Portraits of the Ptolemies and Egyptian Antiquaries - 2 Titles

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.

Archaeology in the United Arab Emirates, Vol II-III, 1978-1979, cardcovers, 95 pp, in French and English, colour and black and white images; Jonas Lehrman - Earthly Paradise, Garden and Courtyard in Islam, 1980, hardcover with dustwrapper, 240 pp, black and white images; Anna A Peredolskaja - Attische Tonfiguren Aus Einem Sudrussischen Grab, 1964, hardcover, 32 pp, black and white images; Donald S. Whitcomb - Before the Roses and Nightingales, Excavations at Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Old Shiraz, 1985, hardcover, 270 pp, black and white illustrations; Prudence O. Harper - Silver Vessels of the Sasanian Period, Volume One: Royal Imagery, 1981, hardcover, 256 pp, black and white images; Charles K. Wilkinson - Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, hardcover, 374 pp, black and white images. 7.17 kg total, 28 x 20.5 - 32 x 24 cm



Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

Chinese Hardstone Carvings, Cloisonne Enamels and Other Works of Art, 12 November 1974; Chinese Works of Art and Export Porcelain, 25 February 1975; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 3 June 1975; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 14 October 1975; Fine Chinese Works of Art and Export Porcelain, 24 February 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other works of Art, 29 June 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other works of Art, 29 June 1976; Chinese Works of Art and Fine Export Porcelain, 16 November 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other works of Art, 1 March 1977; Chinese Export Porcelain, Jade Carvings and Other Works of Art, 21 June 1977; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jade Carvings and Works of Art, 29 November 1977; Chinese Hardstone Carvings and Export Porcelain, 10 January 1978; Chinese Export Porcelain and Jade Carvings, 21 February 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 20 june 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 14 November 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones, 20 March 1979; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones, 20 March 1979; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones13 November 1979; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 18 March 1980; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones, 24 June 1980; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 18 November 1980; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 17 March 1981; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 23 June 1981; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 1 December 1981; Good Chinese Export Porcelain, 8 June 1982; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 2 November 1982; Chinese Export Porcelain, 8 November 1983; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 28 June 1983 (2 copies); Oriental Export Porcelain, Jades and Works of Art, 27 June 1974; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 3 July 1984. 9.2 kg total, 24.6 x 18.1 cm each



Property of a London, UK, gentleman.