Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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1913 GEMS OF JAPANESE ART AND HANDICRAFT BY GEORGE ASHDOWN AUDSLEY
1913 Gems of Japanese Art and Handicraft by George Ashdown Audsley, LL.D. Architect. Publ. Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd. Artist proofs, text bound in publisher's card wraps (light water damage to upper right hand corner wrapper), complete with sixty-six loose chromolithographs & seven black and white plates as issued. Housed in cloth clamshell case, worn to extremities & some stains to boards, original ties loose from bottom of case, two sides loosening from spine. A beautiful & bright collection of chromolithographs depicting Japan and its designs and artistry. Folio.
Folio.
Sold for £120
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
We invite & look forward to welcoming interested bidders to view on Wednesday 13th November from 10am until 5pm, ahead of the sale finishing from 8pm on the 13th.
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