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LOT 1012
Archaeological Books - J. Starkie Gardner - Victoria and Albert & South Kensington Museums Art Handbooks - 14 Volumes
1876-1901 A.D.
8 x 5 3/8 in. (4 kg total, 20 x 13.5 cm each).
Series of Art Handbooks comprising: The Industrial Arts of Spain (Riaño); Industrial Arts - Historical Sketches (various); Scandinavian Arts (Hildebrand); Danish Arts I & II (Worsaae) [2 vols]; Russian Art (Maskell); Persian Art (Murdoch Smith); Precious Stones (Church); English Earthenware (Church); Bronzes (Drury & Fortnum); Ironwork 1 & II (Starkie Gardner) [3 vols]; Gold & Silver (Hungerford Pollen) - all hardback with cloth covers, gold titling to spine and cover, black blocking. [14, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 1012
Archaeological Books - J. Starkie Gardner - Victoria and Albert & South Kensington Museums Art Handbooks - 14 Volumes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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W.A. Rixon - Flint Implements Drawn on the Stone - hardback, cloth covers, library binding - 9 plates - bookplate for 'Cheltenham Public Library'. 291 grams, 28 x 22.5 cm
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Archaeological Books - Babelon - Histoire de la Gravure sur Gemmes en France
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Ernest Babelon - Histoire de la Gravure sur Gemmes en France Depuis les Origines Jusqu'a l'Époque Contemporaine - Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, Paris, 1902 - card covers with dustwrapper, 262 pp, 22 plates. 1.38 kg, 29.5 x 20 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - Lynam - Church Bells of the County of Stafford
1889 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lynam, Charles - The Church Bells of the County of Stafford - London, 1889 - hardack, cloth, gutta percha - 136 plates for bells, plus XXXVII plates of church towers; with small ink stamp to fep.; small loss to spine; text with sections and pages loose; in need of restoration. Rare. 3.24 kg, 32 x 27 cm
Ex libris Birmingham Assay Office Library (with small ink stamps). Acquired Forum Auctions. Property of a Kent, UK, collector.