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Miscellaneous Images, French, German, English & American
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2,500 - 3,500 USD
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A large and very miscellaneous group of approximately 180 images including prints and a few drawings, ca. 1795- 1920, various sizes, many matted or enclosed in portfolios, some soiled with torn wrappers. A few of the many highlights include:
Vingt Vignettes pour les Oeuvres de F[enimore] Cooper ... par Alfred et Tony Johannot. Paris: Furne, 1832. Large 8vo, 20 engraved plates loose in five parts with original printed wrappers; some marginal spotting, wrappers torn. [With:] 53 additional plates and 7 maps apparently from the same work. — Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842). Historical Studies from Moore's Anacreon. 26 handcolored engravings by John Vendramini after Porter, plus 1 sepia drawing by Porter, oblong folio, in original 6 parts in contemporary wrappers with printed title labels on upper covers; wrappers torn, many covers detached, in a green cloth folding-case. — Newark Parlor Album of Distinguished Jerseymen, Art and Architecture. December 1879 [an album of photos with text in English and German]; disbound. — An album of 28 hand-colored costume engravings, 1795-1800 — 2 watercolor full-length portraits of women, signed "Sauguet 1841" — Theodore Hannon. Rimes de Joie ... frontispice et trois eaux-fortes de Felicien Rops. Paris: Delâtre of Montmarte, [c.1881]. Oblong 8vo, title and 3 etchings only, each matted, no text leaves; soiled. — Edwin Scharff. 8 Radierungen. Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, [1919]. Folio, 8 plates signed by the artist, in publisher's black quarter cloth and printed boards portfolio. No. 4 of 20 on japan paper. — Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books to be Sold at Auction by A.A. Waterhouse & Co. At the Broadway Sales Room, no. 151 Thursday Evening, July 23d, 1829. [New York: 1829]. Folio, printed broadside. — Frank T. Merrill. 13 large watercolor illustrations signed. — Jacques Villon. Suite of approximately 28 black and white, and 27 color lithographs. — plus approximately 60 others.
Sold as is, not subject to return.
Vingt Vignettes pour les Oeuvres de F[enimore] Cooper ... par Alfred et Tony Johannot. Paris: Furne, 1832. Large 8vo, 20 engraved plates loose in five parts with original printed wrappers; some marginal spotting, wrappers torn. [With:] 53 additional plates and 7 maps apparently from the same work. — Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842). Historical Studies from Moore's Anacreon. 26 handcolored engravings by John Vendramini after Porter, plus 1 sepia drawing by Porter, oblong folio, in original 6 parts in contemporary wrappers with printed title labels on upper covers; wrappers torn, many covers detached, in a green cloth folding-case. — Newark Parlor Album of Distinguished Jerseymen, Art and Architecture. December 1879 [an album of photos with text in English and German]; disbound. — An album of 28 hand-colored costume engravings, 1795-1800 — 2 watercolor full-length portraits of women, signed "Sauguet 1841" — Theodore Hannon. Rimes de Joie ... frontispice et trois eaux-fortes de Felicien Rops. Paris: Delâtre of Montmarte, [c.1881]. Oblong 8vo, title and 3 etchings only, each matted, no text leaves; soiled. — Edwin Scharff. 8 Radierungen. Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, [1919]. Folio, 8 plates signed by the artist, in publisher's black quarter cloth and printed boards portfolio. No. 4 of 20 on japan paper. — Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books to be Sold at Auction by A.A. Waterhouse & Co. At the Broadway Sales Room, no. 151 Thursday Evening, July 23d, 1829. [New York: 1829]. Folio, printed broadside. — Frank T. Merrill. 13 large watercolor illustrations signed. — Jacques Villon. Suite of approximately 28 black and white, and 27 color lithographs. — plus approximately 60 others.
Sold as is, not subject to return.
Condition
Variety of condition from clean to quite soiled, matting occasionally torn as are some wrappers.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.