Auction No 425, Category: Art History

3 Lots (displaying 1 - 3)

Bayle St.John selected works comprising "The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum", 1855; "Purple Tints of Paris", 1854, 2 vols,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
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Bayle St.John selected works comprisng The Louvre, or Biography of a Museum, 1855; Purple Tints of Paris, 1854, 2 vols, few marginal pencil annotations; Adventures in the Libyan Desert, 1849; and vol.2 only of The Subalpine Kingdom, 1856; all First Editions in the original cloth bindings; three with ownership bookplates. Libyan Desert frayed at top of spine; boards of Purple Tints discoloured. (5)  Also research notes on the author. 

John Fisher "An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington", 1896, Chapman & Hall,1897, 156 b/w plates, near fine;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £180
SOLD £140
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John Fisher An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington, 1896, Chapman & Hall, 1897, 156 b/w plates, near fine; and Spielmann Souvenir of the Fine Art Section, Franco-British Exhibition 1908, b/w plates complete, gilt cloth, some wear, fine internally. 4to. (2)

"The Art Journal 1904", Virtue & Co, half-leather, gilt title, b/w & colour plates including etchings;

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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The Art Journal 1904, Virtue & Co, half-leather, gilt title, b/w & colour plates including etchings; The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, The Studio, 1906, 40 colour plates; Berthold Laufer Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, 1962 reprint in slipcase; Belgian Art in Exile, 1916, many tipped-in plates (most in colour); and related works. Modern Decorative Art in England with damaged spine; Painting in the Far East ex-library; others VG/Fine. (9)