Name: Auction: M[ontagu], W[alter] The Queens Closet Opened
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 1200 GBP
Availability: InStock

This June's Books &amp; Manuscripts auction is led by one of the most important collections of historical Scottish manuscripts ever offered for sale, containing no fewer than five letters signed by Mary Queen of Scots, with further letters and documents signed by James V, James VI and I, and Mary of Guise. &nbsp;The papers of Kilravock Castle, near Nairn in the highlands of Scotland, bring to life the history of the ancient Rose family as they fought for influence in a feudal society populated by child kings, doomed queens, jostling consorts and regents, and power-hungry bishops.From the 20th century, the highlight of the sale is a spectacular archive depicting the progress of Roald Dahl’s 1984 memoir Boy: Tales of Childhood from idea to print, and including 30 original ink sketches by Dahl. The Boy archive is one of several lots from the estate of the late Ian Craig (1944-2023), who was Dahl’s art director at Jonathan Cape while also working with celebrated figures including Judith Kerr and Ralph Steadman.The sale also offers a rich selection of children’s books and original artwork, rare works of travel and exploration, and fine bindings, together with original letters by figures including Winston Churchill and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and manuscripts and historical documents in fields ranging from science to the Napoleonic Wars.Buyer's Guide:

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Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chyrurgery, Preserving and Candying, etc. Which were presented unto the Queen, by the most Experiences Persons of the Times … Corrected and Reviewed, with many Additions. [Part 2:] A Queens Delight: or, the Art of Preserving, Conserving, and Candying; as also, a Right Knowledge of Making Perfumes, and Distilling the Most Excellent Waters. Never before Published. [Part 3:] The Compleat Cook: expertly prescribing the Most Ready Wayes, whether Italian, Spanish, or French, for dressing of Flesh, and Fish, ordering of Sauces, or making of Pastry. London: for Peter Dring, [part 2:] by R. Wood, for Nath. Brooke, [part 3:] for Nath. Brooke, 1661-60-59. 3 parts in 1 volume, 12mo (14.4 x 7.6cm), [10] 192 [2] 195-300 [24] 1-123 [21] pp., collates pi6 (pi 1 blank) A-P12 Q6 ²A-²F12, 20th-century tan half morocco, top edge gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece of Catherine of Braganza (consort of Charles II), E4 and I1 each with loss of half of leaf, very light worming to head of gutter from quire P to ²B never affecting text [Wing, first ed., M99A for Queens Closet, M91 for Compleat Cook]

The Queens Closet Opened

M[ontagu], W[alter]

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M[ontagu], W[alter]

The Queens Closet Opened

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