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LOT 1057
The Castellani Collection – A Series of Twenty Photographs by Stephen Thompson – Described by C. T. Newton
1874 A.D.
13 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (1.74 kg, 34 x 46 cm).
London: George Bell and Sons, 1874 - brown cloth boards (disbound), titled in gilt on front cover and spine, folio, moulded ornament to covers; twenty albumen prints, each approx. 10 x 7½ in., mounted on card with printed descriptive text; title page with photographer's credit; folded in: a small hand-drawn watercolour necklace and drop earring initialled 'C.I'; a larger watercolour on card, also initialled 'C.I'; spine torn; rare.
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesAlessandro Castellani (2 February 1823 – 10 June 1883) was a goldsmith, antique dealer and art collector from a notable Italian family of goldsmiths and antique dealers.
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LOT 1057
The Castellani Collection – A Series of Twenty Photographs by Stephen Thompson – Described by C. T. Newton
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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A Collection of Books on Ancient Glass - 4 Titles
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Near Eastern and Far Eastern Art From The Collection of Jay C. Leff
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John F. Haskins - New York, 1965, card covers, 39 pp, monochrome. 181 grams, 21.5 x 28 cm
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A Collection of Books on Art of the Near East - 4 Titles
1961-1995 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
André Parrot - The Arts of Assyria - Mew York. 1961, hardback with dustwrapper, 378 pp. monochrome, foldout map; E. Gubel (ed) - In de Schaduw van Babel / A l'ombre de Babel - Brussels, 1995, card covers, 182 pp, monochrome, foldout map, French and Dutch text; Irene J. Winter - A Decorated Breastplate from Hasanlu - Philadelphia, 1980, card covers, 39 pp, monochrome plates, foldout line drawing; Iran - Irene J. Winter, Benjamin Rowland - Art in Afghanistan - Objects from the Kabul Museum - London, 1971, hardback with dustwrapper, 93 pp, 314 monochrome plates. 4.7 kg total, 19 x 28 - 22 x 28.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman.
