Lots
171 - 180
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#171: ETCHING, FREDERICK GARRISON
HALL
Signed illegibly. Finely detailed work of a French street
scene with buildings, people, and animals. Presentation copy
to Deems Taylor. Measures 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Framed and matted.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $425 |
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#172: (PORTRAITS) GROUP OF NINE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
PORTRAITS
Copperplate engravings and mezzotints. Group includes: "Prince
Charles", 1628, 17 x 12 1/2 in., small tear; "William
Bethen", 17 x 20 in.; "Lenepp", 16 1/2 x 14
in.; "Eugenia Francisco", 23 x 17 in.; "William
- Duke of Gloucestor", circa 1700, 13 x 9 1/2 in.; "Nicolaus
Baileau Despreaux", 1706, 16 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.; "Frederick
the Great", 20 x 14 in.; "King James", 1818,
29 x 21 in.; Boydell (after Rembrandt) "Earl of Besborough",
1764, 20 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100 |
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#173: CURRIER & IVES, "LANDSCAPE,
FRUIT, AND FLOWERS", NY, 1862
Handcolored lithograph, 19 5/8 x 27 in. Matted and shrink
wrapped. Fine copy.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $225 |
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#174: VAN LENNEP, H.V., "ORIENTAL
ALBUM", NY, 1862
17 (of 20) chromolithograph plates from the rare American
costume book. Margins lightly soiled, but plates are
bright. Along with, 10 handcolored mezzotint prints,
all large and non-portraits.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $300 |
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#175: ETCHINGS - SMALL GROUP
Includes Rembrandt, "Portrait of Cappenal", 13
x 11in.; and Rembrandt "Jailer Shaking Fist", 8
3/4 x 7 1/2 in. And ten others.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $1700 |
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#176: ART POSTERS
Group of ten posters, all measure 30 x 20 in. Group includes:
Picasso "Le Cubisme 1907-1914", 1953; Miro "Art,
Sculptures, Graphiques"; Braque "Braque Graveur",
1953; Dufy "Hommage a Raoul Dufy", 1954; Klee "Klee",
1955; and five others. All with pin holes in the corners.
All generally fine.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $450 |
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#177: AUDUBON, J.J., "GOLDEN EAGLE"
Handcolored copperplate etching, 37 1/4 x 24 1/2 (sight).
Small closed tear through the word "plate". A few
minor foxing spots.
Estimate: $ 10,000.00 - $ 12,000.00 |
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#178: FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY, "THE ORNITHOLOGY OF FRANCIS
WILLOUGHBY", LONDON, 1678
1st edition in English, Folio. Title page printed in red
and black. 80 copperplate engravings. Two of the plates are
on the art of fowling, showing capture nets. Pages 397-441
on the art of falconry by John Ray. Plates 43-46 have small
tears in the lower margin. Otherwise internally fine. Bound
in full contemporary brown calf. Binding is shabby.
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 3000.00 Sold at $1300 |
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#179: ROBERT FARBER & RICHARD BRADLEY, "THE
FLOWER GARDEN DISPLAYED _ _ _", LONDON, 1732
1st edition, 4to. Handcolored engraved title and 12 handcolored
engraved plates of flowers in vases; one plate for each month.
Contemporary brown calf. Rubs and some board separation.
Black stain on part of the leather. Plates and text are fine
and brightly colored.
Estimate: $ 4000.00 - $ 6000.00 Sold at $3900 |
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#180: JOHN HILL, "THE BRITISH HERBAL: A HISTORY
OF PLANTS AND TREES, NATIVE OF GREAT BRITAIN _ _ _",
LONDON, 1756
1st edition folio. Handcolored engraved allegorical frontis,
H.C. Vignette, H.C. Coat of Arms, and 75 handcolored
plates showing 1500 plants. Some dampstaining, front
and rear endpapers heavily stained; frontis stained in
margin and stuck to preceding endpaper; title stained
at lower right corner; upper left corner of plates 74
and 75 stained; pages 529 to end stained. Most pages
are loose, but 3/4 morocco binding is sound. Very rare
in colored state.
Estimate: $ 3000.00 - $ 4000.00 Sold at $2500 |
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