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646. Antique Map of Flintshire by John Speed (English, 1552-1629) London, copperplate engraving with antique coloring, ca. 1611. To be sold by Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswells. With inset plans of Flint and St.Asaph and St. Winffrids Well. Includes battle scenes, coat of arms, two sailing ships and sea monsters. Impression apprx 15" x 20". 200/300 Sold: $253.00 |
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647. A Group of Three European Maps, ca. 19th Century 1) Map from an English atlas of Prussia, etching, ca. 1808, impression apprx 8-1/4" x 9-1/2", with mat apprx 14" x 15-1/2". 2) Map of Holland and the Netherlands, engraving with old color, published apprx 1823-24, paper apprx 10-3/4" x 8-3/4". 3) Map of Leicestershire from Cary's New and Correct English Atlas, ca. 1787, engraving with old color, paper apprx 12-1/2" x 10". 100/300 Sold: $74.75 |
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648. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) Framed woodblock incanabula with a view of the British Isles and Scotland in the distance. Verso has photocopy of the back of framed sheet. Text in Latin. Matted and framed, images apprx 11" x 6-1/2", overall apprx 17-1/4" x 12-3/4". 100/300 Sold: $92.00 |
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649. A Group of Ten Incunabla Leaves Various sizes from 4" x 3-1/2" to 15-1/2" x 10-3/4", all are matted, some with protective tissue covering. 500/1,000 Sold: $575.00 |
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650. Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne [Extra-Illustrated Autograph Edition] With portraits, illustrations, and facsimiles. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. The Extra-Illustrated Autograph Edition. In twenty-two volumes. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this is number 52, signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and the publisher. Photogravure frontispieces, vignette titles, and plates, all on India paper mounted, from photographs and from drawings Anna Whelan Betts, Jessie Willcox Smith, Alice Barber Stephens, Howard Pyle, and others. Extra-illustrated with many plates in two states. Frontispiece in each volume signed by the artist. Descriptive tissue guards. Engraved frontispiece portrait on India paper mounted in Nathaniel Hawthorne. With a general introduction by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and introductory and bibliographical notes by H.E. Scudder. 3/4 red leather with marbled boards and end papers, gilt top paper edge. Spine with five raised bands and decorated compartments with gilt tooling and lettering. 2,000/3,500 Sold: $2,415.00 |
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651. Works of Anatole France (Autograph Edition), 13 Volumes New York, Gabriel Wells, 1924. The Autograph Edition, only volumes 17 through 30. 8 vo, full red leather with gilt tooled decoration. Vol. 17 has back cover detached. Four raised bands on spine, also with decoration. Interior leather covered boards, silk fly paper. 1,000/1,800 Sold: $402.50 |
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652. Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, Written By Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars, 12 Volume Set (complete) "Great Mikado Edition" Edited by Captain Frank Brinkley. Kazumasa Ogawa; collotype, illustrated by K. Ogawa; flower collotypes, Kozaburo Tamamura; hand colored albumen photographs. Boston: J.B. Millet Company, 1897, Boston, 1897. "Great Mikado". Folio, 12 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. "Mikado" and "bound in Japanese style," , 12 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. "Great Mikado" limited to 25 lettered copies, this is letter M, section 1, imported and printed for Mr. W. B. Albright, folio, decorative silk covers, 10 color flower collotypes by K. Ogawa, 30 hand colored albumen photographs, numerous black and white text illustrations/photographs, 422 pp (382 pp of text + 40 full plates). The books are organized into specific topics, covering Japanese festivals, history, customs, medieval Japan etc. Each book has a narrative text, text illustrations, a color flower collotype by K. Ogawa and three 8" x 10 1/2" hand colored albumen photographs by K. Tamaura. This set is renowned for its superb photographic content. The work is a general guide to the Japanese and 19th Century Japan. Considered to be one of the finest primary visual sources on Japan before modernization, this set is a superb photographic essay and statement of how Japan looked at the end of the 19th Century. All 12 Volumes are in very good condition. The covers have moderate soiling and minor fading on the spine. Many of the hand colored albumen photographs are faded which is common with this series. Several corners are lightly bumped and frayed. Interior is clean and bright clean and bright. 1,500/2,500 Sold: $3,622.50 |
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653. Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, Written By Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars, 10 Volume Set (complete) "Yedo Edition" Edited by Captain Frank Brinkley. Kazumasa Ogawa; collotype, illustrated by K. Ogawa; flower collotypes, Kozaburo Tamamura; hand colored albumen photographs. Boston: J.B. Millet Company, 1897, Boston, 1897. "Yedo". Folio, 12 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. "Yedo". Folio, 12 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. [The Complete 10 Volume Set of this Important 19th Century Work about Japan]. "Yedo Edition" limited to 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 19, folio, decorative cloth covers, 10 color flower collotypes by K. Ogawa, 30 hand colored albumen photographs, numerous black and white text illustrations/photographs, 422 pp (382 pp of text + 40 full plates). The books are organized into specific topics, covering Japanese festivals, history, customs, medieval Japan etc. Each book has a narrative text, text illustrations, a color flower collotype by K. Ogawa and three 8" x 10 1/2" hand colored albumen photographs by K. Tamaura. This set is renowned for its superb photographic content. The work is a general guide to the Japanese and 19th Century Japan. Considered to be one of the finest primary visual sources on Japan before modernization, this set is a superb photographic essay and statement of how Japan looked at the end of the 19th Century. All 10 Volumes are in very good condition. The covers have moderate soiling and minor fading on the spine. Many of the hand colored albumen photographs are faded which is common with this series. Several corners are lightly bumped and frayed. Interior is clean and bright clean and bright. 800/1,500 Sold: $1,006.25 |
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654. Essays on Physiognomy for the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind by John Caspar Lavater, Five Volume Set, dated 1789 London: Printed for John Murray, H. Hunter, D.D., and T. Holloway, MDCCLXXXIX. Over 800 engravings executed by or under the supervision of Thomas Holloway and translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D. First English edition in five finely bound volumes in 3/4 brown leather and cloth boards, five raised bands on spine with gilt tooling. Bookplate adhered to inside front board. Corners bumped. Apprx 13-1/4"T x 11-1/2"W. 2,500/3,500 |
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655. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Astronomer-Poet of Persia New York: The Grolier Club of New York, 1885. 1st American appearance preceding the 1st American edition of 1898. 8 vo. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Bound by R.W. Smith in full teal leather, covers tooled with gilt, spine with 5 raised bands, compartments finely tooled with gold. Limited edition of 150 copies on Japon paper and two copies on vellum, for the Grolier Club of New York, in the month of May, 1885, of which this is number 147. Spine faded with loss to gilt. Near fine. 1,800/2,000 |
