Sotheby Parke Bernet: CATALOGUE OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS, INCLUDING HOFSTEDE DE GROOT'S Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Eminent Dutch Painters, 10 VOL., Esslingen, etc. 1908-28; SAKISIAN'S La Miniature Persane, Paris and Brussels, 1929; ASPLUND'S Zorn's Engraved Works, 2 , SHR15,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 10, 1979 - May 10, 1979
Page Size: 558 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 Hind (Arthur M.) A History of Engraving and Etching

1932

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 10.00
101 Hind (Arthur M.) The Etchings of D.Y. Cameron

1924

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 34.00
102 Hind (A. M.) Wenceslaus Hollar and his Views of London

1922

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 55.00
103 Hogarth (William)--Trusler (Rev. John) Hogarth moralized ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 110.00
104 Holme (Charles) Modern Pen Drawings ....

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 13.00
105 Holme (Charles, editor) Modern Pen Drawings: European and American ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 50.00
106 Huysum (Jacob van) The Twelve Months of Flowers Leigh-on-Sea

1950

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 38.00
107 Huysum (Jacob van) The Twelve Months of Flowers Leigh-on-Sea

1950

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 36.00
108 Jackson (E. Nevill) The History of Silhouettes

1911

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 35.00
109 Jackson (Mrs. E. Nevill) Silhouette, Notes and Dictionary

1938

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
110 LANDSEER (THOMAS) and JOHN HENRY BARROW Characteristic Sketches of Animals

1832

GBP 75.00 - 100.00 135.00
111 LAWRENCE (H. W.) AND B. L. DIGHTON French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century

1910

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 42.00
112 Le Blanc (Ch.) Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes Paris

1886 & n.d.

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 110.00
113 Leporini (Heinrich) Die Stilentwicklung der Handzeichnung Vienna and Leipzig

1925

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 22.00
114 Lewis (C. T. Courtney) George Baxter the Picture Printer

n.d.

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 75.00
115 Lewis (C. T. Courtney) The Picture Printer of the Nineteenth Century

1837

GBP 50.00 - 75.00 65.00
116 LINTON (W. J.) The Masters of Wood-Engraving

1889

GBP 75.00 - 100.00 105.00
117 Lippmann (Fr.) Engraving and Etching ....

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 10.00
118 Meder (Joseph) Handzeichnungen Alter Meister aus der Albertina Vienna

1922

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
119 MONKHOUSE (COSMO) THE TURNER GALLERY

n.d.

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 100.00
120 NETTLEFOLD COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings

1933-38

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 500.00
121 O'DONOGHUE (FREEMAN) and HENRY M. HAKE Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits

1908-25

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 130.00
122 A. J. Finberg and others, editor Old Water-Colour Society's Club (The)

1924-53

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
123 Parker (K. T.) The Drawings of Antoine Watteau

1931

GBP 35.00 - 100.00 40.00
124 PARKER (T. H.) Naval Battles from the Collection of Prints formed by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust

1911-14

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 90.00
125 Petitjean (C.) and C. Wickert Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Grave de Robert Nanteuil Paris

1925

GBP 50.00 - 75.00 60.00
126 Pinelli (B.) Twenty-Seven Etchings of Italian Manners and Costume Rome

1842

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 125.00
127 Populare Druckgraphik Europas, Deutschland; Niederlande Munich

1969-70

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 42.00
128 Robinson (Robert) Thomas Bewick. His Life and Times Newcastle

1887

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 60.00
129 Rossel (Frederic) Francis Laine. Son Cahier d'Esquisses Montbeliard

1923

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 50.00
130 ROTHENSTEIN (JOHN) The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein

1926

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 55.00
131 RUSSELL (CHARLES E.) English Mezzotint Portraits

1926

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 70.00
132 RUSSELL (CHARLES E.) English Mezzotint Portraits and their States

1926

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 20.00
133 RUSSELL (CHARLES E.) English Mezzotint Portraits

1926

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 45.00
134 RUSSELL (CHARLES E.) English Mezzotint Portraits

1926

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 85.00
135 Salaman (Malcolm C.) Old English Mezzotints

1910

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 20.00
136 See (R. R. M.) English Pastels 1750-1830

1911

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 52.00
137 SHIRLEY (Hon. ANDREW) The Published Mezzotints of David Lucas after John Constable Oxford

1930

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 140.00
138 SILTZER (Captain FRANK) The Story of British Sporting Prints

n.d.

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 110.00
139 Simpson (Thomas) Modern Etchings and their Collectors

1919

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 8.00
140 Slater (J. Herbert) and F. W. Maxwell-Barbour Engravings and their Value

n.d.

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 80.00
141 SMITH (JOHN CHALONER) BRITISH MEZZOTINTO PORTRAITS

1884

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 85.00
142 Stephenson (Russell) Eighty Sketches in Water Colours from Nature

1926

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 25.00
143 Thomas (T. H.) French Portrait Engraving

1910

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 10.00
144 TIETZE (HANS) and E. TIETZE-CONRAT THE DRAWINGS OF THE VENETIAN PAINTERS OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES New York

1944

GBP 140.00 - 180.00 205.00
145 Tokuni (T.) Japanese Wood-Cutting and Wood-cut Printing ....

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 60.00
146 Tuer (Andrew W.) Bartolozzi and his Works

1881

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 32.00
147 TURNER (J. M. W.) and W. COSMO MONKHOUSE The Turner Gallery

n.d.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 220.00
148 Turner (J. M. W.) and R. N. Wornum The Turner Gallery

1875

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 135.00
149 Walker's Quarterly

1920-32

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 320.00
150 WATERLOO (ANTOINE) SUITE DE QUATRE-VINGT-HUIT PAYSAGES Paris

n.d.

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 700.00
151 Williams (Iolo A.) Early English Watercolours

1952

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 50.00
152 Williamson (George C.) Life and Works of Ozias Humphry

1918

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 16.00
153 Alison (Archibald) Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste ....

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
154 Apollo. A Journal of the Arts ...

GBP 50.00 - 75.00 230.00
155 Art Journal (The)

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 560.00
156 Art of the World ....

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 20.00
157 ART PRICES CURRENT

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 50.00
158 AUDSLEY (GEORGE ASHDOWN) The Ornamental Arts of Japan

1882-84

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 40.00
159 Ayrton (Maxwell) and Arnold Silcock. Wrought Iron ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 70.00
160 Baily (J. T. Herbert) George Morland ....

GBP 50.00 - 75.00 65.00
161 Bastelaer (Rene van) Les Estampes de Peter Bruegel l'Ancien ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 90.00
162 Billings (R. W.) The Power of Form ....

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 22.00
163 Binyon (Laurence) The Art of Botticelli ....

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 42.00
164 Blackie and Son. Villa and Cottage Architecture ....

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 38.00
165 Borchgrave d'Altena (Comte J. de) Oeuvres de nos Images Romans et Gothiques Brussels

1944

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 80.00
166 BOWNES (ALAN, editor) The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69

1971

GBP 75.00 - 100.00 90.00
167 BUDGE (E. A. WALLIS) Some Account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the Possession of Lady Meux at Theobald's Park

1893

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 55.00
168 Budge (E. A. Wallis) The Book of the Dead

1898

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 40.00
169 BUDGE (E. A. WALLIS) The Book of the Dead. Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, etc.

1899

GBP 50.00 - 75.00 50.00
170 BUDGE (E. A. WALLIS) The Life. .. and the Miracles of Takla Haymanot... and the Book of the Riches of Kings

1906

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 25.00
171 BUDGE (E. A. WALLIS) The Life of... and the Miracles of Takla Haymanot. .. and the Book of the Riches of Kings

1906

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 90.00
172 Budge (E. A. Wallis) The Papyrus of Ani

1913

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 22.00
173 Budge (E. A. Wallis) The Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt ....

GBP 75.00 - 100.00 60.00
174 Burlington Fine Arts Club

1936

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 40.00
175 BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. A Collection of 83 Exhibition Catalogues

1868-1919

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 100.00
176 Burlington House, Flemish and Belgian ....

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 50.00
177 Caird (Sir James)--The Private Collection of Sir James Caird ....

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 12.00
178 Calthrop (Dion Clayton) English Costume ....

GBP 15.00 - 20.00 8.00
179 Carter (Howard) and A. C. Mace The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Baltimore

1947

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 25.00
180 Catalogues. A collection of 29 catalogues of books

1961-77

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 10.00
181 Ceram (C. W.) The March of Archaeology ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 70.00
182 Chapuis (Alfred) and Edmond Droz. Les Automates ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 100.00
183 Clerget (Charles-Ernest, artist) Malanges d'Ornemens Divers publies par Emile Leconte Paris

n.d.

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 22.00
184 Coles (J. M.) and D. D. A. Simpson, editors. Studies in Ancient Europe ....

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 80.00
185 Columbus (Christopher) Documents and Proofs of His Genoese Origin Bergamo

1932

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 5.00
186 Connoisseur (The) vol. 1-21, and 36

1901-58

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 65.00
187 Cook (Sir Theodore Andrea) Twenty-Five Great Houses of France ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 35.00
188 Cumberland (Richard) Anecdotes of Eminent Painters in Spain ....

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 60.00
189 Dayot (Armand) and Leandre Vaillat. L'Oeuvre de J. B. S. Chardin et de J. H. Fragonard ....

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
190 De Walden (Howard) Some Feudal Lords and Their Seals; Banners

1904

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 35.00
191 Druitt (Herbert) A Manual of Costume as illustrated by Monumental Brasses ....

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 60.00
192 Drummond (James) Sculptures Monuments in Iona and the West Highlands Edinburgh

1881

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
193 Einstein (Carl) Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts Berlin

1926

GBP 25.00 - 35.00 13.00
194 Englefield (Elsie) A Treatise on Pewter ....

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 26.00
195 EPSTEIN (JACOB) Let there be Sculpture

1940

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 70.00
196 Evans (John) Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain ....

GBP 75.00 - 100.00 100.00
197 Fenollosa (Ernest F.) Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art

1913

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 60.00
198 Fashion Plates. A Collection of approx

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 280.00
199 [Finden (E. F. & W.) Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron] ....

GBP 35.00 - 50.00 70.00
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