29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Chippendale (Thomas).
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director …..
Leeds: The Chippendale Society, 2005, numbered Subscribers Edition, limited to 87 copies, large folio, dust jacket;
French Architectural Woodwork. Models de Menuiserie, choices Parmi ce que Paris offre de plus Nouveau …
Paris: Chez Bance Aine, éditeur M. D’Estampes, 182(?), large folio, (6), 24 pages, seventy-four engraved plates including title dated 1825, some foxing, modern half morocco binding by Shepherds of London;
Androuet du Cerceau (Jacques), Ouvre de Jacques Androuet dit Du Cerceau. Meubles.
Paris: Edouard Baldus, no date, heliogravure title page and fifty-one heliogravure plates of furniture, sheet size 395mm x 295mm, loose in original cloth-backed folder with original label to upper board (‘Les Editions Guerinet’ - R. Panzani). (3)
Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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