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SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 1971 at 2 PM, Exhibition from February 16th to Time of Sale. BOOKS ABOUT GEMS, [ITEM 1--157]. The fine collect
Auction Date
02/18/1971 - 02/18/1971
Year of Sale
1971
Sale Number
#841
Total Lots
333
Sold Lots
0
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0.0%
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0
Price Unknown
333
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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
289 NATHANIEL WHITTOCK OXFORD DRAWING BOOK, or the Art of Drawing, and the Theory and Practice of Perspective

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32 (DAGLEY, RICHARD) Gems, selected from the Antique, with Illustrations

1804

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33 DAKE, H. C. The Art of Gem Cutting Complete

1938

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34 DAVENPORT, CYRIL The English Regalia

1897

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35 DAVENPORT CYRIL. Cameos

1900

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36 DIAMONDS. Chamier. The Dubious Tale of the Diamond Necklace...

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37 DIAMONDS. Crookes. Diamonds...

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38 DIAMONDS. Harpending. The Great Diamond Hoax...

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39 DIAMONDS. Lindquist. Blast Hole Diamond Drilling...

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40 DIAMONDS. McCarthy. Fire in the Earth...

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295 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL. The Illustrated Historical Register of the United States Centennial Exposition, 1876

1877

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293 (Dubrueil, Jean) PERSPECTIVE. The Practice of Perspective, or an Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects according to the Rules of Art

1749

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291 PEPYS, SAMUEL PEPYS, SAMUEL. Diary and Correspondence

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160 ALBERT MODERNE, ou Nouveaux Secrets Eprouves et Licites, recueillis d'apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes . . .

1782

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288 OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE. 1906...

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290 PARKMAN, FRANCIS PARKMAN, FRANCIS. Works

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292 Binyon, Laurence PERSIAN ILLUMINATIONS. The Poems of Nizami Described

1928

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294 PETRARCH Il Petrarcha, con l'Espositione d'Allesandro Vellutello, e con Molte Altre Utilissime Cosi . . . nuovamenta da lui aggiunte

1528

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333 King, Thos. Starr (WHITTIER, JOHN G.). Patriotism, and Other Papers

1864

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167 ARCHITECTURE. Ramsey, Stanley C.; & Harvey, J. D. M. Small Houses of the Late Georgian Period, 1750-1820...

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166 Zirardini, Antonio ARCHITECTURE. Degli Antichi Edifizj Profani di Ravenna, Libri Due

1762

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165 S. T. Pridcaux. Illustrated AQUATINT ENGRAVING: a Chapter in the History of Book Illustration

1968

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164 Alexander Wilson AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States

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163 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. A Survey of Libraries in the United States...

1926

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162 AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, for 1950-51 through 1965

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