Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 1974 at 1:30 PM, Exhibition from February 25th to Time of Sale. ART & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ART HISTORY * ORIENTA, 943,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 28, 1974 - February 28, 1974
Page Size: 336 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 LES LETTRES ET LES ARTS. Group of 8 volumes of this superb and lavishly illustrated periodical Paris

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
302 George R. Sims, editor LIVING LONDON: its Work and its Play, its Humour and its Pathos; its Sights and its Scenes London

1903

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
303 MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE: Editee par l'Imprimerie Chaix Paris

1896

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
304 MAITRES DE LAFFICHE: Editee par l'Imprimerie Chaix Paris

1897

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
305 MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE: Editee par l'Imprimerie Chaix Paris

1898

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
306 MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS: Life, drawn from the State Papers, with Six Subsidiary Memoirs London

1818

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
307 (MEISSONIER) The Exhibition of the Works of Meissonier Paris

1893

 USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
308 Voit, Guhl, Caspar, and Luebke MONUMENTS OF ART: showing its Development and Progress from the Earliest Artistic Period New York

1870

 USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
309 MUCHA, A. M. Figures Decoratives Paris

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
310 MUCHA, A. Group of 7 colored posters, etc., as below...

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
311 MUCHA, A. M. Historical Paintings of the Slavic Nations Brooklyn Museum

1921

 USD 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
312 MURPHY, JAMES CAVANAH The Arabian Antiquities of Spain London

1815

 USD 125.00 - 175.00 Unknown
313 NAPLES MUSEUM. Group of 4 volumes of engravings, as below

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
314 OAKLEY, VIOLET The Holy Experiment: a Message to the World from Pennsylvania (Harrisburg)

1922

 USD 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
315 ORIENTAL RUGS. Holt. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique and Modern...

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
316 [S. C. Hall, editor] PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1867. The Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Ex hibition, published with the Art Journal London New York

1868

 USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
317 PENFIELD, EDWARD Group of 8 color posters for HARPER'S MONTHLY

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
318 PHILLIPS, CHARLES J. History of the Sackville Family (Earls and Dukes of Dorset), together with a Description of Knole, Early Owners of Knole, and a Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings at Knole London

1930

 USD 35.00 - 50.00 Unknown
319 PINELLI, BARTOLOMEO Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costume Pittoreschi Roma

1816

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
320 POUSSIN, NICOLAS Correspondance, publiee d'apres les Originaux par Ch. Jouanny Paris

1911

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
321 Sir Walter Armstrong RAEBURN, SIR HENRY London & New York

1901

 USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
322 RAFFET, DENIS A. M. Album du Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, sous la Direction du Prince Anatole de Demidoff Paris

1840

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
323 RAPHAEL. Raccolta di Cinquantadue Quadretti dipinti a Fresco da Raffaelle Sanzio d'Urbino nelle Volte della Galleria del Vaticano Roma

1820

 USD 40.00 - 50.00 Unknown
324 ROSSI, LORENZO FILIPPO DE Raccolta di Vasi Diversi formati da Illust ri Artefici Antichi e di Varie Targhe soprapposte alle Fabbriche piu insigni di Roma da celebri Architetti Moderni Roma

1713

 USD 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
325 RUSKIN, JOHN RUSKIN, JOHN. Works New York

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
326 SALOMON, WILLIAM De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Art of the French Eighteenth Century and the Italian Renaissance New York

1923

 USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
327 Hervey, T. K. SCULPTURE. Illustrations of Modem Sculpture; with Descriptive Prose and Illustrative Poetry London

1834

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
328 SIRET, ADOLPHE Dictionnaire Historique et Raisonne des Peintres de Toutes les Ecoles Bruxelles

1883

 USD 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
329 Begin, Emile SPAIN. Voyage Pittoresque en Espagne et en Portugal Paris

1855

 USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
330 Ballantine & Allan STAINED GLASS. Suggestions Regarding the Windows of the House of Lords, in connexion with a Series of Designs Edinburgh

1844

 USD 30.00 - 40.00 Unknown
331 STEBBINGS, JAMES H. Catalogue of [his] Private Collection of Paintings and Sculpture New York

1889

 USD 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
332 STEWART, A. T. STEWART, A. T. Catalogue of [his] Collection of Paintings, Sculptures, and other Objects of Art New York

1887

 USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
333 VASARI, GIORGIO Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects London

USD 25.00 - 35.00 Unknown
334 WARING, J. B. Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862 London

1863

 USD 125.00 - 175.00 Unknown
335 WINSTANLEY, HAMLET Group of 18 tall folio and double-folio copperplates (Knowsley)

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
336 YERKES, CHARLES T. Catalogue de Luxe of Ancient and Modem Paintings belonging to [his] Estate... New York

1910

 USD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
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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.
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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.
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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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