 x 22 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3316
Produced for Effiggie naturali de i maggior prencipi et piu valorosi capitani di questa eta con l’arme loro.
By Andreas Vacchari 1599
Titled as Captain of the Tartars, captured by the Most Serene Prince of Transylvania.
(Capitano dei Tartari, preso del serenissimo prencipe de Transilvania.)
Engraved by Giacomo Franco 1550 -1620
Size 27 x 19 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3584
Wolframsdorf or Wolfframsdorf is the name of an old noble family from Vogtland , Meissen and Thuringia with their ancestral home in Teichwolframsdorf am Krebsbach near Greiz .
The family coat of arms shows a leaping wolf, carrying a stag’s antlers bleeding on the scab in its fangs. On the helmet with red-silver covers an open flight, the left wing divided by silver and red obliquely left, the other obliquely right.
Size 31 x 19 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3583