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LOT 1131
A Collection of Books on Persian and Islamic Art - 5 Titles
1979-2005 A.D.
8 1/2x8 1/2 - 7 7/8x10 5/8in. (4.9kg total, 21.5x21.5 - 20x27cm).
John Curtis - Ancient Persia - London, 1989, card covers, 72 pp, colour and monochrome images; Richard Ettinghausen & Ehsan Yarshater - Highlights of Persian Art - Boulder, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 391 pp, monochrome images; John Boardman - Persia and the West - London, 2000, hardback with dustwrapper, 255 pp, monochrome images; N. Nafisi - Pearl of Persia - Persepolis - Tehran, 2005, hardback in slipcase, 151 pp, English and Persian text, colour images; Dominique Collon - Ancient Near Eastern Art - London, 1995, card covers, 247 pp, colour and monochrome images. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London gentleman.
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LOT 1131
A Collection of Books on Persian and Islamic Art - 5 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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The Castellani Collection – A Series of Twenty Photographs by Stephen Thompson – Described by C. T. Newton
1874 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
London: George Bell and Sons, 1874 - brown cloth boards (disbound), titled in gilt on front cover and spine, folio, moulded ornament to covers; twenty albumen prints, each approx. 10 x 7½ in., mounted on card with printed descriptive text; title page with photographer's credit; folded in: a small hand-drawn watercolour necklace and drop earring initialled 'C.I'; a larger watercolour on card, also initialled 'C.I'; spine torn; rare. 1.74 kg, 34 x 46 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Alessandro Castellani (2 February 1823 – 10 June 1883) was a goldsmith, antique dealer and art collector from a notable Italian family of goldsmiths and antique dealers. -
Metalworks Treasures from the Islamic Courts
2002 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
James Allen - London, 2002, card covers, 102 pp, colour. 760 grams, 25 x 31.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman. -
Royal Portraits and the Hellenistic Kingdoms
1999 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Robin Symes - New York, 1999, hardback with dustwrapper, 40 pp, colour. 626 grams, 22.5 x 28.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman.
