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LOT 1266
The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Dr Ferdinand Keller - Volumes I & II
SECOND EDITION, PUBLISHED IN 1878 A.D.
9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (2.72 kg total, 24 x 16.5 cm each).
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, No Reserve]
ProvenanceOriginally 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.
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LOT 1266
The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Dr Ferdinand Keller - Volumes I & II
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Bonhams Chinese and Asian Art Auction Catalogue Group - 30 Titles
2003-2014 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Export Art of the China Trade, London18 March 2003; Fine Asian Art, London, 11 June 2003; The du Boulay Collection of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1 November 2003; Asian Art, London, 17 December 2003; Export and Decorative Art of the China Trade, London, 9 March 2004 (2 copies); Asian Decorative Art, 6 April 2004, San Francisco, 6 April 2004; Fine Asian Works of Art, San Francisco, 10 May 2004; Fine Asian Art, London, 8 June 2004; Asian Art, European Ceramics and Glass, London, 21-22 September 2004; Asian Decorative Art, San Francisco, 5 october 2004; Fine Asian Art, London, 8 November 2004; An Important and rare Underglaze Copper Red Decorated Dish, Hongwu Period, from the estate of Elinor Majors Carlisle, San Francisco, 17 November 2004; Fine Asian Works of Art, San Francisco, 17 November 2004; Export & Decorative Art of the China Trade, London 22 March 2005; Asian Decorative Arts, San Francisco, 26 April 2005; Fine Asian Works of Art, San Francisco, 7 June 2005; Fine Asian Art, London, 11 July 2005; Asian Decorative Art, San Francisco, 28 September 2005; Fine Asian Art, London, 7 November 2005; Fine Asian Works of Art, San Francisco, 21 November 2005; European Ceramics & Glass, Japanese & Other Asian Works of Art, London, 21-22 February 2006; Asian Decorative and Export Art, London, 7 March 2006 (2 copies); The Coats Collection of Cinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 20 June 2006 (2 copies); Fine Asian Art, London, 10 July 2006; Fine Asian Art, London, 6 November 2006 92 copies); Asian Art, London, 3 November 2014. 19.65 kg total, 26.5 x 21 cm each
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7 Books on Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Art and Egyptology - 7 Titles
1969-1997 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Alan Moorehead - The Blue Nile, 1983, card cover, 304 pp, black and white images; I.E.S. Edwards - Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Its Treasures, New York, 1976, hardcover with dustwrapper, black and white and colour images; John Baines & Jaromir Malek - Atlas of Ancient Egypt, New York, hardcover with dustwrapper, 24 pp, colour images; Steffen Wenig - The Woman in Egyptian Art, New York, 1969, hardcover with dustwrapper, 112 pp, colour and black and white images; Time-Life Books - What Life Was Like on the Banks of the Nile, Egypt 3050-30 BC, 1997, hardcover with dustwrapper, 192 pp, colour images; David P. Silverman (ed.) - Ancient Egypt, New York, 1997, hardcover with dustwrapper, 256 pp, colour images; Treasures of Tutankhamun, exhibition catalogue, 1976, cardcover, 176 pp, colour and black and white images. 7.63 kg total, 24.9 x 19 - 30.5 x 24 cm
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Books on Ancient Islamic and Near Eastern Antiquities, Ancient Art and Archaeology - 6 Titles
1964-1985 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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.
