Lots
111 - 120
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#111: ORIENTAL WOODBLOCK BOOKS
Four small books, all with birds and flowers. Includes:
Rinsai - two volumes, 187 colored birds and flowers; Kashu
- 1905, birds and flowers; and two others - one partially
colored, the other black and white.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $325 |
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#112: JAPANESE REFERENCE BOOKS - THREE VOLUMES
1. "On Yokabama Ukiyoe", large folio in slipcase;
a history of the 52 artists and 90 publishers from 1860-1883.
2. Piggot, F.S., "The Elements of Sosho", 1943
reprint of the 1913 classic. 3. Group of color woodblocks,
many depicting Perry. 4. One other book.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $350 |
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#113: JAPANESE WOODBLOCK BOOKS, 14 VOLUMES
Apparently books on gardening, all are thin volumes with
brown paper wrappers. Subjects include: Flowers - 6 volumes;
Fruit - 2 volumes; Flowering Trees - 3 volumes; Birds -
2 volumes; Shrubs - 1 volume; and Stone Formations - 2
volumes. Printed on very thin handmade paper. Housed in
a folding case with ivory closures.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $300 |
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#114: JAPANESE COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTS
47 prints, all 4to size. Nicely colored landscapes, seascapes,
occupational. All fine copies. Housed in a handmade paper
envelope.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $300 |
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#115: (HANDCOLORED) JAPANESE COLOR BIRD PLATES
4to. 22 beautiful handcolored plates of birds, most are
exotic birds including many parrots. All are in fine condition.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $650 |
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#116: SEIKO TAKEUCHI, "ART OF PAINTING BIRDS",
KYOTO, (1912)
27 leaves, 4to. An instructional book on painting birds
by the great Kyoto artist and teacher. Birds range from
fully colored to no color, many partially colored. Three
double-page plates are fully colored, one a hawk. Lot also
includes, two smaller Japanese bird books, both instructional,
and one other.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $225 |
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Lot #116A: GROUP OF
FOUR ORIENTAL BOOKS
This group includes color woodblocks, photographs, and literature.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $275 |
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#117: "FOUR GOSPELS", NY AND LONDON,
1874
Four volumes (in two), folio. Illustrated with etched plates
by ALEXANDER BIDA. Magnificent full red morocco. Heavily
gilt boards and spines. Small spot on front board of volume
two. Some minor foxing.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 |
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#118: JACQUEMART, JULES, "HUIT ETUDES AND COMPOSITIONS
DE FLEURS", PARIS, 1862
1st edition, folio. 8 etchings by Jacquemart depicting
elaborate floral displays. Very rare. Bound in modern red
morocco over marbled boards.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $550 |
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#119: EVANS, ARTHUR, "THE CUTTER IN FINE LECTURES
UPON THE ART AND PRACTICE OF CUTTING FRIENDS _ _",
LONDON, 1808
1st edition, small 8vo. Handcolored frontis and 5 handcolored
folding plates by J.A. Atkinson. Contemporary tan calf
(rebacked). Book dealer descriptions glued in.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $225 |
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#120: HURSTONE, J.P., "THE PICADILLY AMBULATOR;
OR OLD Q_ _", LONDON, 1808
1st edition, 12 mo. Two volumes (in one). Folding handcolored
frontis. Satire and Sex in early England. Bound in full brown
calf, gilt spine. Fine copy.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $225 |
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