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LOT 2229
General Books - Collection of Books on Paintings and Other Art [5]
1976-1993 A.D.
8 7/8 x 6 1/4 - 12 x 8 1/2 in. (2.74 kg total, 22.5 x 16 - 30.5 x 21.5 cm).
Jean-Luc Baroni - Colnaghi Master Drawing Catalogue - New York, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 57 plates, supporting text; Eike Markau - Ars Antique Frankfurt Kunst und Antiquitäten - Frankfurt, 1993, hardback, 234 pp; Sergei Vassev - Stoil Mirchev - Sofia, n.d., card covers, 22 plates; Grusenmey & Grusenmeyer - Antique Fair Brussel 17 trade cards in slip; Ivo Krek - Tizian - Prague, 1976. hardback with dustwrapper, 83 pp. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 2229
General Books - Collection of Books on Paintings and Other Art [5]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
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General Books - Prattica E Metodo di Computare Ogni Tempo
1750 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
P. Giambatista Pagani - Palermo, 1750, laid paper in full calf binding, 564 pp; spine worn; rare. 614 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Original calf binding, still mostly tight and with tables and charts: a concordance of chronometric calculations using the Roman Julian calendar, the solar calendar of the Egyptians, the lunar calendar of the Arabs and the Hebrew metrics based in these three traditions. -
General Books - The Palestine Case, an intolerable Regime
1936 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
The Palestine New Press - Jaffa, 1936, hardback with cloth covers; English and Arabic text. 429 grams, 35 x 25.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Interesting social document covering the Arab reaction to the proposals for the establishment of a Jewish nation-state, including the acts of sabotage to railways, deployment of British troops, contemporary political cartoons, etc. -
General Books - Memoires du General Rapp, Premier Aide-de-Camp de Napoleon
1823 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Général Rapp - Paris, 1823, marbled boards in quarter-calf binding, gilt fore edge, 439 pp; spine chipped. 494 grams, 21 x 13.2 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
First-hand account of the career of Général Jean Rapp, Napoleon's leading staff officer, written and published two years after the Emperor's death in 1821 with the series title 'Memoirs of contemporaries to support the history of the Republic and the Empire'. Rapp saved the life of the Emperor on more than one occasion, and was present at the battles of Austerlitz (1805), Jena (1806) and Borodino (1812), where he sustained several wounds. In his birthplace of Colmar a statue in his honour stands on the Champ de Mars.
