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    • Heraldry.- Morgan (Sylvanus) The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature, an Historical and Genealogical Work, of Arms and Blazon, first edition, by William Leybourn, for the auth...
      Nov. 28, 2024

      Heraldry.- Morgan (Sylvanus) The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature, an Historical and Genealogical Work, of Arms and Blazon, first edition, by William Leybourn, for the auth...

      Est: £400 - £600

      Heraldry.- Morgan (Sylvanus) The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature, an Historical and Genealogical Work, of Arms and Blazon, first edition, engraved additional title (bound opposite letterpress as frontispiece, slightly trimmed with slight loss to lower and inner margins), engraved plates and numerous whole-page engraved illustrations (including the folding Howard pedigree), many other engraved illustrations or vignettes in text, as well as woodcut head-pieces, initials and armorial illustrations, small repair F1 foot, tiny hole Pp1 text and Pp1-2 torn loose at foot, gutter split at 3I2 but holding firm, scattered spots or minor soiling but generally clean, contempoarary calf, spine gilt, some wear to spine, joints and corners, [Wing M2743], folio, by William Leybourn, for the author, 1661.

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    • Ɵ SYLVANUS MORGAN (1620-1693), THE GENEOLOGIE OF WILLIAM BARNARDISTON
      Nov. 16, 2021

      Ɵ SYLVANUS MORGAN (1620-1693), THE GENEOLOGIE OF WILLIAM BARNARDISTON

      Est: £400 - £600

      Ɵ SYLVANUS MORGAN (1620-1693)THE GENEOLOGIE OF WILLIAM BARNARDISTON, DESCENDED OUT OF SUFFOLKE AND DRAWNE DOWNE & CONTINUED TO THIS PRESENT YEARE ANNO 1647 An armorial roll showing the arms of Barnardiston below five generations of arms and names. On vellum.126cm x 36cm Provenance: Created for Arthur Barnardiston's father at Brightwell Hall Removed to Weston Hall and thence by descent. Catalogue Note: Sylvanus Morgan (1620-1693), arms painter and author, was born in London in March 1620. His first printed work, in 1648, was a poem entitled London, King Charles his Augusta, or, City Royal of the Founders. Morgan's best-known work, The Sphere of Gentry, Deduced from the Principles of Nature: an Historical and Genealogical Work of Arms and Blazon, in Four Books, was published in 1661-3. Since it was written and partly printed during the Commonwealth, hurried revisions were made to meet the new circumstances of the Restoration. Morgan was a leading member of the Painter-Stainers' Company and was involved in attempts to settle disputes between the company and the College of Arms. He became master in 1676. The writer on heraldry John Gibbon, a friend, described Morgan as 'a witty man, full of fancy, very agreeable company, [who] lived credibly'. He was, he wrote, 'the prince of armes-painters' [DNB]

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    • Heraldry.- Mysticism.- Morgan (Sylvanus) Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals, first edition, printed by T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook, 1666.
      Jun. 09, 2020

      Heraldry.- Mysticism.- Morgan (Sylvanus) Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals, first edition, printed by T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook, 1666.

      Est: £600 - £800

      Heraldry.- Mysticism.- Morgan (Sylvanus) Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto's to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world, first edition, full-page woodcut arms of the dedicatee Edward, Earl of Manchester, to verso of title, full-page engraved table of Egyptian and mystical symbols to D4, numerous woodcut and engraved coats-of-arms in text, lacking 2I4, small worm traces to head and foot of title, A2&3 repaired at head, affecting headlines, occasional spotting, stained, lightly browned in places, an engraved portrait from another work mounted on front free endpaper, antique style calf, [Wing M2738], small 4to, printed by T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook at the Angel in Cornhil, and Henry Eversden at the Greyhound in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1666. ⁂ A rare copy of this work that views heraldry from a symbolic and mystical point of view, paralleling the alchemical interest and literature of the period. Most copies of this book are thought to have been destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

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    • Morgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666
      Sep. 26, 2013

      Morgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      [16], 238 (of 239), [24 (of 25)] pp. A-Mm4 (-Ii4). With armorial shields in the text, most engraved in wood, some in copper. (4to) 20.5x15 cm. (8¼x5¼"), modern calf in antique style. First Edition.

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    • MORGAN, Sylvanus (1620-1693). Armilogia sive ars chronomocritica, The Language of Arms by the Colours & Metals . London: T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook and Henry Eversden, 1666.
      Jun. 20, 2013

      MORGAN, Sylvanus (1620-1693). Armilogia sive ars chronomocritica, The Language of Arms by the Colours & Metals . London: T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook and Henry Eversden, 1666.

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      MORGAN, Sylvanus (1620-1693). Armilogia sive ars chronomocritica, The Language of Arms by the Colours & Metals. London: T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook and Henry Eversden, 1666. 4o (233 x 174 mm). Full-page woodcut coat-of-arms of the dedicatee Edward, Earl of Manchester, on the verso of the title, one full-page engraving of coats-of arms on D4, numerous woodcut and engraved coats-of-arms in text. Contemporary English gold-tooled red morocco, edges gilt (some wear at ends of spine). Provenance: William St. John of Jesus College, Cambridge, 1712 (ownership inscription on front flyleaf); John Lord St. John (armorial bookplates); Dr. Charles Chauncey (armorial bookplate); James Walsh (armorial bookplate); Pierre de Chaignon (armorial bookplate); Ashburnham Library (shelfmark, sold Sotheby's 10 December 1887, lot 2663); acquired in 1966. FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY of Morgan's treatment of heraldry from a symbolic and mystical point of view, paralleling the alchemical interest and literature of the period. Morgan takes a pseudo-scientific approach to the subject of arms, referencing Boyle on page 24, Hooke on page 175 and Dugdale on page 239. This work is a supplement to Morgan's 1661 work, The Sphere of Gentry, which is much more common. Wing M-2738.

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    • MORGAN, SYLVANUS (1620-1693).
      Apr. 14, 2005

      MORGAN, SYLVANUS (1620-1693).

      Est: £600 - £800

      Horologiographia optica. Dialling universall and particular: speculative and practicall. In a threefold praecognita... Illustrated by diverse opticall conceits, taken out of Augilonius, Kerrcherius, Clavius, and others. Lastly topothesi, or, a feigned description of the court of art. Full of benefit for the making of dials, use of the globes... Together with many useful instruments and dials in brasse, made by Walter Hayes, at the Crosse Dagger in More Fields. London: R. & W. Leybourn for Andrew Kemb and Robert Boydell, 1652 Condition Note: 4to (180 x 135mm.), [16 (including additional engraved title and 'On the frontispiece')], 144pp., illustration: additional engraved title and woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut initials and head-pieces, binding: eighteenth-century vellum-backed marbled boards, a little browned in places, engraved title cropped within plate mark at lower edge We are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described in our catalogue. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Wing M2741 CATALOGUE NOTE The liminary verses include some by William Leybourn the publisher and some by Edward Barwick 'On my friend Mr. Silvanus Morgan, his Book of Dialling': The use of Dials all men understand To make them few: & I am one of those. I am not one of the Mathematick Band: Nor know I more of Vers, then Vers, from Prose. But though nor Diallist I am, nor Poet: I honour those in either doe excell; ...[2 lines omitted] Consider then the pains the Author too, And thank him, as thou benefit'st by's Book.

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