Lots 221 - 230

Lot #221: "VIEW OF PRAG (PRAGUE) - WOODCUT, 1493. LEAF FROM THE "NUREMBERG CHRONICLE"
14 3/4 X 20 1/2" (sight), framed and matted.
Estimate: $ 300.00- $ 400.00 Sold at $200

Lot #222: (ETCHING) WHISTLER, JAMES A.M. "ROTHERHITHE" ETCHING ON CREAM HANDMADE PAPER. 10 5/8 X 7 3/4". (PLATE MARK); 16 X 12" (OVERALL)
Fine impression of a good copy.
Estimate: $ 100.00 - $ 150.00 Sold at $200

Lot #223: (FALCONRY AND HUNTING) VALVASONE, ERSMO "LA CACCIA" (THE HUNT) BERGAMO, 1593. SECOND EDITION, 8VO
Rare treatise on hunting. Five plates depicting falconry, hunting stags and boars with dogs and training of dogs. Title page browned; some very light stains at corners of some pages. Overall a very nice copy of a rare sporting book. Full vellum.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $850

Lot #224: (MORGAN HORSES) BATTELL, JOSEPH "MORGAN HORSE AND REGISTER", MIDDLEBURY, VT., 1894-1975. 14 VOLUMES, 8V0
Includes the very scarce volume 1. Vols. 1-3 bound in 1/2 morocco, remainder faux morocco. Volume 4 is a reprint. Two copies of volume 3.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $350

Lot #225: MORGAN HORSE EPHEMERA, INCLUDES
(1) Bliss, D.W., "The Morgan Horse - An Essay" Middlebury, 1890. Wraps - rear wrapper missing. Six lithograph plates of Morgans. (2) "History of the Morgan Horses" Hartford, 1885. Wraps illustrated. Ad for stud service of "Rogers Idol". (3) Morgan Horse Catalogues -1911, 1916, 1921. (4) Group of other Morgan ephemera.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $250

Lot #226: SHOOTING BOOKS - TWO RARE TITLES
(1) Baker, Ezekiel "Remarks on Rifle Guns; ...", London, 1825. Ninth edition, 8VO. Includes 1/2 title, handcolored dedication, six handcolored plates and three black and white plates. First five leaves are loose. Contemporary 1/2 leather. Front board detached. Some browning. (2) Mayna de Maralles, Gervaise (John Acton -Translator) "An Essay on Shooting", London, 1791. Second edition, 8VO. 3/4 morocco. Rubs on spine.
Estimate: $ 600.00 - $ 800.00 Sold at $300

Lot #227: W. AND C. SCOTT AND SON "SPORTING BREECH LOADERS" LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (1872), 8VO
A very rare gun catalogue with fourteen plates. Wear at the tips else a very nice copy. Rust cloth with gold and green lettering.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100

Lot #228: ARMS AND SHOOTING - TWO EARLY TITLES
(1) Norton, Charles B. "American Inventions and improvement in Breech - Loading Small Arms...", Springfield, 1880. Three chromolithograph plates, three steel engravings and numerous full and part page illustrations, bookplate of U.S. Army Engineer School. Markings on dedication page only. Rebound in red buckram. (2) Teasdale - Buckell, G.T. "Experts on Guns and Shooting", London, 1900. Red cloth, chips at top of spine.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100

Lot #229: "SMITH AND WESSON", EARLY GUN CATALOGUE - CIRCA 1880'S, 4TO
Catalogue has description of five pistols on thin paper and lithograph plate of each weapon on heavy card stock. Covers are pictorial card stock. Two hole punch tied with ribbon (one ribbon missing). Pistols illustrated are (1) New Model Army No. 3. (2) New Model Navy, No. 3. (3) New Model 38, No. 2. (4) New Model 38, No. 2. (5) New Model 32, No. 1 1/2. Boards slightly soiled. Rear cover has chips on one edge.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $75

Lot #230: SPORTING PRINTS - FOUR SCARCE REFERENCE BOOKS
(1) Sparrow, Walter S. "British Sporting Artists" London, 1922. First edition, 4TO. Color and black and white plates. Green gilt pictorial cloth. (2) Nevil, Ralph "Old English Sporting Prints and their History" London (Studio) 1923. 1 of 1500 copies, 4TO. (3) Nevil, Ralph "Old Sporting Prints" London (Connoisseur magazine) 1908. 3/4 morocco, gilt spine. (4) Crouse, Russell "Mr. Currier and Mr. Ives" NY, 1930.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00

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