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LOT 1052
A Collection of Books on Art of the Near East - 4 Titles
1961-1995 A.D.
7 1/2 x 11 - 8 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (4.7 kg total, 19 x 28 - 22 x 28.5 cm).
André Parrot - The Arts of Assyria - Mew York. 1961, hardback with dustwrapper, 378 pp. monochrome, foldout map; E. Gubel (ed) - In de Schaduw van Babel / A l'ombre de Babel - Brussels, 1995, card covers, 182 pp, monochrome, foldout map, French and Dutch text; Irene J. Winter - A Decorated Breastplate from Hasanlu - Philadelphia, 1980, card covers, 39 pp, monochrome plates, foldout line drawing; Iran - Irene J. Winter, Benjamin Rowland - Art in Afghanistan - Objects from the Kabul Museum - London, 1971, hardback with dustwrapper, 93 pp, 314 monochrome plates. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London gentleman.
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LOT 1052
A Collection of Books on Art of the Near East - 4 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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A Collection of Books on Islamic Art - 5 Titles
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Islamic Art - The David Collection, - Copenhagen, 1990, card covers, 251 pp, colour and line drawings; Geza Fehervari - Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based o the Barlow Collection - London, 1973, hardback with dustwrapper, 191 pp, 120 monochrome and colour plates; Barbara Brend - Islamic Art - London, 1991, card covers, 240 pp, colour; Pratapaditya Pal (ed) - Islamic Art - The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection - Los Angeles, 1973, card covers, 232 pp, monochrome; Sheila Blair & Jonathan Bloom - The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250 - 1800 - Harmondsworth, 1995 (corrected edition), hardback with dustwrapper, 348 pp, colour and monochrome. 5.6 kg total, 19 x 24 - 22.5 x 29.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman. -
Jules La Barte - L'Émaillerie dans l'Antiquité et au Moyen Age
1856 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Subtitle: Recherches sur la Peinture en Émail dans L'Antiquité et au Moyen Age - Paris, 1856, hardback with quarter-calf binding, marbled boards and endpapers, gold block title to spine, 239 pp, six coloured chromolith plates, fold-out engraving of architectural detail in Venice; stamped 'Bibliothèque de F. Halévy' and gummed bookplate with author's dedication 'à Monsieur Halevy hommages de l'auteur J. Labarte'. 1.4 kg, 22.5 x 27 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy (usually known as Fromental Halévy) (27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer in the mid-19th century. His given name Fromental (meaning 'oat grass') refers to his birth on the day (7 Prairial) dedicated to the same plant in the French Revolutionary calendar which was still operative at that time. -
The Crossroads of Asia - Transformation in Image and Symbol
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Fitzwilliam Museum - Cambridge, 1992, card covers, 306 pp, monochrome. 1.3 kg, 21.5 x 28 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman.
