Aqua Pictura. Illustrated by a Series of Original Specimens from the Works of Messrs. Payne... Girtin... Cox... Prout... Turner &c. &c. Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, with their Style and Method of Touch, Printed for the Proprietors, and sold by Hassell & Co., 1818 — HASSELL (JOHN)

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Estimate: £700–£900 hammer ≈ $1,103–$1,418
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, London, Knightsbridge · 24 June 2015
Record ID: TB-2026-1792750
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Hassell, Aqua Pictura. Illustrated by a Series of Original Specimens from the Works of Messrs. Payne... Girtin... Cox... Prout... Turner &c. &c. Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, with their Style and Method of Touch, Printed for the Proprietors, and sold by Hassell & Co., 1818. Bonhams, 24 Jun 2015, lot 24. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1792750.

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Hassell, Aqua Pictura. Illustrated by a Series of Original Specimens from the Works of Messrs. Payne... Girtin... Cox... Prout... Turner &c. &c. Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, with their Style and Method of Touch, Printed for the Proprietors, and sold by Hassell & Co., 1818. Bonhams, 24 Jun 2015, lot 24. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1792750.

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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts · Jun 2015

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Luz da liberal, e Nobre Arte da Cavallaria, 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITI…	Andrade	£4,000–£6,000
[The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testame…	Bible, In English, Geneva Version	£800–£1,200
LAMARTINE AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Lamartine's manuscript of his Marie…	—	£2,000–£3,000
Breve compendio de la carpinteria de lo blanco, y tratado de Alarifes…	Lopez De Arenas	£1,000–£1,500
"A Description of St Bartholomews Priory, w.th the Lands belonging th…	Suffolk – St Bartholomew's Priory	£2,000–£3,000
WILLIAM III Warrant signed ("William R" at head) and counter-signed b…	—	£1,000–£1,500

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