Sothebys: SALE No. 15 of 1978/79, 15,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 01, 1978 - January 01, 1978
Page Size: 519 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
401 Poynter (Sir Edward J.) Various

USD 80.00 - 120.00 140.00
402 Quintavalle (Armando O.) Il Parmigianino. Milan

[1948].

USD 25.00 - 35.00 70.00
403 ROETHLISBERGER (MARCEL) Claude Lorrain: The Drawing. Berkeley & Los Angeles

1968.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 110.00
404 Rouart (Denis) and Momcilo Stevanovic Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
405 RUSSIAN ARTISTS Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 110.00
406 Russian Portraits Various

USD 30.00 - 40.00 55.00
407 SCHIDLOF (LEO R.) The Miniature in Europe. Graz

1964.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 120.00
408 See (R. R. M.) English Pastels 1750--1830.

1911.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 40.00
409 Simonson (George A.) Francesco Guardi.

1904.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 52.00
410 Siren (Osvald) Early Chinese Paintings from A. W. Bahr Collection.

1938.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 60.00
411 SKIRA (ALBERT, editor) The Great Centuries of Painting.

1951--1957.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 140.00
412 Sze (Mai-Mai) The Tao of Painting.

1957.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 42.00
413 Ternois (Daniel) Jacques Callot. Paris

1961.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 75.00
414 Vanzype (Gustave) Jan Vermeer de Delft.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 12.00
415 Ward (Humphry) and W. Roberts Romney.

1904.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 50.00
416 Wethey (Harold E.) El Greco and His School. Princeton, New Jersey

1962.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 33.00
417 Whistler (Laurence) and Ronald Fuller The Work of Rex Whistler.

1960.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 70.00
418 Belcher (John) and Mervyn E. Macartney Later Renaissance Architecture in England.

1901.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 35.00
419 Brown (Percy) Indian Architecture. Bombay

n.d.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 18.00
420 Bryusova (V. G.) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 70.00
421 Cescinsky (Herbert) English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century.

n.d.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 230.00
422 Ellsworth (Robert Hatfield) Chinese Furniture.

[1970].

USD 20.00 - 30.00 60.00
423 Heal (Sir Ambrose) The London Furniture Makers.

1953.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 50.00
424 Herberts (Dr. Kurt) Das Buch der Ostasiatischen Lackkunst. Dusseldorf

1959.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 70.00
425 Macquoid (Percy) A History of English Furniture.

1904--1908.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 120.00
426 Nolhac (Pierre de) Le Trianon de Marie-Antoinette. Paris

1914.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 22.00
427 Robinson (P. F.) Designs for Ornamental Villas.

1827.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 90.00
428 Salverte (Comte Francois de) Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Siecle. Paris

1934.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 45.00
429 Scicluna (Sir Hannibal P.) The Church of St. John in Valletta. Malta

1955.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 16.00
430 Smith (H. Clifford) Buckingham Palace.

1931.

USD 15.00 - 20.00 40.00
431 Bate (Percy) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 62.00
432 Bles (Joseph) Rare English Glasses of the XVII & XVIII Centuries, ONE OF 100 DE LUXE COPIES.

n.d.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 85.00
433 Buckley (Francis) A History of Old English Glass.

1925.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 45.00
434 Buckley (Wilfred) Diamond Engraved Glasses of the Sixteenth Century.

1929.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 50.00
435 Clarke (H. G.) The Story of Old English Glass Pictures 1690--1810.

1928.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 75.00
436 Francis (Grant R.) Old English Drinking Glasses.

1926.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 60.00
437 Francis (Grant R.) Old English Drinking Glasses.

1927.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 48.00
438 Hartshorne (Albert) Old English Glasses.

1897.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 22.00
439 Janneau (Guillaume) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 170.00
440 Neuberg (Frederic) Glass in Antiquity.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 42.00
441 Pazaurek (Gustav E.) Glaser der Empire und Biedermeierzeit. Leipzig

1923.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 58.00
442 Pellatt (Apsley) Curiosities of Glass Making.

1849.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 44.00
443 Polak (Ada Buch) Gammelt Norsk Glass. Oslo

1953.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 60.00
444 Powell (Harry J.) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 90.00
445 Thorpe (W. A.) A History of English and Irish Glass.

1929.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 85.00
446 Vickers & Co. Ltd. (Percival) Supplementary Catalogue of Moulded, Cut, Engraved and Etched Flint Glass.

1893.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 8.00
447 Binns (R. W.) Catalogue of a Collection of Worcester Porcelain in the Museum at the Royal Porcelain Works. Worcester

1882.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 28.00
448 Blacker (J. F.) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 30.00
449 Burlington Fine Arts Club Various Paris

n.d.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 30.00
450 Cannon (T. G.) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 14.00
451 Chaffers (W.) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 50.00
452 Fisher (Stanley W.) English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century.

1947.

USD 35.00 - 45.00 25.00
453 Jenyns (Soame) Various

USD 40.00 - 60.00 130.00
454 LENZ (GEORG) BERLINER PORZELLAN. DIE MANUFAKTUR FRIEDRICHS DES GROSSEN 1763--1786. Berlin

n.d.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 680.00
455 Myer (Reginald) Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars.

n.d.

USD 15.00 - 20.00 17.00
456 Piccolpassi (Cipriano) The Three Books of the Potter's Art.

1934.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 75.00
457 Tapp (William H.) Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale 1734--1801. Red Anchor Fable Painter.

1938.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 30.00
458 Ahmad-Ul-Umari Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 32.00
459 Akiyama (Terukazu) and others Arts of China. Tokyo [etc,]

1970--1969.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 58.00
460 Ancient Monuments, Society Transactions, New Series vol. 5--16.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 30.00
461 Archaeologia, vol. 102 and Index for vol. 51--100.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 3.00
462 Balzer (Wolfgang) Various

USD 30.00 - 40.00 42.00
463 Bossert (H. Th.) Ornament.

1924.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 68.00
464 Brindley (William) and W. Samuel Weatherley Ancient Sepulchral Monuments.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 11.00
465 Burlington House Exhibition of Italian Art, edited by Lord Balniel and Kenneth Clark.

1931.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 15.00
466 B[urne]-J[ones] (G.) Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 75.00
467 Capek (Abe) Various

USD 50.00 - 75.00 120.00
468 Conway (Sir Martin, editor) Various

USD 25.00 - 35.00 50.00
469 Cripps (Wilfred Joseph) Old French Plate.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 20.00
470 D'Ardenne de Tizac (H.) Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 150.00
471 D'Ardenne de Tizac (H.) Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 150.00
472 Dilke (Lady) French Painters [Architects and Sculptors; Decoration and Furniture; Engravers and Draughtsmen] of the XVIII Century.

1899--1902.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 42.00
473 Escoffier (Maurice) Le Mouvement Romantique, 1788--1850, PRESENTATION COPY. Paris

1934.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 30.00
474 Goya Y Lucienta (F.) Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 75.00
475 Grand-Carteret (John) L'Histoire, La Vie, les Moeurs et la Curiosite. Paris

1927--1928.

USD 35.00 - 50.00 72.00
476 GUILMARD (D.) Les Maitres Ornemanistes, edited by Baron Davillier. Paris

1880--1881.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 45.00
477 Hall (S. C.) Various

1921.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 22.00
478 [Handbook (A) of Muhammadan Art]. [Cambridge, Mass.,]

1947.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
479 Harding (J. D.) The Principles and Practice of Art.

1845.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 58.00
480 Hausenstein (W.) Various

USD 30.00 - 40.00 68.00
481 Heal (Sir Ambrose) The Signboards of Old London Shops.

1947.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 75.00
482 [HENDLEY (T. H.)] ASIAN CARPETS. XVI AND XVII CENTURY DESIGNS FROM THE JAIPUR PALACES.

1905.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 580.00
483 Hillier (J.) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 65.00
484 Hobson (R. L.) Chinese Art, 1928---Keochlin (R.) and G. Migeon. Oriental Art,

n.d.

USD 25.00 - 35.00 56.00
485 Holme (Charles, editor) Various

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
486 Holme (Charles, editor) Representative Art of our Time. The Studio

1903.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 22.00
487 Husenbeth (F. C.) Emblems of Saints. Norwich

1882.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 45.00
488 Illustration (L') Christmas numbers for, 1913, 1926--39, 1946--50, 1952--55, and 13 others. [Paris]

1913--1955.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 48.00
489 Jackson (Charles James) An Illustrated History of English Plate.

1911.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 32.00
490 Jones (E. Alfred) and others The Plate of Eton College.

1938.

USD 20.00 - 30.00 13.00
491 Klassiker der Kunst

1904--1931.

USD 50.00 - 75.00 52.00
492 Kuhnel (E.) Various

USD 20.00 - 30.00 55.00
493 Lang (Andrew) Various

USD 50.00 - 75.00 65.00
494 LION-GOLDSCHMIDT (DAISY) AND OTHERS Chinese Art.

1960--1965.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 130.00
495 Manning (B, S.) and William Suida Various

USD 80.00 - 120.00 280.00
496 Mathers (E. Powys) Eastern Love.

1927--1930.

USD 30.00 - 40.00 60.00
497 [MAXIMIS (FRANCISCUS XAVERIUS DE)] Musei Etrusci quod Gregorius XVI. Vatican City

1842.

USD 60.00 - 80.00 60.00
498 Millais (J. G.) Various

USD 35.00 - 50.00 180.00
499 Montrosier, (Eugene) Various

USD 60.00 - 80.00 28.00
500 Petit Courrier des Dames Journal des Modes, Paris

1837.

USD 120.00 - 160.00 90.00
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