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LOT 1177
Books on Hindu and Buddhist Art, Antiquities, and Archaeology - 5 Titles
1972-2012 A.D.
10 1/4 x 7 7/8 - 11 1/2 x 10 in. (3.29 kg total, 26 x 20 - 29.2 x 25.5 cm).
J. Cummings, Vishnu, Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, New York, 2011, pp.296, complete full colour catalogue of the exhibition; AA.VV., Statues Bouddhiques en Bronze Doré, Paris, 1996, pp.32, complete full colour catalogue of the Exhibition; P. Pratapaditya, Khrishna: the Cowherd King, Los Angeles, 1972, pp.62, colour cover, b/w ill.; F. Herdnon-Consagra, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Reflections of the Buddha, Saint Louis, 2012, pp.48, complete full colour catalogue of the exhibition; G. Beguin, L’Inde et le Monde Indianisé au muse national des Art Asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, 1992, pp.171, b/w & col. ill. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1177
Books on Hindu and Buddhist Art, Antiquities, and Archaeology - 5 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Books on Etruscan and Anatolian Antiquities, Ancient Art and Archaeology - 2 Titles
1964-1983 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Scultura Tardo-Etrusca di Volterra - La Strozzina, Firenze, 1964, card covers, 204 pp, monochrome; The Anatolian Civilisations II: Greek/Roman/Byzantine - Istanbul, 1983, card covers, 200 pp, colour and monochrome. 1.12 kg total, 23.9 x 17 - 24 x 22.5 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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 Greece, Antiquities and Archaeology - 4 Titles
1948-1988 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
T.J. Dunbain - The Western Greeks, The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C., 1948, hardcover, 502 pp, Exhibition Catalogue - Greek Art of the Aegean Islands, November 1, 1979-February 10, 1980, cardcovers, 238 pp, black and white images; Kanon, Festschrift Ernst Berger, in German, 1988, hardcover, 380 pp; Kanon, Festschrift Ernst Berger, in German, 1988, hardcover, 104 pp, black and white images. 4.42 kg total, 24.8 x 17 - 28.5 x 23 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
