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LOT 1035
Archaeological Books - Pitt-Rivers - Antique Works of Art from Benin
1900 A.D.
12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (1.55 kg, 32 x 25 cm).
Lieutenant-General Pitt-Rivers - Antique Works of Art from Benin - Printed privately, 1900 - hardback, cloth bpud with gold blocking to covers ad spine - with old card-mounted photograph of a Benin ivory figurine. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 1035
Archaeological Books - Pitt-Rivers - Antique Works of Art from Benin
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Archaeological Books - The British Museum: The Townley Gallery, Volume I & II
1836 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The British Museum: The Townley Gallery - Charles Knight & Co., London 1836 - each volume hardback, full leather binding with tooling and gold titling to spine, marbled endpapers - Vol.I 352 pp, Vol.II, 385 pp, text figures throughout. 643 grams total, 16.3 x 10.5 cm each
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - Streeter - Gold: Legal Regulations for the Standard of Gold & Silver Wares in Different Countries of the World
1877 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Edwin W. Streeter - Gold: Legal Regulations for the Standard of Gold & Silver Wares in Different Countries of the World - Chatto & Windus, London, 1877 - hardback, cloth cover with blocking and gold titling - 140 pp, fold-out map. 333 grams, 19.5 x 13.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Archaeological Books - Pollak - Goldschmiedearbeiten im Besitze Sr. Excellenz A.J. Von Nelidow
1903 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Ludwig Pollak - Goldschmiedearbeiten im Besitze Sr. Excellenz A.J. Von Nelidow - Hiersemann, Leipzig, 1903 - hardback, cloth cover with replaced leather spine, gold titling and figure; with Hiersemann catalogue sheets. 3.28 kg, 34.5 x 27.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
