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LOT 1372
La Verrerie Antique, Description de la Collection Charvet
PARIS, 1879 A.D.
22 x 14 1/2 in. (6.06 kg, 55.9 x 37 cm).
Froehiner, W. - Published by Le Pecq, J.Charvet, Chateau du Donjon, 1879, cloth-covered boards with gold titling; copy number 77 of 150 from E.G. Muller, London; 139 pp, lithographic frontispiece and 34 hand-coloured plates (numbers 29 and 33 absent) and additional black and white illustrations within text; bookplate 'Ex Libris Ray Winfield Smith'; plates generally clean, plates XXX-XXXIV spotted and browned, text spotted and browned, marginal waterstain towards end of text. The Charvet Collection of Ancient Glass is now part of the ancient glass collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
ProvenanceBonhams, London, 30 November 2016, no.119.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1372
La Verrerie Antique, Description de la Collection Charvet
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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A Compendium of Egyptian Funerary Cones by G. Dibley & B. Lipkin
2009 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
G. Dibley & B. Lipkin, with cone translations by Julie Masquelier-Loorius, foreword by Naguib Kanawati, London, paperback, 302 pp, black-and-white illustrations. 1.29 kg, 29.7 x 21 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
A comprehensive reference guide to Egyptian funerary cones, including the transliteration and translation of the hieroglyphic texts of over 600 examples, together with a note of the tomb number where known. -
The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain Part I & II by Susan M. Pearce - 2 Titles
1983 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BAR British Series 120, 1983, paperback; part i: 350 pp, black-and-white illustrations; part ii: 740 pp, black-and-white illustrations. 2 kg total, 29.5 x 21 cm each
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Books on Greek and Etruscan Archaeology - 4 Titles
1975-2017 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
De Beer, G., Sir, Hannibal, The Struggle for power in the Mediterranean, London, 1969 (1975), 320pp, 232pls. 16 in colour; Hamblin, D.J., The Etruscans, London, 1975, hardcover, 160pp, col. and b/w ill.; Various, Art and History of Greece, Florence 2001, paperback, 144 pp, colour photos; Various, Greek Mythology, 2007, paperback, 184 pp, colour photos (4 in B/W). 3.14 kg total, 24.6 x 17.7 - 26 x 23.4 cm
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
