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LOT 1023
Ancient Archaeological Book Group
1961-1983 A.D.
8 7/8 x 7 7/8 - 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (2.48 kg total, 22.5 x 20 - 29.5 x 21 cm).
E.A. Wallis Budge - Amulets and Talismans - New York, 1961 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 543 pp, monochrome illustrations and plates; R. & I. Braun - Opiumgewichte - Landau, 1983, card covers, 240 pp, monochrome plates, line drawings; R. Lefebvre d'Argencé - Bronze Vessels of Ancient China - San Francisco, 1977, card covers, 144p, colour and monochrome plates. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Anglo-Saxon Chesterford and British Museum Guide to Anglo-Saxon Antiquities
1923-1994 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
British Museum Guide to Anglo-Saxon Antiquities - London, 1923 (first edition), 179 pp, card covers, monochrome images; V. Evison - An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Great Chesterford, Essex - York, 1994, 233 pp, card covers, monochrome plates, fold-out table. 1.47 kg total, 21.6 x 14 - 29.5 x 21 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
The Gospel of Saint John according to the earliest Coptic Manuscript
London, 1924 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Sir Herbert Thompson - The Gospel of Saint John according to the Earliest Coptic Manuscript - 1924, hardback, 70 pp, monochrome photographs with transliteration, translation and Coptic glossary. 1.27 kg, 31 x 24.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Mixed Antiquities and Coin Catalogues and Books
1990-2024 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising: TimeLine Auctions catalogues: 3rd September 2024; 4th June 2024 (2 copies); 5th March 2024; 5th December 2023 (2 copies); 23rd May 2023 (2 copies); 24th May 2022; 8th-10th September 2021; Christie's: London 28th May 1992; Sotheby's: 28th October 1993; Spink: 6th October 2011 (2 copies); 21st June 1990; Gorny & Mosch: 12th-13th December 2023; British Museum magazine: Winter 2023; Archaeologia Cantiana General Index 1995; Brett Hammond: 'British Artefacts Vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon'; 'British Artefacts Vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman'. 13 kg total, 26.7 x 21.2 - 29.7 x 21 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
