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[251] DECORATIVE ARTS. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***The Book of Decorative Furniture, Its Form, Colour & History by Edwin Foley, Volume 1 (of 2), (1911) NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 4to in a library binding with original decorative covers laid over, binding & hinges tight. Color mounted plates throughout, large folding chart, 2 plates detached (oversized book). ***Die Schmiedekunst Zum Praktischen Gebrauche Fur Schlosser Und Schmiede by Josef Feller (circa 1902) Dusseldorf: Friedr. Wolfrum. 4to, 86 (of 100) plates showing IRON GRILLWORK, unbound as issued, on hard stock, in original portfolio with ties. Edge chips. ***La Decoration et le Mobilier a L'Epoque Romantique et sous Le Second Empire by Albert Keim - 4 volumes in 1, (circa 1925) Paris: Editions Nilsson. Elephant folio, complete with 40 photographic plates, unbound as issued, in original portfolio with ties (library cloth backstrip). Text in French. EST: $60.00 - $120.00
Realized bid price - $30.00
[252] ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS. A Group of 4 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. ***Elizabethan Interiors by C.J. Charles (nd) LIMITED FIRST EDITION #581/800, London: George Newnes, Ltd. Elephant folio, in 3/4 leather & cloth, with library tape backstrip. 32 tipped-in plates with tissue guards and text. Covers show corner/edge wear, binding tight, ink stain on outer edge of back pages (not affecting the text, nor plates). ***Les Principaux Palais De L'Exposition Universelle De Paris 1900 by A. Raguenet. Folio, 88 (of 96) b/w plates, in 12 original paper portfolios, with all in a library folding stiff portfolio. Edge wear/tear, fragile. ***Art in the House. Historical, Critical, and Aesthetical Studies on the Decoration and Furnishing of the Dwelling by Jacob Von Falke, edited with notes by Charles C. Perkins (1879) Boston, L. Prang and Co. 4to, illustrated by chromolithographs, albertotypes, and typographic etchings. Front cover detached, lacks back cover & last few pages of index, binding tight. ***120 Interiors in Colours Designed by Modern Artists, edited by C.H. Baer (circa 1930) Cleveland: J.H. Jansen. 4to, in a library binding, colour plates throughout, front hinge taped, binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $300.00
Realized bid price - $90.00
[253] Cruce, Emeric [translated Into English By Thomas Willing Balch]. The New Cyneas of Emeric Cruce. Philadelphia : Allen, Lane and Scott, 1909. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Taken from the original text of 1623. French & English text on alternating pages. A philosophical treatise on achieving political peace worldwide. xxxi, [1] 363pp, 1 advertising. Bound in red buckram, deckled page edges, top edges gilt, hinges taped, binding tight, corners bumped, backstrip wear. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Passed
[254] . Neueste Grundbindungen Fur Schaft-und Jacquard-Webereien. Buchhandlung Fur Kunstgewerbe: Christian Stoll, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Circa 1890. CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC, INSTRUCTIONAL PLATES ON WEAVING PATTERNS. 70 (of 72) plates, with 10 (of 12) instructional sheets. Unbound as issued, plates on hard stock, in original portfolio with ties (portfolio split at backstrip). EST: $100.00 - $300.00
Realized bid price - $50.00
[255] . Prince Gregoire Gagarine / Recueil D'Ornements et D'Oeuvres D'Architecture Byzantins, Georgiens et Russes - 2 Portfolios. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1900-1903. Volumes 2 & 3. Complete with 52 plates on hard stock, lithographed & chromolithographed, 5 of which are double page, many highlighted with gold, unbound as issued, in original portfolios with ties (library cloth tape over backstrips). With half-titles, titles, and List of Plates, in Russian and French. BYZANTINE, GEORGIAN & RUSSIAN ORNAMENT AND ARCHITECTURE. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
Realized bid price - $3,000.00
[256] . A Six Months Tour Through the North of England. London: Printed for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll; T. Cadell....., 1771. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Volume 1-3 (of 4). Second Edition. Bound in leather with gilt borders, raised bands on spines, red leather spine labels, with engraved plates (many folding). Bindings tight, one front cover detached, occasional foxing. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $30.00
[257] Trouvelot, E.L.. The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Lacks the portfolio of plates. xii, 167pp, bound in original blue cloth, bevelled edges, binding & hinges tight. TEXT ONLY. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $30.00
[258] Butler, Howard Crosby. Architecture and Other Arts - Part II of the Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899-1900. New York: The Century Co., 1903. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Sculpture, Mosaic and Wall-Painting in Northern Central Syria and The Djebel Hauran. Photographs, tissue-guarded plates and text illustrations throughout. xxv, [1] 433pp on glossy paper, bound in original gilt decorated cloth. Binding & hinges tight. EST: $500.00 - $800.00
Realized bid price - $220.00
[259] . Catalogue De Luxe of the Modern Masterpieces Gathered By the Late Connoisseur William H. Stewart .......2 Volumes. New York: The American Art Association, 1898. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library. Good Condition. WILLIAM H. STEWART COLLECTION. LIMITED - Subscribers Copy #158 of 325. Catalogue for dispersal of collection, on February 3d and 4th, 1898, with 100 (of 155) black/white mounted plates with tissue guards. Plates unbound as issued in pocket portfolio, sale catalog in original stiff wraps. Foxing to tissue guards. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Passed
[260] Koehler, S.R.. Etching - An Outline of Its Technical Processes and Its History, With Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting. New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. In Fair Condition. With 19 etchings, 17 plates and text illustrations throughout. Lacks some plates/etchings. Occasional loose page, binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $200.00
[261] Rapin De Thoyras, Mr. [written in French by] / Tindal, N. [translated Into English by, with Additional notes]. The History of England - Volumes 1, 2 & 3 Only. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard & Soft Covers. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. Volumes 1 & 2 printed in London for John and Paul Knapton, 1743, 3rd edition. Volume 3 printed in Dublin for George and Alexander Ewing, 1748. Bound in leather, raised bands on spines, gilt stamped armorial on front/back covers reads " DUBLIN COLL SANCTAE INDIVIDUAE TRINITATIS REG ELIZAB IUXTA". Frontis in each volumes with addtional plates throughout. Uncollated and sold as is. Covers worn and detached, chips with some backstrip loss, binding tight. EST: $200.00 - $500.00
Realized bid price - $100.00
[262] Lemaire, M. Ch. / Scheidweiler, M. / Van Houtte, M.L.. Flore Des Serres Et Des Jardins De L'Europe.....10 Volumes. A Gand: Louis Van Houtte, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1845, 1847, 1850-51, 1851-52, 1852-53, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1867-68. BOTANICAL CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT (mostly finished by hand) as follows: 703 full page chromos, 158 double page chromos, 3 folding chromos, 3 folding tinted lithographs, 19 full page tinted lithographs, 37 b/w plates, plus 3 chromos that are cut, for A TOTAL OF 926 PLATES, most with tissue guards, with numerous text illustrations throughout. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, marbled endpapers, raised bands on spines, leather spine labels, top edges gilt. Covers have moderate wear, lacks one back cover, a few pages detached, plates are generally bright & clean (with occasional light foxing on a few plates). Text in French. NO OBVIOUS LIBRARY MARKS ON PLATES. EST: $1,000.00 - $3,000.00
Realized bid price - $4,250.00
[263] Michaux, F. Andrew. The North American Sylva; or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia.....to Which is Added a Description of the Most Useful of the European Forest Trees - Complete in 3 Volumes. Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1859. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. In Fair to Good Condition. In library bindings, with binding & hinges tight. 155 (of 156) hand coloured lithographed BOTANICAL PLATES, with tissue guards. Volume one has wax on some pages and affects 12 of the plates, 1 plate detached. ALSO - A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in the Forest of Massachusetts by George B. Emerson, Volume 1 only (1875) 2nd edition, Boston: Little, Brown and Co. In a library binding, with binding & hinges tight, b/w plates throughout. Altogether - 4 Volumes. EST: $400.00 - $800.00
Realized bid price - $2,000.00
[264] Sheldon, George William. Recent Ideals of American Art - Complete in 8 Portfolios. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1888. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Good Condition. AQUARELLE EDITION, LIMITED, #14 of 75 COPIES. 184 oil paintings and water colors in the galleries of private collectors, reproduced in Paris on copper plates by the Goupil photogravure and typogravure processes, COMPLETE WITH 80 PHOTOGRAVURES, on hard stock. iv, 158pp on glossy paper, all unbound as issued, in 8 original folding 3/4 leather & cloth portfolios with leather cover labels, lined in silk, with ties. Backstrips show wear & tear, corner/edge wear. Light library ink stamp on back of plates, lacks tissue guards. EST: $600.00 - $1,000.00
Realized bid price - $120.00
[265] Walton, William. The Army and Navy of the United States From the Period of the Revolution to the Present Day - 12 Portfolios. Boston: George Barrie & Son, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1889-1895. IMPERIAL JAPAN EDITION, #69 of 500. A Record of the Formation, Organization, and General Equipment of the Land and Naval Forces of the Republic. 10 Parts in 12 portfolios. 128pp, 38pp, 171pp, with 44 b/w plates with captioned tissue guards, with the same plates then, in 41 (of 44) hand colored, matted plates, all in 12 portfolios. Portfolios are 3/4 cloth & marbled paper, gilt stamped leather cover labels, silk moire endpapers, the last portfolio is not original to the set, all showing wear, interior paper covers chipped at edges. Numerous India proof mounted text illustrations throughout, with facsimile letter from General Sherman. EST: $500.00 - $800.00
Realized bid price - $1,100.00
[266] . Calli E Canali in Venezia Monumenti - 2 Portfolios . Ferd. Ongania, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1891-1892. 200 PLATES of which 185 are heliogravures, and 15 are engravings, on hard stock, of the CANALS OF VENICE. With title pages and list of plates in English & Italian. Some plates are linen backed, some edge chips, portfolio I is original, with ties, library cloth backstrip, portfolio II is a library portfolio. Light library ink stamp on back of plates, notation on lower edges on front of plates, naming location of scene (not affecting the image). EST: $600.00 - $1,200.00
Realized bid price - $2,200.00

[267] Tela, Josephus. The Philosophical Library; Being a Curious Collection of the Most Rare and Valuable Manuscripts and Printed Works, Both Ancient and Modern - Volume 1 Only. London: Printed for the Proprietor By Jas. Adlard and Sons; and Published By J. Souter, 1818. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, binding & hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $300.00
Realized bid price - $30.00

[268] THEOLOGY. A Group of 5 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***Elim: or Hymns of Holy Refreshment edited by the Rev. F.D. Huntington (1865) 1st Edition, Boston: E.P. Dutton and Co. 12mo, bound in gilt bordered leather, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, binding & hinges tight. ***A Treatise on Atonement, in Which, The Finite Nature of Sin is Argued, Its Cause and Consequences as Such; The Necessity and Nature of Atonement.....by Hosea Ballou (1805) Randolph: (VER.): Sereno Wright. 8vo, bound in leather, red leather spine label (chipped), covers worn & chipped, interior foxing, binding tight. ***The Koran (in Arabic), 12mo, bound in blind stamped leather with flap, hinges taped, covers starting. ***German Bible, Luther Die Bibel & Das Neue Tetsament, volumes 1 & 3, (1843-1844) Berlin: Muller's Verlag. 4to in mismatched library bindings, hinges taped, binding tight. EST: $80.00 - $150.00
Realized bid price - $30.00
[269] PHILOSOPHY & ESSAYS. A Group of 6 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***How to Observe Morals and Manners by Harriet Matineau (1838) 1st American Edition, Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 12mo, bound in pebbled cloth, repair cloth over backstrip, interior foxing, binding & hinges tight. ***Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind by Dugald Stewart (1813) 3rd Amer. Edition, Brattleborough, VT: William Fessenden. 8vo, in tree calf, green leather spine label, interior foxing, front hinge starting, binding tight. ***Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Christopher North - 3 Volumes (1842) Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. 12mo, volume 1 is trimmed & rebound in 1/2 leather & marbled paper, with binding & hinges tight, other two are in full leather with hinges starting, binding tight. ***Fitzosborne's Letters on Several Subjects. With The Dialogue Concerning Oratory by William Melmoth (1815) Boston: Wells & Lilly and Cummings & Hilliard. 12mo, bound in leather with gilt & blind stamped borders, inner dentelles, front gutter taped, binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
Realized bid price - $40.00
[270] Cuvier, Baron. The Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to Its Organization - 8 Volumes. London : G. Henderson, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. 1834-1837. Four volumes of text, with 4 volumes of hand coloured engraved plates. Uncollated and sold as is. Mismatched bindings, with volume 5 showing a split binding. EST: $100.00 - $300.00
Realized bid price - $1,000.00
[271] . Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants - 5 Volumes. London : W.S. Orr & Co., 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1841-1842. Volumes 1, 2, 5, 8 & 9 of Paxton's BOTANICAL PLATES. 216 plates, of which 215 are hand coloured lithographs, 8 of which are folding, with 1 b/w plate. Plates free of any library marks. Bound in 3/4 leather & cloth, covers worn, one front cover detached, backstrips chipped or taped, hinges taped, lacks some plates, occasional foxing. Bindings tight. EST: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Realized bid price - $2,750.00
[272] Thoreau, Henry D. [edited By Torrey, Bradford ]. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Journal. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Walden Edition. Volumes 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 & 20. Bound in original blue textured cloth, with top edges gilt. photogravure frontis in each volume, with photogravures throughout, PLUS A FOLDING MAP OF CONCORD (with crease tears). A few cracked hinges, two pages taped, bindings tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $70.00
[273] Bonnat , Leon . Aureliano De Beruete: VELAZQUEZ. Berlin : Photographische Gesellschaft, 1909. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. LIMITED #27 of 300. Etched portrait of Velazquez by Leon Bonnat, 102pp with 62 (of 63) photogravure plates of paintings by Velazquez, bound in 3/4 vellum and buckram, raised bands on spine, binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00
Realized bid price - $300.00
[274] Colvin, Sidney (selected and Arranged with Notes and Introduction by). Drawings of the Old Masters in the University Galleries and in the Library of Christ Church , Oxford - 2 Volumes in 4 Portfolios. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1907. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Art plates with descriptive tissue guards, unbound as issued, in 4 original portfolios with ties. Vol. 1, parts 1 & 2 - 16 pp text with 42 plates - including Leonardo Da Vinci and His Lombard Followers, Michelangelo and His Imitatiors and more. Vol. 2, parts 1 & 2 - 17pp text and 43 plates of Raphael, the Emilia and more. Cloth tape over backstrips. EST: $100.00 - $200.00
Realized bid price - $50.00

[275] Layton , Harvey Porter. The Hand-Made Journal - Full Copy - Only Hand-Made Magazine On Earth. San Antonio , Texas : 1909. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition, in a protective mylar cover. Original stiff wraps with 13 leaves, hand written text, hand drawn illustrations, hand stitched. Articles include: The Fall of the Alamo , Short Stories, Jokes, Famous Men and more, with Advertisements in the back. UNUSUAL. EST: $400.00 - $800.00
Realized bid price - $100.00

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