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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
.jpg "Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary")
.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Count J de Maistre - De L'Eglise Gallicane - Lyon, 1854, cloth binding with gold block titling to spine, 358 pp; with 'Ex Libris de Charencey' bookplate to inside cover. 491 grams, 21.6 x 14 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Bénédict-Henry Révoil - Tours, 1886, hardback with cloth covers, gilt edging, 286 pp. 1.43 kg, 29.7 x 21.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Edward A. Samuels - Boston, 1870, hardback with cloth covers, 591 pp, 8 plates. 1.22 kg, 24.2 x 16 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Roger Vercel (illustrations by André Collot) - Paris, 1947, test print on laid paper, 244 pp; hand-tinted illustrations, loose leaf format in paper covers with slipcase; number 291 of 500. 1.33 kg, 29 x 23 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
J. Girardin - Paris, 1888 (2nd edition), hardback with cloth covers, 191 pp; French text; boards loose. 612 grams, 23 x 14.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Lucien Jonas - Reproduction of the field sketchbook of Jonas subtitled 'Armée Anglaise Juin 1915' (British Army, June 1915) with studies of Sir John French, Douglas Haig, Brigadier Maurice, General Lambton and other officers, many with a location; inside front cover with listing of British and Indian regimental officers; inside back cover with list of Interpreters, French and Belgian mission officers, studies of Ypres (2) and the Pas de Calais; hardback with cloth covers (partly detached)' publisher's note to inside back cover (in French) stating that this sketchbook by the painter Jonas, who was attached to the Musée de l' Armée, has been reproduced in facsimile through Librarie Dorbon-Ainé in Paris; this volume is one of 200 monochrome offprints; with artist's manuscript initials. 799 grams, 32.2 x 24.2 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Unique first-hand study of the British Army in the early stages of the First World war.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Unique first-hand study of the British Army in the early stages of the First World war.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A. Hugo - Paris, 1835, marbled boards with cloth bindings, Vol 1: France, historical and geographical description and development, military and commercial history, etc. Vol.3: départements from Puy-de-Dome to Yonne, and the overseas possessions (Algiers, to Madagascar); vol.1 covers partly detached. 2.68 kg total, 28 x 19.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
L. Le Leu - Tournai, 1899, hardback with moulded cloth covers, 176 pp; spine and boards partly detached. 796 grams, 27 x 18 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Goethe - Faust (in French translation) - Paris, 1847, hardback with cloth covers, gilding to edges, 373 pp. 1.17 kg, 27.5 x 19 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
M.B. (trans.) - Limoges, 1836, hardback with moulded boards, 228 pp. 200 grams, 17.5 x 10.6 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Paris, 1725, full calf binding with marbled endpapers, 681 pp, 1 foldout plate; one board partly detached. 1.65 kg, 26 x 20.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
J. Josephus Overbeck - Oxford, 1865, hardback with cloth covers, 424 pp; English preface and list of contents, text in Syriac script; spine and covers damaged. 947 grams, 24 x 15.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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1885 - 1896 of 3369 LOTS
1885 - 1896 of 3369 LOTS
