29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Playing Cards - Overseas.
Pere Rotxtxo (Spain), Thirty-three Spanish suited cards (? of 48), believed 18th century, one card signed, one with maker’s name;
Real Fabrica de Madrid (Spain), 1774, Eighteen Spanish suited cards (? of 48), Maker’s card is indistinct but appears to be ‘Por Edrevn. S.;
[Gustave Lenssens] (Netherlands), fifty-two ‘Costume’ cards, believed 1852-1863;
J.Y. Humphreys (USA), [Philadelphia: c.1816], forty-eight Spanish suited cards, monograph to 7 of coins. (4)
Sold for £950
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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