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(the rebellion of animals against men). fabula corregida y aumentada per el autor en esta tercera edicion, traducida del idioma italiano. (italy spain ), late 18th century. \n manuscript on paper, in spanish, small 4to (195 x 153 mm), altogether [26 nn. ] leaves, text written in brown ink on 21 lines, in a single column, in a very well-legible cursive handwriting. contemporary half brown calf with corners , boards covered with marbled paper (binding a bit worn but firm, heaf of spine chipped). this seems a spanish translation of micon's \u2018rebelion\u2019 from the italian original, presumably by lorenzo ignacio finlen, author of the preface. the work was then published in madrid in 1808. micon, marquis of méritos, was born in cadiz in 1735; he wrote several books, all dating from around the middle of the century, travelled extensively in italy, and translated metastasio's dido into spanish. \n the present manuscript is sold with an export license from italy."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"68","title":{"en":"[literature] - the rebellion of animals against men: a spanish fable manuscript (18th c.)"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/67488/lot/25965/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":180,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:59:34.883Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£200 - £300","internalCatalogNumber":"25965","currency":"GBP","id":25965,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"MANUSCRIPT"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":400,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25966/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25966/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25966/003/003.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-12-02","available":false,"description":{"en":"plutarch - \u201cplutarchi cheronei ethica, sive moralia opera\u201d. \n s.n., italy, half of the 16th c. \n folio (260x190 mm.), manuscript on paper, text in latin, early \u2018carta rustica\u2019 boards, carefully rebacked, spine covered with marbled paper, original flyleaves preserved with later notes; pp. 273 (numbered by an early hand till p. 260 at upper right corner), the last 4 leaves original blanks. text lines ruled in blind, script by 2/3 hands in a clear, cursive handwriting in brown ink on 30 lines. \n manuscripts of plutarch works are very rare on the market, even if late. \n the present manuscript is sold with an export license from italy."},"estimateMax":700,"lotNumber":"69","title":{"en":"[literature] - plutarch\u2019s ethics: a renaissance manuscript of the moralia (16th c.)"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/67488/lot/25966/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:59:34.884Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£500 - £700","internalCatalogNumber":"25966","currency":"GBP","id":25966,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"MANUSCRIPT"},"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":180,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25967/001/001.jpg"],"soldDate":"2025-11-25","available":false,"description":{"en":"a single sheet, depicting the arabic alphabet; 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apparently complete. \n this is likely a (fair) copy of a university course in general physics, hard to know if ever intended for printing. the prefatory text contains references to modern scientists, such as malebranche, descartes, and newton, from whom the author draws the four fundamental rules that form the basis of the treatise (\"the causes of natural phenomena are not many, but sufficient to explain the truth\"; \"the effects of natural phenomena are the causes of the same kind of phenomena, \" etc.). the lessons focus on the concepts of physics, physical and optical phenomena, with instructions for practical experiments, etc. \n the present manuscript is sold with an export license from italy."},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"72","title":{"en":"[science and medicine] - experimental physics in the age of newton: illustrated italian manuscript (18th c.)"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/67488/lot/25971/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":280,"soldPrice":280,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:59:35.994Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£300 - £500","internalCatalogNumber":"25971","currency":"GBP","id":25971,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"MANUSCRIPT"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":180,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25972/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25972/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25972/003/003.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"maiani, antonio - \u201cformule pirotecniche adoperate nel suo mestiere da antonio maiani\u201d. (north-italy, c. 1850) \n manuscript on paper, small 8vo (the leaf mm. 157 x 110), contemporary half vellum with corners, writing space ruled in pencil, text handwritten in a clear cursive script, all in clean condition. text in italian by a single hand, pp. (2, title), 1-188 manuscript text, 189-402 blanks. \n a very interesting manuscript handbook listing an enormous quantity of receipts and details, dealing about the fabrication of fireworks. \n the present manuscript is sold with an export license from italy."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"73","title":{"en":"[science and medicine] - the firemaster\u2019s secrets: pyrotechnic formulas of antonio maiani (c. 1850)"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/67488/lot/25972/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":180,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:59:35.997Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£200 - £300","internalCatalogNumber":"25972","currency":"GBP","id":25972,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"MANUSCRIPT"},"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":260,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25968/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"a horoscope for the elector of saxony with catastrophic and dire events predicted for 1562, in german, manuscript on single sheet of paper [germany (probably saxony), c. 1562] single leaf, with single column of 23 lines of a scrawling vernacular hand, with day of month at far left followed by name of month and brief description of prediction, not apparently ever bound into a volume, chain-lines but no watermarks, modern pencil '1562' at head, some spots, stains and folds, else excellent condition, 295 by 205mm. the text here opens \"diss nachfolgentt ist auff dhas 62 jar von des churfusten zu sachsenn astronimo gepronosticirett\", evidently august von sachsen (1526-86), who held the electorship from 1553, and was married to anna, the daughter of christian iii of denmark. the sixteenth century saw a rapid growth in german noble interest in horoscopes and the prediction and charting of fantastical events, with its heights reached in the various wunderzeichenbuch produced. this leaf records thirteen fatal events for 1562, including the \"dreyer fürsten absterben\" (death of three princes), \"ein halb sintflutt\" (a great flood) and \"onglückliche hitzt und heuschrecken\" (heatwave and plague of locusts)."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"74","title":{"en":"[science and medicine] - a dire horoscope for the elector of saxony (1562)"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/67488/lot/25968/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_BooksMagazinesPaper","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":260,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:59:35.999Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£300 - £400","internalCatalogNumber":"25968","currency":"GBP","id":25968,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"MANUSCRIPT"},"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":60,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25969/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25969/002/002.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"a single sheet, 215x155 mm., folded, containing equations on both sides, 16th c.; 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cassatt mary (1844 - 1926) - american impressionist entrusting a work to durand-ruel"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/67488/lot/26214/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":950,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:59:31.989Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£1,400 - £1,500","internalCatalogNumber":"18895","currency":"GBP","id":26214,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":1400},{"startPrice":70,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/25975/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"autograph letter signed, dated \u201cparis, le 9 9bre 1890\u201d by the french archaeologist and art historian who specialized in ancient greek art and architecture. curious letter: \u201cmio come padre, ernest de gabriac, 16° série examen oral le jeudi 16 13. fils du marquis de gabriac, ancien ministre de france à athènes, au temps où ton nourrisson respirait l\u2019air subtil de l\u2019attique. enfant délicat, reste trop peu de temps en grèce pour se fortifier par les exercice de la palestre \u2013 et par ceux de la grammaire de chassang. grâce pour lui, s\u2019il trébuche un peu!\u2026\u201d. 1 p. in-8."},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"85","title":{"en":"[art] - 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mountbatten of burma louis (windsor, 1900 - mullaghmore, 1979) - wartime strategist and supreme commander of south-east asia campaigns"},"url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/lautographe/source/catalog/auction/67488/lot/26020/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_Ephemera","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-06-22T20:59:34.622Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£150 - £200","internalCatalogNumber":"26020","currency":"GBP","id":26020,"exportLicenseDue":true,"category":{"en":"AUTOGRAPH"},"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":70,"hasReservedPrice":true,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/lautographe/cloned-images/26021/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"autograph letter signed, dated \u201cparis ce 7 frimaire an 8 [28.11.1799]\u201d by the french politician, member of the tribunate and of the council of elders. to a colleague, reporting misconduct by the police: \u201c\u2026je vous adresse le citoyen moette, qui a bien de se plaindre amèrement d\u2019une \u2026 faite hier chez lui, quand on ne pouvait se permettre qu\u2019une action civile, et quand, pour préférer savoir de faire, on n\u2019avoir pas même rempli les procédés préliminaires que la prescrit l\u2019officier de police, quel qu\u2019il soit, (si cependant quelqu\u2019un n\u2019en ayes joué faussement le rôle) me parait bien régné sensible, à en avoir à verifier à réprimer une conduite je dirais aussi révolutionnaire\u2026\u201d. 2 pp. in-8."},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"191","title":{"en":"[history] - 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