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Lot 289 · Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts

Grotesque Borders for Rooms and Halls

Thomas Rowlandson

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Estimate
£400–£600 hammer ≈ $618–$927
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts , London (South Kensington) · 9 July 2002
Record ID
TB-2026-6124896
Record
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Thomas Rowlandson, Grotesque Borders for Rooms and Halls. Christie's, 9 Jul 2002, lot 289. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6124896.

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From the same sale Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts · Jul 2002

LotArtistEstimateResult
Cornelia mother of the Gracchi, by F. Bartolozzi After Angelica Kauffman £400–£600
AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 105 letters by members of t… AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 105 letters by members of the European nobility, ministers and officials, mostly 1750-1845 (the names of the signatories all beginning with the letter 'S', from Salm Dyck to Soubise), together with address leaves, printed armorials and portraits, tipped on to pages numbered 1-199 (a few letters extracted), annotations in pencil, descriptive notes loosely inserted, in an album entitled (on spine) 'State Papers, Autographs and Portraits Eminent Persons in Foreign History 1600 - 1847'; mid-19th-century English morocco gilt, the covers with gilt armorial of Napoleon III and decorated with gilt bee tools, roll-tooled borders in gilt and blind, metal fore edge clasp, the spine gilt in compartments, lettered in 3, the upper and lower compartments with crowned 'N' within a laurel wreath, gilt edges (extremities rubbed causing minor losses, occasional scuffing), 460 x 290 mm . £500–£700
ARTISTS (19th-century British). A collection of approximately 38 auto… ARTISTS (19th-century British). A collection of approximately 38 autograph letters signed by artists (mostly British), including: £1,000–£1,500
WRIGHT, Orville (1871-1948) and Wilbur (1867-1912). Letter signed by … WRIGHT, Orville (1871-1948) and Wilbur (1867-1912). Letter signed by Orville Wright ('Wright Brothers O.W.') to Carl Dienstbach, Dayton, Ohio, 27 March 1907, one page, 4to . £5,000–£7,000
ALBUM AMICORUM of Christoph Senfft of Salzburg, 1578 to 1590, inscrip… ALBUM AMICORUM of Christoph Senfft of Salzburg, 1578 to 1590, inscriptions giving names, dates, mottoes, and occasionally encomia of the owner, 38 with blazoned arms (one unblazoned), the first leaf showing crowned arms against a landscape with hunting scenes (half erased), 4 leaves on vellum and 138 leaves on paper, 8vo , (one leaf detached), limp vellum (soiled). £500–£800
ALCHEMY. Manuscript, 'D. Fausti Hoellenzwang mit CARACTERIBUS. Gedruc… ALCHEMY. Manuscript, 'D. Fausti Hoellenzwang mit CARACTERIBUS. Gedruckt zu Lyon den 14ten April Ao: 1407', n.d. [18th Century], in German, illustrated frontispiece in grey and black wash showing a man chastising a goat by night, a snake wrapped around his right ankle, owls looking on; text contains six full-page charts (two showing Aziel's sign and Mephistophelis's sign), and a number of incantations, 67 pages, 4to ; sheep (worn). £300–£500

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