Bangs: CATALOGUE OF AN UNUSUALLY FINE PRIVATE LIBRARY, RELATING LARGELY TO THE, HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS. INCLUDING, A VALUABLE COLLECTION of Etchings, Mezzotints, Steel Engravings, etc., formed for the Study and History of Art; Works by Seymour Haden, Hamerton;, Feb241896,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 24, 1896 - February 24, 1896
Page Size: 1019 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 ITALIAN. 65 fine Steel Engravings of Italian works by Rafaello, Titian, Salvator Rosa, Carracci, etc.

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302 ITALIAN, GERMAN, AND OTHER EARLY MASTERPIECES, reproduced from Durer, Rembrandt, etc.

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303 LOUVRE DRAWINGS. Les Designs du Louvre

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304 MERYON, C. 4 Etchings

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305 MEZZOTINTS

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306 OLD ENGRAVINGS by Faithorne, Van Vliet, etc., etc.

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307 ORNITHOLOGY. Birds of Europe Lond.

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308 PHOTOGRAPHS of works of Haden, Whistler, Meryon, Venice, Ruskin, etc., etc.

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309 PHOTOGRAVURES. 37 Plates of Celebrated Paintings, executed in Paris and London

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310 PORTRAITS. 22 Fine Portraits, Steel and Mezzotint, selected as examples of beautiful engraving

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311 PORTAITS, VIEWS, etc.

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312 REMBRANDT

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313 REMBRANDT

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314 REPRODUCTIONS, VARIOUS

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315 RUBENS, VAN DYKE, etc.

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316 SCULPTURE Lond.

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317 SPENCER (EARL OF) Splendid Folio Mezzotint Portrait of the collector of the Althorpe Library by Meyer

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318 STEEL ENGRAVINGS

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319 VIEWS

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320 WATERLOO. Antoni, Prevost, etc.

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321 WHISTLER, J. McN.

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322 WILKIE, SIR DAVID The Blind Fiddler and the Village Politician

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323 WOOD ENGRAVINGS. A collection of many hundred Wood Engravings and Woodcuts

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324 EAGLES, J. The Sketcher Edinburgh

1856

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325 EASTLAKE, CHAS. L. Notes on the Principal Pictures in the Old Pina Kothek at Munich and Brera Gallery at Milan Lond.

1883-4

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326 EASTLAKE, CHAS. L. Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts Lond.

1870

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327 EASTLAKE, CHAS. L. Notes on the Principal Pictures in the Louvre in Paris Lond.

1883

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328 EDINBURGH, PAST AND PRESENT. Its Associations and Surroundings Edinburgh

1877

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329 EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1853-4-5 and 6 (complete)...

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330 EGAN, PIERCE. Every Gentleman's Manual Lond.

1845

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331 EGAN, PIERCE The Show Folks Lond.

1831

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332 Davidson, John EGYPTIAN MUMMIES.--, an Address on Embalming, delivered at the Royal Institution on the Unrolling of a Mummy Lond.

1828-33

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333 EIDLITZ, LEOPOLD The Nature and Function of Art, more Especially of Architecture N. Y.

1881

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334 ELIOT, GEORGE Daniel Deronda Edinburgh

1876

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335 George Saintbury, editor ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN PAMPHLETS N. Y.

1892

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336 ELLIOTT, J. W. Mother Goose; or, National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs set to Original Music N. Y. (Lond.)

n. d.

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337 ELLIS, WM. Polynesian Researches during the Residence of nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands Lond.

1830

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338 ELZEVIR LIBRARY. Best Classic Authors N. Y.

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339 EMMET, ROBERT EMMET, ROBERT. Life of...

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340 ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE, 1883-1893

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341 E. Walton ENGLISH LAKE SCENERY Lond.

1876

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342 ENGLISH POETS. Living English Poets, 1882 Lond.

1883

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343 ENGLISH POETRY. Love of Fame. A Satire on Women, etc. Lond.

1730

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344 ETCHINGS. Passages from Modern English Poets Lond.

1875

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345 EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, 1792 to 1801 (except 1797) Lond.

1792-1801

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346 EWING, J. H. Jackanapes Lond.

1884

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347 FACETIAE The Foundling Hospital for Wit intended for the Reception and Preservation of such Brats of Wit and Humor whose Parents Choose to Drop Them Lond.

1743

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348 A. B. Reach FACETIAE. The Natural History of "Bores" Lond.

n. d.

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349 FACETIAE. The New Bath Guide; or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d Family in a Series of Poetical Epistles Lond.

1776

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350 FARQUHAR, ARTHUR B. AND HENRY Economic and Industrial Delusions N. Y.

1891

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351 FIELD, G. Chromatography; or, A Treatise on Colors and Future Powers in Painting Lond.

1835

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352 FINDEN, EDWARD, Illustrations of the Vaudois: a Series of Fine Engraved Views Lond.

1821

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353 FINDEN, EDWARD, Landscape Illustrations to the Bible

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354 FINDEN, EDWARD Tableaux of National Character, Beauty and Costume Lond.

n. d.

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355 PINE ARTS QUARTERLY REVIEW. NO. I, 1862, to New Series No. 4, 1867

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356 FISHER. Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor Lond.

n. d.

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357 FISCHER, RICHARD FISCHER, RICHARD. Letters of Lond.

1886

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358 FITZGIBBON'S Early English Poetry....

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359 FITZGERALD, EDWARD FITZGERALD, EDWARD. Works of N. Y.

1887

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360 FLEMING, G. Practical Horse-Shoeing Lond.

1885

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361 FLETCHER, GILES FLETCHER, GILES. Complete Poems Lond.

1876

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362 FLORA MEDICA: containing colored delineations of the various Medical Plants admitted into the London, Edinburgh and Dublin Pharmacopoeias

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363 FLOWERS. Floricultural Cabinet (The) and Florist Magazine Lond.

1833-37

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364 FLOWERS. The Moral of Flowers Lond.

1836

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365 FOLK-LORE. Lancashire Folk-Lore Lond.

1867

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366 FOLK-LORE. Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend, 1888

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367 FONDA, A. I., Honest Money...

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368 FOOTE, ALLEN R. A Sound Currency and Banking System: How it may be Secured N. Y.

1895

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369 FORBES, J. D., F.R.S. FORBES, J. D., F.R.S. Life and Letters of Lond.

1873

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370 FORBES, J. D., F.R.S. Oriental Memoirs: a Narrative of Seventeen Years' Residence in India Lond.

1834

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371 FORBES, J. D., F.R.S. Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers Edinburgh

1859

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372 FORBES, J. D., F.R.S. Ceylon: Sketches of Field Sports and Natural History Lond.

1841

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373 FORD, JAMES The Divine Comedy of Dante Lond.

1870

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374 FORESTRY English Forests and Forest Trees: Historical, Legendary and Descriptive Lond.

1853

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375 FORREST, LIEUT.-COL. A Picturesque Tour on the River Ganges, and Jumna, in India Lond.

1824

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376 FORSYTH, WILLIAM The History of Lawyers: Ancient and Modern N. Y.

1875

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377 FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW (7)...

1883-1892

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378 FORTUNE, ROBERT, Three Years' Wanderings in Northern China...

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379 FOSTER-ARNOLD, H. O. The Laws of Every-Day Life: a Hand-book for Political Beginners Lond.

n. d.

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380 FOSTER, JOSEPH The Royal Lineage of our Noble Families, together with their Paternal Ancestry Aylesbury

1883

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381 FRANKLIN'S Autobiography... Lond. and N. Y.

n. d.

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382 FREEMAN, E. A., Old English History.....

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383 FREEMAN, E. A., William the Conqueror...

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384 FREEMAN Sketches from the Subject of the Neighbourly Lands of Venice Lond.

1881

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385 FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING...

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386 FROISSART, SIR JOHN Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Country N. Y.

n. d.

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387 FROST, A. B. The Bull Calf, and Other Tales N. Y.

1892

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388 FULKE, WILLIAM Confutation of the Rhemish Testament N. Y.

1834

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389 FULLER, THOMAS Church History of Britain from the Birth of Jesus Christ until the year 1648 Lond.

1868

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390 FURNISS, HARRY Pictures at Play; or, Dialogues of the Galleries Lond.

1888

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391 FURNIVALL, F. J. Le Morte Arthur Lond.

1864

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392 GAIRDNER'S The Paston Letters, 1422-1509...

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393 GALLERY OF MEZZOTINTS N. Y.

1849

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394 GARNETT, T. Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles of Scotland Lond.

1800

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395 GARRICK, DAVID GARRICK, DAVID. The Life of Lond.

1801

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396 GAULTIER, BON, Book of Ballads....

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397 GAUTHIER, AUBIN Histoire du Somnambulisme Paris

1842

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398 GAUTIER, T. Nature at Home Lond.

1883

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399 GAVARNI. Par Eugene Forgues Paris

n. d.

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400 GELLATLY, FRANCIS Love Made to Order and Other Comedies Chicago

1885

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    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
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