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LOT 1238
Books on Greek Antiquities, Ancient Art and Archaeology - 7 Titles
1960-1980 A.D.
8 x 5 3/4 - 12 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (4.18 kg total, 20.5 x 14.4 - 31 x 23.2 cm).
George E. Mylonas - Mycenae, A Guide to Its Ruins and Its History, Athens, 1973, cardcovers, 78 pp, black and white images; R.J. Hopper - The Early Greeks, 1977, hardcover with dustjacket, 257 pp, black and white images; A. Delivorrias - Guide to the Benaki Museum, Athens, 1980, cardcovers, 199 pp, colour and black and white images; C.H. Beck - Antikensammlungen Munchen Griechische und Romische Bronzewerke, in German, 1979, cardcovers, 72 pp, black and white images; Festschrift fur W.-H. Schuchhardt, 1960, cardcovers, 250 pp, black and white images; The Search for Alexander, An Exhibition, 1980, cardcovers, 192 pp, colour and black and white images; Gisela M.A. Richter - The Archaic Gravestones of Attica, 1961, hardcover with dustjacket, 184 pp, black and white images. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1238
Books on Greek Antiquities, Ancient Art and Archaeology - 7 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Dr Ferdinand Keller - Volumes I & II
Second Edition, published in 1878 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Hardback with leather spines, vol 1 with 696 pp, translated by John Edward Lee, 2nd volume containing 206 full-page black and white plates of ancient artefacts. 2.72 kg total, 24 x 16.5 cm each
Originally held in Nottingham Central Library, purchased directly by Ian Wilkinson in 2020. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Dr Ferdinand Keller is a foundational archaeological work documenting prehistoric stilt-house settlements, primarily from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages around Swiss lakes. It covers findings across Switzerland, including detailed descriptions of artefacts and building techniques, translated and expanded by John Edward Lee. -
Books on Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Art and Egyptology - 7 Titles
1965-2011 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
C.F. Nims - Thebes of the Pharaohs: Pattern for Every City - New York, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 208 pp, colour and monochrome; Montréal Museum - The Great Pharaoh Ramses II and his Time - Montréal, 1985, card covers, 150 pp, colour; A. Siliotti - Guide to the Valley of the Kings - Cercelli, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 168 pp, colour; Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ancient Art Gifts from The Norbert Schimmel Collection - Bulletin Vol.XLIX, Spring 1992 - card covers, 64 pp, colour; Toledo Museum of Art - Egypt in Toledo - Toledo, 2011, card covers, 112 pp, colour; B. Shmitz et al. - Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim - Mainz, 1996, card covers,145 pp, colour; A. Moorehead - The Blue Nile - London, 1972, hardback with dustwrapper, 336 pp, colour and monochrome. 5.76 kg total, 23 x 23 - 30.5 x 23 cm
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Sotheby's London Antiquities and Ancient Art Auction Catalogue Group - 16 Titles
1988-1994 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Antiquities, London, 13-14 December 1990; Antiquities, London, 8 July 1991; Antiquities, London, 3 December 1991; Oriental Art and Antiquities, 5-6 May 1993; Greek Vases from The Hirschmann Collection, 9 December 1993; Greek Vases from the Momirovic Collection, 7 July 1994; The Benzian Collection of Ancient and Islamic Glass, 7 July 1994; Antiquities, London, 8 December 1994; Antiquities and Islamic Art, New York, 15 June 1988; The Stansfeld Collection of Ancient Art, New York, 2 December 1988; Antiquities and Islamic Art, New York, 2 December 1988; Antiquities and Islamic Art, New York, 12-13 December 1991; Antiquities and Islamic Art, New York, 25 June 1992; Important Antiquities from the Norbert Schimmel Collection, new York, 16 December 1992; Important Antiquities, New York, 17 December 1992; Antiquities and Islamic Art, New York, 12 June 1993; Antiquities and Islamic Art, New York, 8 June 1994. 9 kg total, 26.8 x 21 - 27.6 x 21 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
