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[226] Cicognara, L. / Diedo, A. / Selva, G.A.. Le Fabbriche E I Monumenti Cospicui Di Venezia - 2 Volumes. Venezia: Stabilimento Nazionale Di Giuseppe Antonelli, 1858. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Complete with 263 engraved plates of ARCHITECTURE IN VENICE. Text in French & Italian, on opposite pages throughout. Bound in marbled paper over boards, with cloth backstrip. Front cover detached on volume I, backstrip wear/chips, corner/edge wear, interior foxing. Bindings tight. EST: $400.00 - $600.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[227] Jacobi, C. [Riprodotti Dal Vero in Eliotipia da]. Dettagli Di Altari, Monumenti, Scultura Ecc. Della Basilica Di San Marco in Venezia - 9 Parts in 8 Portfolios. Venezia: Ferd. Ongania, 1881. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 431 heliotype, mounted plates, on heavy stock, unbound as issued, with Title Page & a stiff paper wrap in each portfolio, in original portfolios with ties. Occasional foxing. ARCHITECTURE OF THE BASILICA OF SAN MARCO. EST: $600.00 - $1,200.00 Realized bid price - $200.00 |
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[228] . Dettagli Del Pavimento Ed Ornamenti In Mosaico Della Basilica Di San Marco in Venezia - 3 Parts in 1 Portfolio. Venezia: Ferd. Ongania, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. In Good Condition. 1881-1883. 69 hand coloured plates, many highlighted with gold, on hard stock, unbound as issued, with Title Page & stiff wrapper, in original portfolio with ties. MOSAICS IN THE BASILICA OF SAN MARCO. EST: $200.00 - $450.00 Realized bid price - $375.00 |
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[229] . Mosaici Non Compresi Negli Soaccati Geometrici Nell' Interno Della Basilica Di San Marco in Venezia - 2 Parts in 1 Portfolio. Venezia: Ferd. Ongania, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. In Good Condition. 1881-1885. 107 b/w engraved plates, unbound as issued, with stiff wrapper, in original portfolio with ties. MOSAICS IN THE BASILICA OF SAN MARCO. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[230] . Documenti Per La Storia Dell' Augusta Ducale Basilica Di San Marco in Venezia Dal Nono Secolo Sino Alla Fine Del Decimo Ottavo. Venezia: Ferd. Ongania, 1886. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Good Condition. LIMITED - #429/600. State documents of Venice, from the time of Augusta, Duke of San Marco, from the Archives of the State Library in Venice. Chromolithograph frontis with tissue guard, additional text illustrations and plates in the back. xxx [2] 308pp, bound in paper vellum, with hard stock portfolio (has chips & lacking ties). Occasional foxing. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[231] Pistolesi, Erasmo. Il Vaticano, Descritto Ed Illustrato- 8 Volumes. Roma: Tipografia Della Societa Editrice, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on gilt decorated spines, leather spine labels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Binding & hinges tight. THE VATICAN. ENGRAVED PLATES THROUGHOUT. Interior foxing, uncollated and sold as is. General wear to covers. EST: $600.00 - $1,000.00 Realized bid price - $425.00 |
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[232] Various Authors. Harriman Alaska Expedition - 12 Volumes in 13. New York / City of Washington: Doubleday, Page & Company / Smithsonian Institute, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. In Good Condition. 1901-1914. Volumes 1-5, 8-14. Volumes 6 & 7 were never published. Authors include John Burroughs, John Muir, George Bird Grinnell. Photographers include Edward S. Curtis (photogravures). Color plates include heliotypes of birds by Louis Fuertes. Volumes I & II are first editions dated 1901, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co. The other volumes are published by the Smithsonian Institute, retaining the original Doubleday, Page & Co. title pages (except Volumes 14, parts 1 & 2 which were originally published at the Smithsonian). Volume 1 has been trimmed and in a library binding, others in original bindings with gilt illustration on front cover, top edges gilt. Bindings tight, 2 hinges cracked. Subjects include: Narrative, Glaciers & Natives, History, Geography & Resources, Glaciers and Glaciation, Geology & Paleontology, Crytogamic Botany, Insects, Crustaceans, Nemerteans & Bryozoans, Enchytraeids & Tubicolous Annelids, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks & Hydroids and a Monograph of the Shallow-Water Starfishes of the North Pacific Coast. Uncollated - sold as is. EST: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00 Realized bid price - $2,750.00 |
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[233] TRAVEL & EXPLORATION. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***Memoirs of My Life by John Charles Fremont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Volume 1 only. (1887) Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co. 4to in a library binding, lacks map on pg 120 and portion of folding map on pg 603. Large folding map in back intact (with small crease tear). Plates uncollated. Binding & hinges tight. ***Travels in Africa During the Years 1875-1878 & 1879-1883 by Dr. Wilhelm Junker - 2 Volumes (of 3), (1890-1891) London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. 8vo in library bindings, illustrated throughout. May lack map/plate, does have large folding map in back (lacking portion), a couple of pages are hand typed. Binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $70.00 |
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[234] Cave, William. Ecclesiastici: or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death & Writings of the Most Eminent Fathers of the Church, That Flourisht in the Fourth Century. London: Printed By F.R. For Richard Chiswel at the Rose and Crown, 1683. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. In Good Condition. Volume 2. Half-title, engraved frontis, title in red & black, 25 leaves, lxxi, 543pp [1] . ALSO - An Appendix: Containing a Brief Account of Some Other Eminent Fathers that Flourish'd in This Fourth Century (1682) London: A. Godbid and J. Playford, 48pp. A Chronological Table, Relating to the Affairs of the Church, pg 49-57 [1] 2 Publisher's advertising. Leather bound, raised bands on spine, outer joint has cloth tape, back cover detached, marbled page edges all around. EST: $100.00 - $250.00 Realized bid price - $80.00 |
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[235] . The Columbian Family and Pulpit Bible; Being a Corrected and Improved American Edition of the Popular English Family Bible...... Boston: Joseph Teal, 1822. First American Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. . Fair to Good Condition. "THE LARGE BIBLE". With Frontis, additional decorative engraved title page, 20 engraved plates and 1 map. Unpaginated, text in double column format, Bound in leather, raised bands on spine, leather spine labels. Covers worn and rubbed, lower backstrip loss, front cover nearly detached, interior foxing, closed tear on title pgae, occasional closed tear on interior page. Binding tight. NO LIBRARY MARKINGS. EST: $200.00 - $500.00 Realized bid price - $110.00 |
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[236] . New Voyages and Travels; Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements - 8 (of 9) Volumes. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. In Good Condition. (1819-1823) Volumes 1 through 8, with 58 Voyages in this set, with MAPS AND PLATES THROUGHOUT. SCARCE AS A SET. Mismatched bindings, generally the interiors are in very good condition. Issued in monthly parts, each voyage has its own title page and pagination. Uncollated, and sold as is. Occasional loss to map/plate/page, occasional foxing. EST: $3,000.00 - $10,000.00 Realized bid price - $850.00 |
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[237] JOHNSON / PIOZZI. A Group of 6 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***Retrospection: or A Review of the Most Striking and Important Events, Characters, Situations, and Their Consequences, Which the Last Eighteen Hundred Years Have Presented to the View of Mankind by Hester Lynch Piozzi - 2 Volumes in 1 (1801) 1st Edition, London: John Stockdale. 4to in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, cloth tape over backstrip, front cover detached, binding tight. Frontis portrait of the Author. Occasional foxing. ***The Works of Samuel Johnson. A New Edition in Six Volumes (5 volumes present). With An Essay On His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy (1825) Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, etc. 8vo in mismatched bindings, lacks vol. II, some hinges taped, binding tight, occasional foxing. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[238] . Great Modern Painters English, French, German, Etc.. Paris: Goupil & Co., Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. 1884-1886. Amateurs' Edition - LIMITED #243/850, on French vellum paper. iv [2] 192pp of text in English (lacks text pages 145-160), with 23 photogravure plates on hard stock, plus text photogravures and illustrations throughout. Unbound as issued in 8 original portfolios. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 |
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[239] D'Espouy [under the direction of]. Fragments D'Architecture Antique D'Apres Les Releves & Restaurations Des Anciens Pensionnaires De L'Academie De France A Rome - 2 Portfolios. Paris: Librairie Generale De L'Architecture et Des Travaux Pubics, Ancienne Maison Andre, Daly Fils et Cie. Charles Schmid, Editeur, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Circa 1897-1905. 15pp of text in French, with 197 (of 200) heliogravure plates on hard stock, unbound as issued, in 2 folding library portfolios, with ties. Intact with half-titles, titles pages and lists of plates. DRAWINGS, PLANS, etc. OF ARCHITECTURE & DECORATVE ARTS OF ANCIENT ROME & GREECE. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $250.00 |
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[240] Dixon, Captain George. A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Dedicated By Permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.. London: Geo. Goulding, 1789. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. With 22 engraved plates/maps as called for, being: 2 folding views, 5 folding maps, 1 folding panorama, 13 plates and 1 sheet of music with song. xxix, [3] 360pp, 47pp, letterpress on laid paper. Bound in leather with gilt borders, inner dentelles, and marbled endpapers. Lacks backstrip, covers detached, binding tight. Large folding chart bound in, facing page 1, rather than as frontis (with crease tears). Other folding maps in VG condition. Occasional foxing, and offsetting. EST: $1,400.00 - $1,800.00 Realized bid price - $1,900.00 |
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[241] Hunter, John. Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island..... London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1793. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Title continues: With the Discoveries Which Have Been Made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean Since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage, Compiled from the Official Papers; Including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the First Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the Return of that Ship's Company to England in 1792. Complete with 17 maps and plates (some folding), and numerous Tables. Frontis, title page with vignette, List of Subscribers 3 leaves, List of Plates 1 leaf, Contents 4 leaves, 583pp [1] publishers advertising 2 leaves. Bound in leather with gilt borders, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges all around, letterpress on laid paper. Worn covers detached, backstrip detached & laid in, inner joint starting, one of the folding maps has closed tears, lower edge of title page slightly cropped, closed tears on 3 leaves, foxing on prelims. EST: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00 Realized bid price - $1,400.00 |
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[242] TRAVEL. A Group of 7 Volumes as Listed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***The Tourist In Spain. Andalusia by Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated from drawings by David Roberts. (1836) London: Robert Jennings and Co. Frontis, additional engraved title with engraved plates (with tissue guards) throughout, all edges gilt, in a library binding, with binding & hinges tight. ***The Attractions of the Nile and Its Banks by Rev. Alfred Charles Smith - 2 Volumes (1868) London: John Murray. Complete with 2 frontis, 2 plates and 2 title vignettes. Covers worn, binding shaken/loose, one backstrip flapping. ***Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea. A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838 by E. Robinson and E. Smith, Drawn up from the original Diaries by Edward Robinson - 3 Volumes (1841) Boston: Crocker & Brewster. Bound in original blind stamped cloth, cover detached on vol. I, lacks maps, bindings tight. ***Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819, 20, 21, & 22 by John Franklin (1824) 1st US Edition, Philadelphia: H.O. Carey & I. Lea, A. Small...... With frontis and map, bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, covers detached (along with first few leaves), interior foxing, binding tight. Folding tissue map has no tears, but is foxed. EST: $100.00 - $250.00 Realized bid price - $210.00 |
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[243] STEAM . A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Very Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. ***Sumner & Goodwin Steam Catalogue - 1885 - Illustrated Catalogue, Brass and Iron Valves and Cocks for Steam, Gas, Water, Oil and Chemicals. Wrought Iron Pipe, Malleable & Cast Iron Fittings for Steam, Gas and Water. Factory at Haydenville, Mass. 4to, bound in pebbled cloth with bevelled edges, showing corner wear, gutter holes, backstrip rubbed, binding & hinges tight. xx, 751-1070 , with illustrations throughout, along with accompanying sizes and prices. ***Mechanism of Steam Engines by Walter H. James and Myron W. Dole (1914) NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. viii [2] 174pp with illustrations throughout. 8vo bound in original brown cloth, binding & hinges tight. ***The Modern Steam Car and Its Background (1932) Newton, MA: American Steam Automobile Company. 8vo, in original red cloth, 98pp on glossy paper, illustrated throughout, binding & hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $70.00 |
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[244] Letarouilly, Paul. Edifices De Rome Moderne Ou Recueil De Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents, Et Autres Monuments Publics Et Particuliers Les Plus Remarquables De La Ville De Rome. Boston: Geo. H. Polley & Co., Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Circa 1860. Title, decorative title, table of contents and 60 plates showing views, elevations and details of ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. Bound in original 3/4 leather & illustrated paper with bevelled edges, top edges gilt. Covers worn, rubbed, lacking 1/3 of backstrip, front cover starting, binding tight. Plates in very good condition. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $150.00 |
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[245] . The Journal of Indian Art and Industry 16 Volumes in 15 Portfolios. London: W. Griggs, First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library. In Fair to Good Condition. INDIA. Volume I, nos. 1 contigious to Volume 16 nos. 128, being 128 issues of this wonderful magazine, that was published under the patronage of the Indian Government. 1884-1914. Includes chromolithographs, lithographs, photographs, drawings, (some folding), retaining original paper covers. Volumes I-V are disbound, in original hard covers. Volumes VI & VII are bound, in original hard covers, with binding & hinges tight. Volumes VIII disbound in original hard covers, lacks original paper back covers. Volumes IX - XVI are disbound, in folding library portfolios. Occasional edge chips. Uncollated and sold as is. EST: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00 Realized bid price - $9,000.00 |
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[246] Cicero (Marcus Tullius). M. Tulii Ciceronis Opera - Volumes 3-14. Matriti Ex Regia Typographia / Operas Dirigente P.I. Pereyra, 1797. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Altogether 12 Volumes of CICERO'S WRITINGS. Bound in leather with gilt borders, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, half-titles and engraved portraits throughout. Bindings tight. Covers show edge/corner wear, rubbed covers, upper/lower backstrip chips, occasional light insect damage (not affecting the text), one volume has library tape backstrip. EST: $500.00 - $1,000.00 Passed |
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[247] Jones, Owen. The Grammar of Ornament. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1910. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Complete with 112 plates, most are chromolithographs, many highlighted with gold & silver. With descriptive text and additional text illustrations in b/w. In a library binding, with the original gilt illustrated cover & backstrip laid over, binding & hinges tight. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $300.00 |
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[248] ORNAMENT. A Group of 5 Volumes as Listed. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. ***The Coloured Ornament of All Historical Styles by Alexander Speltz - 3 Portfolios (1914-1915) Leipzig: Baumgartner. Tipped-in colour plates, many highlighted with gold & silver, with Table of Contents and Text in each Part, in original portfolios with ties (library cloth tape backstrips). Part 1 - Antiquity, 44 (of 60) plates. Part 2 - Middle Ages, complete with 60 plates. Part 3 - Modern Times, complete with 60 plates. ***Ornament - Two Thousand Decorative Motifs in Colour, Forming a Survey of the Applied Art of All Ages and All Countries, with an Introduction and Catalogue by H. Th. Bossert (1924) 1st Edition, London: Ernest Benn Limited. Complete with 120 colour plates, some mounted, binding & hinges tight, in a library binding with original cover laid over. ***Explanatory Text and Additional Plates to Lewis Gruner's Specimens of Ornamental Art by Emil Braun (1850) London: Thomas M'Lean. Folio in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, binding & hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $200.00 |
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[249] Chauncy, Charles. Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New-England, A Treatise in Five Parts. Boston: Rogers and Fowle for Samuel Eliot, 1743. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition. xxx, 18pp, 424pp, bound in cloth over boards, with protective library cloth over covers. Disbound, hinges taped, title page hinge taped. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $140.00 |
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[250] DECORATION. A Group of 4 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***Munsell Book of Color (1942) Baltimore: Munsell Color Company, Inc. 12mo, pocket edition - volume 2, small 6 ring binder with 19 leaves of color charts, each leaf separated by a mylar sheet. ***The Window Trimmer's Handbook - A Convenient Reference Book For All Persons Interested in the Displaying of Merchandise of All Kinds in Show Windows, Show Cases, and Store Interiors (1912) Scranton, PA: I.C.S. 24mo, leatherette, illustrated, front cover & first few pages detached, backstrip loss, binding tight. ***Early American Decoration, A Comprehensive Treatise, Revealing the Technique Involved in the Art of Early American Decoration of Furniture, Walls, Tinware, etc. by Esther Stevens Brazer (1940) Springfield, MA: Pond-Ekberg Co. 4to in a library binding, binding & hinges tight, illustrated. ***The Complete Book of Artist's Techniques by Dr. Kurt Herberts (1958) NY: Frederick A. Praeger. 8vo in a library binding, binding & hinges tight, illustrated throughout. EST: $60.00 - $120.00 |
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