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537. Set of Fourteen Updike Bibles Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha (translated out of the original tongues in the year of our lord 1611). R.H. Hinklrey Company. Printed by Merrymount Press, Boston by D.B. Updike. Limited edition: No. 280 of 488 copies. Hand-made laid paper with water mark of RHH with crown and book. Engraved plates after famous paintings with tissue guards. Beveled wood cover and tan calf leather spines with five raised bands. Tops of pages gilded. 300/500 Sold: $356.50 |
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538. A Pair of Illuminated Manuscripts, C.13th Century Pair of leaves from an illuminated 13th Century Bible. Hand written text is black with hand painted decorative details in red and blue ink. Measures apprx 4" x 6". The best known book of the Middle Ages, the Latin Bible's text has survived almost word for word unchanged since early Christian times. The text of the Old Testament goes back to the Jews in Palestine centuries before Christ, and the text of the New Testament was written and assembled in the course of the First Century A.D. This page is from a Thirteenth-Century Bible, a time in which, among other changes, bibles were now produced not only by monks but by professional scribes and craftsmen who made their living from copying, decorating and selling the books. Nearly all surviving manuscripts of the of the Latin Bible belong this century. 150/250 Sold: $235.75 |
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539. Two Incubala Sheets, Italian, Circa 1480 1) Page XXXVII, chapter CXCVIII from "De Sufanna Virgine" with woodcut, lower right. Two columns of 47 lines of text in Latin. Paper measures apprx 11-3/4" x 8-1/2". 2) Page XLIIII, chapter CCXV from "De Oceano", with woodcut, upper right. Two columns of 47 lines of text in Latin. paper measures apprx 11-3/4" x 8-1/2". Both from Epistles of St. Jerome. Ref: Hines History of Woodcutting. 400/600 Sold: $92.00 |
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540. Modes De Paris, 19th Century Bound book of the periodicals containing apprx 95 large hand colored fashion plates, each apprx 11" x 8-1/2". Preceding plates (except for first group) is a two column description of plates, apprx three pages worth including advertising. Marbled covers with 3/4 leather and missing spine, boards detached. Book apprx 11-1/2" x 9", overall. 800/1,200 |
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541. Divine Fancies by Francis Quarles Printed by J.R. for John Williams, at the Crown in Crofs-Keys-Court, in Little Britain 1671. London. The Fifth Edition Corrected. 167 pp. Printed on laid paper. Bound in blue vinyl. Front piece water marked. Cover measures apprx 6"H x 4"W. 100/150 Sold: $51.75 |
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542. Book of The Koran, circa 19th Century A leather book, apprx 6-1/4" x 4-1/4" overall. Interior is decorated with Persian script, decorations in margins and a two page painting of the city of Mecca. Towards the back as the writing skill improves, another page is decorated with gold and pigment and mihrabs. 100/200 Sold: $109.25 |
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543. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama (Four Volumes) Brewer, Cobham E. New York: Selmar Hess, 1892 Quarto. Four vol. complete. 3/4 calf, color frontis, marbled end-papers. 1608 total pp., profusely illustrated with photogravures, etchings, wood engravings and typo-gravures. The revised American edition of the Reader's Handbook, edited by Marion Harland. 100/200 Sold: $126.50 |
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544. Leigh Hunt's Works, Vol I-IV Vol I: Italian PoetsTranslated into English Prose (264 pp) Vol II: Selections from English Poets (261 pp) Vol III: Book for a Corner (227 pp) Vol IV: Essays and Miscellanies (258 pp). All published by New York: Derby & Jackson. 1859. Illustrated frontis in vol. I with tissue guard and singed "sincerely yours," by the author. Front and back boards, as well as edges of pages are marbled. Spine and corners are in leather . Spine has 6 compartments with five raised bands. 150/225 Sold: $224.25 |
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545. Aphrodite in Aulis Moore, George. Aphrodite in Aulis. London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. 340 pp. Title page printed in orange and black, original decorated natural vellum over beveled boards, front and spine panel stamped in gilt, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Limited to 1825 numbered copies signed by Moore (no 1257). 100/150 Sold: $103.50 |
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546. Lot of 21 Volumes of "The Biblot" Lot includes 21 Volumes of the "The Biblot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and Sources not Generally Known, Printed for Thomas B. Mosher and published by him at 45 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Sold by subscription only mdcccxcv (1895)". Bound in blue paper and paper dust jacket with slip covers. 150/300 Sold: $184.00 |
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547. Erster Halbbard, Bibliothek Otto Schafer Vol. I & II. Erster Halbbard, Bibliothek Otto Schafer Vol. I & II. Stuttgart: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, 1984. Vol. I, 418 pp. Vol. II, 387 pp. Blue cloth, gold embossed spine. Gold embossed stamp on front end board. Cardboard slipcase. Black and white as well as color plates. German text. Measures apprx 8-1/2" x 12". 100/200 Sold: $109.25 |
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548. Collection of Post-marked Envelopes, American, 1973-1980 Lot comprised of thirteen envelopes and two images of of Zeppelins. Framed and matted, under glass. Collection includes several first day covers and images hiligihting flight as well as a green Charles Thomson, Patriot 7 cent envelope sent from Union N.J. Dec. 8 1975 Townley Sta. and two envelopes featuring "first day of issue" stamps for the release of 1980 US Olympic stamps. Custom made mat has different sized windows to accommodate the size of the item but most are apprx 3-1/4"H x 6"W. With wooden frame, overall measures apprx 28-1/2"H x 27-1/4"W. From the estate of Michael Hawkins, Sanctuary Antiques-Cleveland, Ohio. 200/400 Sold: $57.50 |
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549. A Second Lot of Post-marked Envelopes, American, 1973-1987 Lot comprised of thirteen envelopes and two images of of Zeppelins. Framed and matted, under glass. Collection includes several first day covers and images hiligihting flight as well as a green Charles Thomson, Patriot 7 cent envelope sent from Union N.J. Dec. 8 1975 Townley Sta. Custom made mat has different sized windows to accommodate the size of the collected items, but most are apprx 3-1/4"H x 6"W. With wooden frame, overall measures apprx 28"H x 26-1/4"W. From the estate of Michael Hawkins, Sanctuary Antiques-Cleveland, Ohio. 200/400 Sold: $57.50 |
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550. Lot of Four Hardbacked Art Books Lot includes: 1) Robb, David M. The Harper History of Painting: The Occidental Tradation. New York: Harper& Brothers. 1951. 1006 pp. Ill with b/w and col. pl. Bound with blue fabric and dust jacket. 2) The Great Centuries of Painting: The Fifteenth Century From Van Eyck to Botticelli. Trans. by Stuart Gilbert. Switzerland: Skira. 1955. 235 pp. Col. pl. Bound with green fabric, gilt lettering and dust jacket. 3) Gerson, Horst. Rembrandt Paintings. New York: Reynal & Company. 1968. 527 pp. B/w ill. Bound with beige fabric with gilt lettering and dust jacket. 4) Brown, Johnathan. Velázquez: Painter and Courtier. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1986. 322 pp. Ill in b/w and col. Bound with brown fabric and dust jacket. 40/65 Sold: $34.50 |
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551. Lot of Eleven Art Reference Books Lot includes: 1) The Master of Mary of Burgundy: A Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau. Introduction by J.J.G. Alexander. New York: George Braziller. 1970. Rich color ill. Navy vinyl bound with gilt decoration and slip cover. 2) Boyle, Leonard E. Medieval Latin Palaeography: A Bibliographical Introduction. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1984. 399 pp. Paper cover. 3) Von Erdberg, Joan Prentice and Marvin C. Ross. Catalogue of the Italian Majolica in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery. 1952. 58 pp. B/w ill. Bound with beige cloth with brown lettering. 4) Focillon, Henri. Landmarks in Art History: Art of the West. Phaidon. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Volumes I Romanesque (310 pp) and II Gothic (381 pp). B/w ill. Soft cover. 5) Ogg, Oscar. The 26 Letters. New York: The Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1961. 262 pp. B/w and col. ill. Bound with red fabric and gilt lettering and dust jacket. 6) Sankalia, Hasmukh Dhirajlal, Bendapudi Subbarao, and Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo. The Excavations at Maheshwar and Navdatoli, 1952-53. 1st ed. Poona, Baroda. 1958. 257 pp. B/w ill, maps and charts. Bound with dark orange fabric. 7) Watson, Andrew G. The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke. London: The Bibliographical Society. 1969. 102 pp. B/w fold-outs. Bound with navy fabric. 8) Bradley, John W. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists. Vol I-III. New York: Burt Franklin. 1973. Bound with navy fabric and gilt lettering of spines. 200/300 Sold: $172.50 |
