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Lot 322 B · Printed Books

A reverse silhouette painting on glass

A reverse silhouette painting on glass

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£300–£400 hammer ≈ $474–$632
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Sale
Christie's — PRINTED BOOKS, New York · 23 June 1999
Record ID
TB-2026-6527171
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A reverse silhouette painting on glass, A reverse silhouette painting on glass. Christie's, 23 Jun 1999, lot 322 B. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6527171.

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From the same sale Printed Books · Jun 1999

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[EGYPT]. Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des … [EGYPT]. Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française . Paris, 1809-[1830]. $10,000–$15,000
[MODERN ART]. PATAKY, Dénes. Von Delacroix bis Picasso. [Budapest, 19… [MODERN ART]. PATAKY, Dénes. Von Delacroix bis Picasso. [Budapest, 1962]. -- ROGERS, Meyric. R. Carle Milles. New Haven, 1940. -- BOECK, Wilhelm and Jaime SABARTÉS. Picasso. New York and Amsterdam, [1955]. -- MELLERIO, André. Odilon Redon. Paris, 1923. -- and 12 others. Together 16 vols., mostly 2 o and 4 o, cloth (conditions vary). (16) $300–$500
A pair of Regency giltwood convex mirrrors A pair of Regency giltwood convex mirrrors £600–£800
ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher. The History of the Abbey Church of St.… ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher. The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster. London, 1812. 2 vols. 4 o. 81 hand-colored aquatint plates, engraved portrait and plan (some library marks). 19th- century red half-morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, g.e. (library marking on spine, some rubbing). FIRST EDITION, second issue. Abbey Scenery 213; Tooley 2. (2) $1,000–$1,500
[AMERICAN -- ART and ARCHITECTURE]. McKIM, MEAD and WHITE. A Monograp… [AMERICAN -- ART and ARCHITECTURE]. McKIM, MEAD and WHITE. A Monograph of the Work of McKim Mead and White. 1879-1915 . New York, [1915-18]. 4 vols. 2 o. Numerous plates. Modern half-leather. -- Another copy. 4 vols. Plates loose. Unbound. -- Selected Details of Interior and Exterior Finish for Architects, Carpenters and Builders. New York, 1890. Oblong folio. 32 plates. Contemporary wrappers. -- MORGAN, John Hill. Gilbert Stuart. New York, 1926. 4 vols. -- CORNER, James M. and E.E. SODERHOLTZ. Examples of Domestic Colonial Architecture in New England. Boston, 1901. -- SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. Chetwood. Rogers Groups, Thought and Wrought by John Rogers. Boston, 1934. -- SIZER, Theodore. The Works of Col. John Trumbull. New Haven, [1951]. -- MANSON, J. B. and Mrs. MEYNELL. The Work of John S. Sargent. London and New York, 1927. 2 o. Cloth. LIMITED EDITION. -- and 11 others. Together 28 vols., many with plates. 4 o, contemporary binding (condition varies). (28) $1,000–$1,500
[AMERICANA]. Encyclopedia; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and mi… [AMERICANA]. Encyclopedia; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan... Philadelphia: by Thomas Dobson, [1790]-1798. 18 vols. in 40 parts. 4 o. Approx. 400 of 543 engraved plates and maps including botanical, scientific, military and medical subjects, uncut, many pages unopened (some dust-soiling, some gatherings and plates loose). Original boards (most detached but present, most spines broken, spine labels very worn), good overall. The first encyclopedia printed in America. Evans 33676-33693. (40) $2,000–$3,000

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