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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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Archaeological Books - Joseph Raftery - A Brief Guide to the Collection of Irish Antiquities
1960 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Joseph Raftery - A Brief Guide to the Collection of Irish Antiquities - Stationery Office, Dublin, 1960 - card covers - 96 pp, 8 plates, plan of site. 209 grams, 21 x 14 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - Pitt-Rivers - On the Development of Primitive Locks and Keys
1883 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers - On the Development of Primitive Locks and Keys - Chatto & Windus, London, 1883 - hardback, clothbound with gold blocking to both covers and spine - 31 pp, 10 plates; front board partly detached. 701 grams, 31 x 23.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - Hilprecht - The Excavations in Assyria and Babylonia
1904 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
H.V. Hilprecht - The Excavations in Assyria and Babylonia: The babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania - Series D: Researches and Treatises, Volume 1 - University of Philadelphia, 1904 - hardback, cloth covers, gilt upper edging - 577 pp, monochrome plates, text figures, pocket to inner back cover with 2 maps. 1.47 kg, 24.5 x 17.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.