BOOKS MOSTLY FRENCH & ANCIENT HISTORY,LITERATUREA group of leather bound books mostly French History, Ancient History, and Literaturelot includes: 1. Louis XIV and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century....
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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND ARCHAEOLOGYBOOKS, 19 Group of 19 Ancient Civilizations and Archaeology Books, comprising: "The First 3000 Years", Falls, C.B., "Wonders of the Past", Hammerton, J.A.,"From Tribe to Empire",...
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COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ONASIAN CERAMICS ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????including art reference books on asian art ceramics, in total 85 publications:Ashmolean...
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FINE TAINO STONE TRIGONOLITH ZEMIPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is a fine example of a "three pointer" or "trigonolith" stone zemi head - a human effigy face carved from a...
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RARE TAINO STONE ZEMI STAMP W/ LINEARGLYPHSPre-Columbian, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is a remarkable hand-carved zemi figural stamp made from a creamy white quartzite stone...
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FINE TAINO STONE AXE W/ ZEMI FACEPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is an amazing and fine polished stone effigy axe featuring an abstract zoomorphic or anthropomorphic zemi figure...
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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;...
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TRANSLATED MAYA COPADOR CYLINDER W/STUCCO, TL'DPre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador, Ruler 13, ca. 724 to 726 CE. An exemplary pottery cylinder vessel boasting an incised band of glyphs,...
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LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONECONG CARVING**First Time At Auction**
China, late Neolithic, Liangzhu period to Shang Dynasty, ca. 2500 to 1046 BCE. A stunning ritual item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved...
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EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED GREEK COREFORMGLASS ALABASTRONAncient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th century BCE. A stunning core-formed glass alabastron comprised of deep sea blue glass with opaque tangerine yellow...
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CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY JADE CONG / RITUALITEM**Originally Listed At $1500**
East Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1558 to 1046 BCE. A hand-carved ritual funerary item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved from mottled...
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RARE ANCIENT CHINESE ZHOU DYNASTY MARBLECONGEast Asia, China, Zhou Dynasty, ca. 1046 to 256 BCE. A rare example of a Zhou Dynasty cong carved from solid marble exhibiting creamy hues of white, cream, brown, and...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON CHINESE ART: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ?????????????????????Including but not limited to:Art Chinois: Musée Cernuschi acquisitions...
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BOOKS: 1806 ANCIENT HISTORY, ROLLIN12 VOL SET12-volume set of "Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians" by M. Rollin, printed for...
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TWO BOOKS HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND SLAVETRADETwo hardcover books, First Book: 2013 reprint by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut of the original 1859 edition of H. Miller, Columbus, Ohio, limited edition of 800...
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[CHINESE JADE]
A group of referencebooks and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
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[CHINESE JADE]
A group of referencebooks and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
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[CHINESE CULTURE]
A group of referenceworks about Chinese Art, comprising:
— ZHANG, Daoyi. Zhongguo gudai tuan xuan. Nanjing: Jiangsu meishu chubanshe, 1991.
— YANG, Hong. Weapons in Ancient China. New York:...
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GROUP OF FIVE MCNAMARA COLLECTION OFANCIENT HISTORY BOOKS, TWO SIGNED BY ROBERT S. MCNAMARA ANCIENT HISTORY BOOKS, TWO SIGNED BY ROBERT S. MCNAMARA, including 'The Great Experiment', by Strobe Talbott; 'The...
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JOHN GILLIES, THE HISTORY OF ANCIENTGREECE, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS WARDLE, 1835John Gillies, The History of Ancient Greece, Published by Thomas Wardle, 1835,...
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PARTIAL SET ROLLIN'S 'ANCIENT HISTORY',WILSON, ROBERTSON & TENNENT, EDINBURGH, 1770, VOLUMES 3, 5-10 WITH 1816 BIBLE AND MODERN HISTORYPartial Set Rollin's 'Ancient History', Wilson, Robertson & Tennent, Edinburgh,...
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CHARLES ROLLIN, THE ANCIENT HISTORY,1827, 10 VOLS Charles Rollin, "The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, and Persians, Grecians,and Macedonians", Thomas Tegg, London:...
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GENERAL GUIDE TO ANCIENT & MODERN HISTORYATLAS Pennsylvania,1821"Atlas A General Guide to Ancient and Modern History" by M. Lavoisne published in 1821....
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15 VOLS) LEATHER-BOUND LIBRARY SHELFBOOKS HISTORY(15 vols) Quarter-leather bound library shelf books, ancient history and travel, including: (5 vols) by Thomas Arnold, Gilbert and Rivington, Printers, London,...
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GROUP OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHSGROUPOF ART REFERENCE BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS, [Art] titles include: Dawn + Dusks, Louise Nevelson; Miro: Selected Paintings, Hirshhorn Museum; From Dreams Paintings & Drawings:...
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BOOKS: THIRTEEN VOLUMES, CONNECTICUTHISTORY THEMED, STILES "ANCIENT WINDSOR" 1891 AND "ANCIENT WETHERSFIELD" 1904, BOTH WITH TWO VOLUMES; "WETHERSFIELD AND HER DAUGHTERS" 1934 (TWO COPIES); "WINDSOR FARMS 1694-1750"...
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SCOTLAND, AND HISTORY
A COLLECTION,INCLUDING Scott, Sir Walter The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. 1814, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles and plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.; John Tweed,...
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Leatherbound books: ancient historyand literature Aesop. THE FABLES OF AESOP. Vols I-II. London: John Stockdale 1793. Fully illustrated with engravings.; Potter John and George Dunbar. ANTIQUITIES OF GREECE....
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Collection of Thirteen Antique Leather-BoundBooks, including a five-volume set of the works of George Eliot, M. H. Smith's Sunshine and Shadow in New York,, 1869; a four-volume set of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels,...
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Archaeology & Ancient History BooksThe Archaeology of the Holy Land, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1916. Octavo, 383 pp., 25 b/w plates, figures in text, two folding plans. First edition. Apprx 8-3/4"T. Printed...
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Fine leatherbound books: Histories LansdaleMaria Honor. THE CHATEAUX OF TOURAINE. New York: The Century Co. 1907; Carlyle Thomas. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 2 Vols. Chicago: Belford Clarke & Co. n.d.; Yarrell William....
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Leatherbound books: History and literatureSulivan Richard Joseph. VIEW OF NATURE IN LETTERS TO A TRAVELLER AMONG THE ALPS. 6 vols. London: T. Becket 1794. With gilt tooled leather bindings title page signed C. T....
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SEYER (REV. S) MEMOIRS HISTORICAL ANDTOPOGRAPHICAL OF BRISTOL AND IT'S NEIGHBOURHOOD two vols Bristol 1821; BARRETT (W) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL William Pine 1798; BRISTOL THE CITY CHARTERS...
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[American Indian - Archaeology] Bookson Prehistoric Archaeology lot of 7 books including:Barnes F.A. and Michaelene Pendleton. Canyon Country Prehistoric Indians: Their Cultures Ruins Artifacts and Ruins. Salt...
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Seven Books on Ancient Art, Historyand Geology, including M. Robertson, Shorter History of Greek Art, H. Eydoux, In Search of Lost Worlds, G. Matteucig, Poggio Buco: The Necropolis of Statonia, N. Platon,...
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7 vols. Masonic Subjects: Morals andDogma... Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry... Southern Jurisdiction of The United States. Charlestown, [1905]. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial brown cloth, gilt-lettered &...
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