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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit is in excellent and unpolished conditionthe cup itself was made by the english silversmith-company james deakin & sons of sheffield and is hallmarked for sterling silver and for the yearalthough the races in hilversum were very successful in the beginning, the director of the horse race track reported 'troubles' already inthe challenge cup in solid silver was provided by the town council of hilversum, the epic center of dutch horse-racinga rare and large solid silver horse-race sports trophy or challange cup, handed out to the winner of the prestige horse-race in koudekerkmaybe this was the reason the race of hilversum was held at another famous race track: duindigt in wassenaaroppelaar won this race on may 16th of for the third time and became the permanent owner of this rare piecethe thoroughbred horse moquet, owned by mthe cup is unpolished and has no dents or scratchesoppelaar te kouderkerk a/d rijn" and also with "1e winnaar nobilissimus, eig malso a "v" import mark on the topthey had it engraved with several texts in dutch by a local jeweler: top of the cup: " wisselprijs, aangeboden door het gemeentebestuur hilversum - mei " at the bottom: "definitief gewonnen den 16de mei , moquet, eigoppelaar, koudekerk" at the back, the cup has a blue enameled plaqueour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store(see photo) it was acquired by the hilversum city-counsel innl/nieuws/detail/_de-hilversumse-drafbaan) a very rare large and heavy piece, that does not come to auction oftenon the last photo, a picture of the horse moquet (left) it will be carefully packed and shipped insured with track and tracethe cup weighs gram and is 38cm highbecause it was agreed the race would be held in hilversum only,the town council was not amuseda couple of incidents later, the council was probably relieved the agreement ended in(https://hilversum-in-kaarten-2catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis cup is a very rare find, that was discovered during a house clearance of a dutch trader in gold and silver objectsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Flora virginica exhibens plantas, quas nobilissimus vir dcontemporary half green morocco and somewhat rubbed boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book is in superb condition: a few spots on the end papers but the contents have wide margins and are very cleanoriginally published in two parts in and , the flora virginica was substantially revised and modernized in this second edition through the introduction of the linnaean system of classification as set forth in the species plantarum ()the interior is vg+ (fine for the age)folding engraved map of virginiabaron has a famous library, which ran eventually to over titlesquite an association copyindeed, the book offered here appears as number [flora virginica] in the published catalogue of baron’s library offered for sale in ["catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu mhe was thorough, however, in his exploration of the middle tidewater districts, and recent botanical work shows that as a field botanist he was more astute than has been realized"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe boards are somewhat warpedexceptionally sought after workjohannes claytonus in virginia crescentes observavit, collegit & obtulit dthe ex-libris carries the following: "et mihi res, non me rebus submittere conor" ("i force myself to submit things to myself and not to submit to things"), from horace, epistles, i, 1, 19the folding map, often torn and browned, is in perfect conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesecond and best edition of one of the earliest modern systematic studies of american flora, and the first virginian flora, based on specimens collected by john clayton at the beginning of the 18th century; this edition the first to include a map of virginiato make this important work even more valuable, it carries the ex-libris bookplate of baron, michel-hyacinthe-théodore ()gronovio, cuius studio & opera descriptae & in ordinem sexualem systematicum redactae sistunturthe map further documents clayton's travels, "which show that he was seldom north of the rappahannock or south of the james, and that his knowledge of the mountains did not extend beyond the blue ridgecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe map is "one of the earliest botanical maps of any region of the world" (maps in virginia)john clayton, an english botanist, came to virginia in 170 and travelled extensively throughout the colony, collecting and studying virginia plants, and corresponded with the leading naturalists of his day, gronovius, linnaeus, kalm, collinson, and bartramalso new to this edition are the important map of virginia, showing the extent of clayton s travels and explorations, which were concentrated in the middle tide-water districts, and a valuable bibliography, edited by gronoviushis researches and herbarium specimens form the basis of the florida virginica, although the final identification of the specimens, and the science and the system of the book were largely the work of dutch naturalist gronoviusit is one of the first american botanicals to use the systembaron", paris, ]
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