Sothebys: THE RENOWNED COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS & DRAWINGS relating to HUNTING, HAWKING AND SHOOTING Formed by the late C. F. G. R. Schwerdt, Esq. of Old Alresford House, Hants. THE SECOND PORTION THE SPORTING PRINTS., 19Jun1939,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 19, 1939 - June 19, 1939

Page Size: 662 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
917	H. Pyall	Partridge, Pheasant, Duck and Snipe Shooting			GBP -	5.00
918	W. H. Pyne	Hunting and Shooting			GBP -	6.00
919	L. Rados	Veduta di Laveno, with Duck Shooting			GBP -	1.10
920	Raimondi, Marc Antonio	A Lion Hunt			GBP -	0.15
921	T. J. Rawlins	Jorrocks's Sporting Lecture			GBP -	4.00
922		B. Rec: Ten Hunting Scenes, in frieze form			GBP -	Not Sold
923		B. Rec : Ten Hunting Scenes in frieze form			GBP -	Not Sold
924		Régnier, Bettannier, Morion : Stag Hunting			GBP -	Not Sold
925	R. G. Reeve	Hawking			GBP -	16.00
926	R. G. Reeve	Coursing		1807	GBP -	15.00
927	R. G. Reeve	Keepers on the Look Out; and The Poachers Detected			GBP -	15.00
928	R. G. Reeve	Fox Hunting			GBP -	30.00
929	R. G. Reeve	Shooting, No. 1 Woodcock Shooting; No. 2 The Repast; No. 3 Pheasant Shooting; and No. 4 The Return		1813	GBP -	205.00
930	R. G. Reeve	Pigeon Shooting, the Red House Club, Battersea			GBP -	12.00
931	R. G. Reeve	Stag Hunting		1808	GBP -	56.00
932	R. G. Reeve	The Dog and Vixen Fox; and A Litter of Foxes			GBP -	1.00
933	R. G. Reeve	Fox Hunters			GBP -	21.00
934	R. G. Reeve	Fox Chace		1817	GBP -	72.00
935	R. G. Reeve	Harriers; and Fox Hounds			GBP -	20.00
936	R. G. Reeve	Hawking			GBP -	2.10
937	P. D. Reichel	Streif-Jagen in der Dresdner Haide			GBP -	1.00
938	P. Reinagle	Drawings from Original Pictures of Philip Reinagle, Esq.			GBP -	5.00
939		Rembrandt : The large Lion Hunt			GBP -	5.10
940		Rembrandt : The small Lion Hunt, with two lions			GBP -	5.10
941		Rembrandt : The small Lion Hunt, with one lion			GBP -	1.10
942	Michael Rentz	Kuckus Baad			GBP -	Not Sold
943	S. W. Reynolds	The Falconer, Mr. Saml. Northcote of Plymouth			GBP -	205.00
944	S. W. Reynolds	The Falconer			GBP -	14.00
945	S. W. Reynolds	A Bear Hunt			GBP -	Not Sold
946	S. W. Reynolds	A Bear Hunt			GBP -	0.10
947	S. W. Reynolds	The Sportsman's Dog			GBP -	0.10
948	S. W. Reynolds	Setters			GBP -	0.10
949	S. W. Reynolds	The Kennel			GBP -	Not Sold
950	S. W. Reynolds	Chasse au Marais; and L'Halali			GBP -	Not Sold
951	N. Rhein	Bear Hunting; and Stag Hunting			GBP -	Not Sold
952	S. T. Richardson	Splutterings of a Sporting Pen			GBP -	1.00
953	C. A. Richter	Ansicht vom Schloss Ebersburg mit dem Eichenforst am Harz			GBP -	Not Sold
954	J. E. Ridinger	Stag Hunting		1667-1741	GBP -	18.00
955	J. E. Ridinger	Portraits of J. E. Ridinger--seated by a canvas			GBP -	0.10
956	J. E. Ridinger	Grosser Herrn Lust in allerhand Jagen			GBP -	0.10
957	J. E. Ridinger	Hirschjagd, etc.			GBP -	1.15
958	J. E. Ridinger	Vollkommene und gründliche Vorstellungen der vortrefflichen Fürsten-Lust			GBP -	1.00
959	J. E. Ridinger	Die Parforce Jagd des Hirschen			GBP -	10.10
960	J. E. Ridinger	Stag and Boar Hunting, Die Hase wird behäzt, and Wan der Edle Hirsch, Ansprache des Hirsches auf Französisch, erstes und zweytes Stück, A Lion Hunt, Hawking Scenes, A Stag with a wonderful Head, Stag and two Hinds			GBP -	3.00
961	J. E. Ridinger	Die Par Force Jagd Eines Hirschen; and Wie das Wild-Schwein gehaezt			GBP -	1.00
962	J. E. Ridinger	Die Fangarten der Wilden Thiere			GBP -	11.00
963	J. E. Ridinger	Die Fangarten der Wilden Thiere			GBP -	3.00
964	J. E. Ridinger	Vorstehende Hunde			GBP -	0.10
965	J. E. Ridinger	Die vier Jahreszeiten der Hunde			GBP -	0.10
966	M. E. Ridinger	Die vier Jahreszeiten des Jägers			GBP -	0.10
967	M. E. Ridinger	Jager u. Falkoniers mit ihren Verrichtungen			GBP -	15.10
968	J. E. Ridinger	Die von verschidenen Arthen der Hunden behaezte Jagtbare Thiere			GBP -	4.00
969	J. E. Ridinger	Abbildung Der Jagtbaren Thiere mit derselben angefügten Fährten und Spuhren			GBP -	4.00
970	J. E. Ridinger	Abbildung einiger jagdbarer und reissender Thiere nach ihrer Natur, Geschlecht, Alter und Spur			GBP -	0.10
971	J. E. Ridinger	Betrachtung der Wilden Thiere			GBP -	5.10
972	J. E. Ridinger	Die vier Tageszeiten der Hirsche			GBP -	1.10
973	J. E. Ridinger	Genaue und richtige Vorstellung der Wunder-samste Hirsche sowohl als anderer besonderer Thiere			GBP -	11.00
974	M. E. Ridinger	Zu den besondern Ereignissen u. Vorfallenheiten bey der Jagd			GBP -	10.00
975	J. E. Ridinger	Entwurf einiger Thiere			GBP -	2.10
976	J. E. Ridinger	Lehrreiche Fabeln, Fabul XVII, Elephanten, 6 Kameele und 2 Büffel, Vier Blatt Baere, Acht Blatt Löwen, Zehn Tafeln Affen, Pferdekuren, Die Fontainen			GBP -	0.10
977	J. E. Ridinger	Unterschidliche Arten Hunden			GBP -	1.00
978	J. E. Ridinger	Nationen Pferde			GBP -	9.00
979	M. E. Ridinger	Türkischer Pferdaufputz			GBP -	0.10
980	J. E. Ridinger	Neue Reit-Kunst			GBP -	13.10
981	J. E. Ridinger	Neue Reit Schul			GBP -	10.00
982	J. E. Ridinger	Vorstellung und Beschreibung derer Schul und Campagne Pferden			GBP -	10.00
983	M. E. Ridinger	Die grosse Reitschule			GBP -	9.00
984	M. E. Ridinger	Spazierritt von der Schule			GBP -	2.05
985	J. E. Ridinger	Kämpfe Reissender Thiere			GBP -	3.10
986	J. E. Ridinger	Neues Thier Reis-Büchl			GBP -	1.00
987	J. E. Ridinger	Neues Zeichnungs Buch			GBP -	2.00
988	M. E. and J. E. Ridinger	Raubvögel und Eulen, and another series of birds			GBP -	1.00
989	J. E. Ridinger	Ruhe der Jaeger und Jaegerinnen			GBP -	1.00
990	J. E. Ridinger	Viehstücke			GBP -	2.00
991	J. E. Ridinger	Das Paradies			GBP -	7.00
992	J. E. Ridinger	Die unter dem Wilde im Walde vergnugte Diana; and Actaeon ein eifriger Hirschen-Jäger			GBP -	0.10
993	J. E. Ridinger	Das auf das Jagen erpichte Frauen Zimer			GBP -	0.10
994	J. E. Ridinger	Hunting Scenes			GBP -	1.00
995	J. E. Ridinger	Hunting Scenes			GBP -	1.00
996	J. E. Ridinger	Roe, Boar, Bear Hunting and Hawking			GBP -	2.00
997	J. E. Ridinger	Shooting Scenes			GBP -	1.10
998	J. J. Ridinger	Die von Tiger Uberfallene Pferde; and Die von Luchsen auf dem Brunft Platz angefallne Hirschen			GBP -	0.10
999	J. E. Ridinger	Dieser sehr grosse und starke Bürg-Hirsch; and Venator cursu canis et latratibus instat			GBP -	1.15
1000	J. E. Ridinger	Das Gehor			GBP -	1.00
1001	J. E. Ridinger	Portraits of male and female Falconers			GBP -	7.00
1002	J. E. Ridinger	The Five Senses			GBP -	2.10
1003	J. E. Ridinger	Die von Hunden abge fangene Sau, and Die Bären-Hatz			GBP -	0.10
1004	J. E. Ridinger	St. Hubert, after Caspar Sing			GBP -	0.10
1005	J. E. Ridinger	Neue Reit Schul			GBP -	25.00
1006	J. E. Ridinger	Die Fangarten der Wilden Thiere			GBP -	0.10
1007	J. E. Ridinger	Stag, Bear and Boar Hunt, Der arme Hase bringt, Neues Zeichnungs Buch, and Diese sehr grosse und starke Bürg-Hirsch			GBP -	0.10
1008	J. E. Ridinger	Various incomplete sets of plates from Th. 13-48			GBP -	0.10
1009	J. E. Ridinger	Proofs of Th. 11 and 12, and various other engravings and mezzotints			GBP -	0.10
1010	M. E. Ridinger	Jager u Falkoniers mit ihren Verrichtungen			GBP -	10.10
1011	J. E. Ridinger	Abbildung der Jagtbaren Thiere			GBP -	5.00
1012	J. E. Ridinger	Katalog einer Ridinger Sammlung	Vienna	1910	GBP -	2.15
1013	J. E. Ridinger	Leben und Wirken	Leipzig	1856	GBP -	0.05
1014	J. Rigaud	Veue generale de Fontainebleau (with a Stag Hunt)			GBP -	Not Sold
1015	T. Rowlandson	The City Hunt; and The Easter Hunt			GBP -	1.00
1016	T. Rowlandson	Four o'clock in the Country; and Four o'clock in Town			GBP -	4.00

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