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LOT 1002
Archaeological Books - Meyrick - Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, Volumes I-III
1824 A.D.
16 x 11 7/8 in. (11.2 kg total, 40.5 x 30 cm).
Samuel Rush Meyrick - A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, Volumes I-III - Robert Jennings, London, 1824 - hardback, marbled covers with quarter calf binding, gold titling and figural work to spine - some pages unopened, many text figures and plates, some hand-tinted; with Rugby School bookplate to inner front. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 1002
Archaeological Books - Meyrick - Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, Volumes I-III
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Archaeological Books - List of Objects of Art Reproduced in Metal in the South Kensington Museum - Part I - Examples of Which Copies May Be Supplied by the Electrotypists
1888 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
List of Objects of Art Reproduced in Metal in the South Kensington Museum - Part I - Examples of Which Copies May Be Supplied by the Electrotypists - Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1888 - card covers rebound in hardback with half-calf binding, gold titling, marbled endpapers - 163 pp. 361 grams, 22 x 15 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - J. Starkie Gardner - Victoria and Albert & South Kensington Museums Art Handbooks - 14 Volumes
1876-1901 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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. 4 kg total, 20 x 13.5 cm each
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - Read - The Waddesdon Bequest - Catalogue of the Works of Art
1902 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Charles Hercules Read - The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild - Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1902 - hardback, half-calf binding with cloth board, gold titling to spine - 129 pp, 55 plates. 1.94 kg, 29 x 23.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.