- GROUP OF BOOKS ON PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN
FOLK ART Comprising 15 items, including some magazines and pamphlets, notably Weiser and Heaey, THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FRAKTUR (Phila.: PA German Soc. and Free Library of...
[more like this] - LOT OF EIGHT FRENCH AND GERMAN VOLUMES
ON MAGIC AND GAM...Lot of Eight French and German Volumes on Magic and Gambling. Including Prestidigitation et Magie Blanche (Paris, 1933—35) by Roger Barbaud (four vols.);...
[more like this] - A GROUP OF FIFTY-THREE ANTIQUE HISTORY
BOOK TITLES, NAP... BOOK TITLES, NAPOLEONIC, SCIENCE AND ENGLISH INTEREST, 1751-1902, comprising, "History of England," a set of twelve vols., Froude, London, 1870; "Hudibras,"...
[more like this] - HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet of
Harvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
W/ SILVER EYES...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A stunning leaded bronze figure of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, enveloped in...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,
EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED & EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE OIL
LAMP WITH LIONRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A stupendous leaded bronze oil lamp, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, with an elegant, elongated body,...
[more like this] - ROMAN IRON SELLA CASTRENSIS STOOL, EX-ROYAL
ATHENARoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A rare ancient iron campaign folding stool known as a sella castrensis, a seat reserved for Roman officers and signifies...
[more like this] - (6) VOLS., FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY Includes:
1) Cox & Ford. Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs. Getty, 2003; 2) Jacques Henri Lartigue, Photographer. Bulfinch, 1998; 3) Michaels. Gertrude Kasebier: The...
[more like this] - (12) VOLS. ART BOOKS & EXHIBITION CATALOGS
Includes: 1) Aragon. Henri Matisse a novel. Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, 1971, 2 vols. in slipcase; 2) Dali A Study of His Art-in-Jewels. Owen Cheatham, 1977; 3) Richard Pousette-Dart....
[more like this] - (9) VOLS. IMPORTANT POTTERY & PORCELAIN
REFERENCE Includes: 1) Robert Schmidt. Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm. F. Bruckman, 1953, #617/1500 in English; 2) G.E. Bryant. The Chelsea Porcelain...
[more like this] - ANTHONY CARO, CATALOGUE RAISONNE, (4)
VOLS. Dieter Blume. Verlag Galerie Wentzel, 1982, softcover, includes Vol. I: Table and Related Sculptures 1966-1978; Vol. II: Table and Related Sculptures 1979-1980, Misc....
[more like this] - TWO 19TH-CENTURY TITLES ON GERMAN &
CENTRAL EUROPE Comprising: 1) G. N. Wright, THE RHINE, ITALY, AND GREECE, illustrated with numerous engravings (London: Fisher, c. 1850) 2 vols in 1, 4to, full blind tooled...
[more like this] - JUGEND MUNCHNER ILLUSTR., COLLECTION
OF (4)copies of Jugend, 1897 and 1898, vols. I & II of each year, German design magazines. Great colorful Art Nouveau illustrations, plates. Some loose pages, present, particularly...
[more like this] - J.C. VOLCKHAMER (AFTER), (4) FRAMED
OFFSET PRINTS After Johann Christoph Volckhamer (German, 1662-1744), from Nurnbergische Hesperides (Vol. 1, 170/Vol. 2, 1714), with German and Italian country gardens superimposed...
[more like this] - 18) BOOKS: WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, 1830
& LATE 19THC(lot of 18) Library shelf books: works of Shakespeare, including: (8 vols) "Shakspeare's Dramatic Works", by Reverend W. Harness, A.M, published by J.F. Dove,...
[more like this] - ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE WORKS ON CHINESE
PAINTING AND ART HISTORY WITH YUAN MA, CHINESISCHES FISCHERLEBEN PAINTING AND ART HISTORY WITH YUAN MA, CHINESISCHES FISCHERLEBEN, [Reference/ Chinese Art] 20 mostly hardcover...
[more like this] - CATALOGUES RAISONNE: ROUAULT, GRIS,
PASCIN, ORAZCO 4 titles in (5) vols: 1) Rouault Oeuvre Grave/Graphic Work, Sauret, 1978, 2 vols., text in English, French, German; 2) Juan Gris dessinateur de presse de Madrid...
[more like this] - 7 vols. Sachse, Julius F.: The German
Sectarians of Pennsylvania, 1708-1742; 1742-1800. 2 vols. Married set: Vol. 1: Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1899. 1st ed., #8/350; vol. 2: Philadelphia: (P.C. Stockhausen),...
[more like this] - (THEOLOGY GERMAN) A group of seven books
in German pertaining to religion mainly eighteenth-century. Den Tredie Bog us den Sande Christendom. [By Johann Arndt]. Kopenhagen: Bockenhoffer 1715. 8vo contemporary calf;...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Books on Pennsylvania Books:
Arndt, Karl, John, Richard, et al., editors and compilers. The First Century of German Language Printing in The United States of America. Gottingen, 1989. 2 vols. 4to, orig....
[more like this] - 4 vols. Pennsylvania Fraktur Reference
& C.: Weiser, Frederick S; Heaney, Howell J. The Pennsylvania German Fraktur... An Illustrated Catalogue. Breinigsville: Penn. German Society; Philadelphia, Free Library,...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Wyss, Jonathann.) The Family
Robinson Crusoe... Translated from The German of M. Wiss. London: for M.J. Godwin, 1814. First edition in English. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. sheep; rubbed. With frontis.,...
[more like this] - French School 18th c. "Male Nude Dragging
a Fallen Figure by the Feet" red chalk or sanguine crayon on cream-colored paper fully watermarked and countermarked with untranslated French maker's marks (crowned shield...
[more like this] - 1 vol. [Bible in German - Luther's
Version.] Bibla, dast ist, Die gantze heilige Schifft, Deudsch... Wittenberg: Hans Lufft, 1555. 2 vols. in 1. Folio, old leather over wooden bds.; worn & defective, covers...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Franklin, Benjamin - 18th-Century
German Imprints: Benjamin Franklin's Jugendjahre. Berlin: H.A. Rottman, 1792. 12mo, orig. wrappers; moderately worn. Some internal creasing. Old library stamp excised from...
[more like this] - 6 pieces. Hand-Colored Engraved Maps
- German States & C: Homann, Johann Baptist. "Principatus Gotha, Coburg et Aetenburg." Nuremberg, [ca. 1720]. 19 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches (489 x 565 mm), margins. Minor, mostly...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Travel & Exploration - Utah
& The American West: Stansbury, Howard. An Expedition to The Valley of The Great Salt Lake of Utah. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1852. First issue. 2 vols. 8vo, orig....
[more like this] - 5 vols. Military History - The Franco-Prussian
& other 19th-Century European Conflicts: Brockett, L.P. The Year of Battles; or The Franco-German War of 1870-71. New York: J.W. Goodspeed, 1871. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered...
[more like this] - [RELIGION] Books on Christianity and
Natural Theology Lot of 7 vols. Paley William. Natural Theology: or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Diety Collected from the Appearances of Nature. Hallowell:...
[more like this] - (LITERATURE GERMAN) A group of 10 volumes.
(The Works of Dickens). Translated into German. Leipzig: Im Insel Verlag (c. 1920). 6 vols. 8vo maroon cloth; Dramatische Werke. By William Shakespeare. Leipzig: Reclam n.d....
[more like this] - 1 vol. (German-Language Pen & Ink Natural
History Manuscript.) Zimmermann, Dr. W. V[on] A. "The Wonders of The Ancient/Primeval World. A Popular Presentation of The History of Creation and Original State of Our World...
[more like this] - Salesman's Book of Fruit and Flower
Color Plates Some refer to these as Nurserymen's books but this one folds into thirds and slips into a 7.25 x 10 in. leather case - clearly for travel. The 5.25 x 8.5 in....
[more like this] - HOLLSTEIN F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish
Etchings Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: Hertzberger. 15 of 72 vols. only. [Together with:] German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts 1400-1700. Baricum: A.L....
[more like this] - 3 vols. Germantown History: Pennypacker,
Samuel Whitaker. The Settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and The Beginning of German Immigration to North America. Lancaster, 1899. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. rose cloth, morocco...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Genealogy: Keith, Charles P.
The Provincial Councilors of Pennsylvania, Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776... Earlier Councilors... and Their Descendants. Philadelphia. 1883. 1st ed. Large 8vo, orig....
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