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
200	Forster (Henry Rumsey)	The Stowe Catalogue priced and annotated		1848	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	45.00
201	Fox-Davies (Arthur Charles)	Armorial Families		1929-30	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	38.00
202	Fox-Davies (Arthur Charles)	Armorial Families		1929-30	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	32.00
203	Fox-Davies (Arthur Charles)	Armorial Families		1929-30	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	38.00
204	Francis (Beata)	The Scenery of Tennyson's Poems		1893	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
205	Fuchs (Eduard)	Geschichte der Erotischen Kunst	Munich	n.d.	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	45.00
206		Gentleman's Magazine of Fashion (The)		1830	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	120.00
207	Gerke (Friedrich)	Griechische Plastik	Zurich and Berlin	1938	GBP 25.00 - 35.00	20.00
208		Gibb (William) Naval and Military Trophies ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	60.00
209	Gilchrist (Alexander)	Life of William Blake		1880	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	80.00
210		Grant (Madison) The Passing of the Great Race ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
211		Great Exhibition of Works of Industry of All Nations--The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	48.00
212		Great Seals (The) of England ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	50.00
213		Grillion Club. Portraits of Members from 1813 to 1863 ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
214	Guttmann (Henri)	Hebraica. Documents d'Art Juif	Paris	n.d.	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	58.00
215	Harcourt-Smith (Simon)	A Catalogue of various Clock	Peiping	1933	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	105.00
216		Harrison (J. E.) and D. S. MacColl. Greek Vase Paintings ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	52.00
217	Havell (E. B.)	Indian Sculpture and Painting		1928	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
218	Heal (Sir Ambrose)	The Signboards of Old London Shops		1947	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	28.00
219		Hind (Arthur M.) A short History of Engraving & Etching ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	35.00
220	Hipkins (A. J.) and William Gibb	Musical Instruments	Edinburgh	1888	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
221	Hipkins (A. J.) and William Gibb	Musical Instruments	Edinburgh	1888	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	42.00
222	Hipkins (A. J.)	Musical Instruments		1921	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	24.00
223	Hodgkin (John Eliot)	Rariora		[1902]	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
224		Holme (Charles, editor) Pen, Pencil and Chalk ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	46.00
225		Holt (Ardern) Fancy Dresses described ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	100.00
226	Hope (W. H. St. John)	The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter		1901	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	55.00
227		Horne (H. P.) An Illustrated Catalogue of Engraved Portraits and Fancy Subjects painted by Gainsborough and Romney ....			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	115.00
228		Ireland (Samuel) Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth ....			GBP 50.00 - 60.00	65.00
229	Jones (Owen)	The Grammar of Ornament		1868	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	90.00
230	Jones (Owen)	The Grammar of Ornament		n.d.	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
231	Jones (Owen)	The Grammar of Ornament		1910	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	70.00
232		Konnecke (Gustav) Bilderatlas zur Geschiclvte der deutschen National-Iiteratur ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
233		Larwood (Jacob) and John Camden Hotten. The History of Signboards ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	40.00
234		Lothrop (S. K.) Treasures of Ancient America ....			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
235		LONDON BULLETIN, no. 1-6, 8-14 ....			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	50.00
236	LUCAS (S. E.)	THE CATALOGUE OF SASSOON CHINESE IVORIES		1950	GBP 300.00 - 450.00	300.00
237		Macfall (Haldane) The Modern Genius ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	14.00
238	Maskell (William)	A Description of the Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum		1872	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	40.00
239	Mulliner (H. H.)	The Decorative Arts in England		1923	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	26.00
240		Musee Royal de Naples, Peintures, Bronze et Statues Erotiques	Paris	1836	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	26.00
241		Nikitin (Afanasy) Voyage beyond Three Seas ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	25.00
242	Ottley (W. Y.)	A Series of Plates after the Early Florentine School .....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	10.00
243		Palliser (Mrs. Bury) History of Lace ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
244		Pennell (J.) Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen ....			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
245	PETTIGREW (THOMAS JOSEPH)	A History of Egyptian Mummies		1834	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	75.00
246		Pidgeon (Henry) Memorials of Shrewsbury ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	58.00
247	Pope-Hennessy (Sir John)	Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum		1964	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	62.00
248		Pugin (A. W.) Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume ....			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	185.00
249	Racinet (M. A.)	L'Ornement Polychrome	Paris	1888	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	170.00
250	Raoul-Hachette (Desire)	Monumens Inedits d'Antiquite Figuree, Cycle Heroique [all published]	Paris	1833	GBP 25.00 - 30.00	35.00
251		Redgrave (Samuel) Catalogue of the Water-Colour Paintings in the South Kensington Museum ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	90.00
252		Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone ....			GBP 25.00 - 35.00	70.00
253		Reznicek (F. van) Verliebte Leute ....			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	145.00
254		Richardson (Emeline) The Etruscans ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
255	Schliemann (Henry)	Tiryns	New York	1885	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	28.00
256		Shaw (Henry) A Handbook of the Art of Illumination as practised during the Middle Ages ....			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	420.00
257	Sheringham (George) and James Laver	Design in the Theatre, Sheringham's copy with A.Ls.s. from Gordon Craig		1927	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	58.00
258	Siren (Osvald)	Leonardo de Vinci. L'Artiste et l'Homme	Paris and Brussels	1928	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
259		Snelling (Thomas) A View of the Coins at this Time current throughout Europe ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	26.00
260		Stanley (Arthur Penrhyn) Historical Memprials of Westminster Abbey ....			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	75.00
261	Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)	Don John of Austria		1863	GBP 10.00 - 15.00	11.00
262	Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)	Don John of Austria		1863	GBP 10.00 - 15.00	10.00
263	Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)	Examples of the Ornamental Heraldry of the Sixteenth Century		1867	GBP 10.00 - 15.00	16.00
264	Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)	Examples of the Ornamental Heraldry of the Sixteenth Century; Second Series; 2 vol. in 1		1867-68	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	15.00
265	Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)	Examples of the Ornamental Heraldry of the Sixteenth Century; Second Series		1867-68	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	17.00
266	Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)	Examples of the Ornamental Heraldry of the Sixteenth Century			GBP 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
267	Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)	Examples of the Ornamental Heraldry of the Sixteenth Century			GBP 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
268		[Stirling-Maxwell (William)] Arabesque and other Ornaments ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	75.00
269		Studio (The)		1897-1906	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	260.00
270	Thompson (Francis)	A History of Chatsworth			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	20.00
271	Todd (J. H.)	Historical Tablets and Medallions		1827	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	18.00
272		Vitzhum (G. G.) Die Pariser Miniaturmalerei ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	70.00
273		Vallance (Aymer) William Morris ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	75.00
274		Van de Put (Albert) The Aragonese Double Crown & the Borja or Borgia Device ....			GBP 25.00 - 35.00	5.00
275	Walpole (Horace)	A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill		1842	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	42.00
276	Waring (J. B.)	Masterpieces of Industrial Art		1863	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	12.00
277	WARING (J. B.)	Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture		1863	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	20.00
278	Waring (J. B.)	Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture		1863	GBP 75.00 - 100.00	30.00
279		Whitley (William T.) Artists and their Friends in England 1700-1799 ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	155.00
280		Wheeler (Mortimer) Roman Africa in Colour ....			GBP 75.00 - 100.00	80.00
281	Wilkinson (J. V. S.)	The Lights of Canopus		n.d.	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	30.00
282	WILSON (Sir JOHN)	The Royal Philatelic Collection		1952	GBP 50.00 - 75.00	70.00
283	Woodward (John)	A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry		1894	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	38.00
284	Woodward (John)	A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry		1894	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	32.00
285		Wright (Thomas) A History of Caricature & Grotesque in Literature and Art ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	18.00
286	WYATT (M. DIGBY)	The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century		1851-53	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	50.00
287	Wyatt (M. Digby)	The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century		1851	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	5.00
288		Acta Cartographica. Vol. 1-6	Amsterdam	1967-69	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	48.00
289	Adams (H. M.)	Catalogue of the Books Printed on the Continent of Europe 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries	Cambridge	1967	GBP 35.00 - 50.00	72.00
290		Aldenham (Lord) Catalogue of the Famous Library ....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	32.00
291		Anselmo (Antonio Joaquim) Bibliografia das obras impressas em Portugal no seculo XVI ....			GBP 30.00 - 40.00	48.00
292		Arundel Club .....			GBP 35.00 - 50.00	26.00
293		Baltimore Museum of Art. The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 ....	Baltimore	1957	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	52.00
294		Bartholomew (A. T.) and J. W. Clark. Richard Bentley ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
295	Berners (Dame Juliana)	The Boke of Saint Albans		1881	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	32.00
296		Bibliographer (The)		1882-83	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	35.00
297		Bibliographer (The) vol. 1 ....			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	32.00
298	Fredson Bowers, editor	BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Studies in Bibliography	Virginia	1948-77	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	200.00
299	BICKHAM (GEORGE)	THE UNIVERSAL PENMAN		1741	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	270.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

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