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  • The complete set of eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving that make up Los Caprichos by Goya.
    The complete set of eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving that make up Los Caprichos by Goya.

    GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de.
    Los Caprichos. 1799.
    £200,000.00

  • Andy Warhol, Grace Kelly, 1984, screenprint, signed by the artist, from the edition of 225, on Lenox Museum Board
    Andy Warhol, Grace Kelly, 1984, screenprint, signed by the artist, from the edition of 225, on Lenox Museum Board

    WARHOL, Andy
    Grace Kelly 1984
    £200,000.00

  • Extremely scarce copy with personal inscription by Menasseh Ben Israel.
    Extremely scarce copy with personal inscription by Menasseh Ben Israel.

    BEN ISRAEL, Menasseh.
    Nishmat Chaim. 1652.
    £180,000.00

  • rich botanical and architectural decoration extending beyond the engraved matter. The copy has been enhanced by the addition of 15 original watercolours
    rich botanical and architectural decoration extending beyond the engraved matter. The copy has been enhanced by the addition of 15 original watercolours

    SPALOWSKY, Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton.
    Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vogel. 1790-1795.
    £150,000.00

  • A sumptuous collection of 244 mounted watercolours depicting Chinese silkworm cultivation, birds, Asian fruits and flowers, exlibris Duke of Marlborough.
    A sumptuous collection of 244 mounted watercolours depicting Chinese silkworm cultivation, birds, Asian fruits and flowers, exlibris Duke of Marlborough.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
    Album of watercolours of flowers, fruit and silkworms. Circa 1800.
    £150,000.00

  • A rare complete set of the official account of Freycinet's voyage of scientific exploration in the Uranie and the Physicienne.
    A rare complete set of the official account of Freycinet's voyage of scientific exploration in the Uranie and the Physicienne.

    FREYCINET, Louis-Claude de Saulces de.
    Voyage autour du Monde, 1824-44.
    £135,000.00

  • Second edition of Summa de Arithmetica by Luca Pacioli, the first mathematical encyclopaedia of the Renaissance.
    Second edition of Summa de Arithmetica by Luca Pacioli, the first mathematical encyclopaedia of the Renaissance.

    PACIOLI, Luca.
    Summa de arithmetica. 1523.
    £135,000.00

  • Various Artists, The Munich 1972 Olympic Posters, complete collection of 28 artists original graphics, each signed, from the edition of 200
    Various Artists, The Munich 1972 Olympic Posters, complete collection of 28 artists original graphics, each signed, from the edition of 200

    Various Artists
    The Munich 1972 Olympic Posters 1972
    £125,000.00

  • A small portable Latin Vulgate Bible on parchment, illuminated with 10 initial letters, produced in England between c.1260 and 1275
    A small portable Latin Vulgate Bible on parchment, illuminated with 10 initial letters, produced in England between c.1260 and 1275

    [VULGATE BIBLE.
    In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, c.1260-1275].
    £125,000.00

  • An original Quiros presentation memorial. Alexander Dalrymple stated that the discovery of the Southern Continent (Australia) was due to de Quiros.
    An original Quiros presentation memorial. Alexander Dalrymple stated that the discovery of the Southern Continent (Australia) was due to de Quiros.

    QUIROS (Pedro Fernandes de).
    [Memorial 11]. 7 December, 1611.
    £125,000.00

  • Extremely rare and desirable. First edition of Dumont d'Urville's voyage in the Astrolabe. One of the great French early 19th-century Grands Voyages.
    Extremely rare and desirable. First edition of Dumont d'Urville's voyage in the Astrolabe. One of the great French early 19th-century Grands Voyages.

    DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sebastien Cesar.
    Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829. 1830-1835.
    £110,000.00

  • Complete set of the first edition of Karl Marx's Das Kapital, 1867-85-94
    Complete set of the first edition of Karl Marx's Das Kapital, 1867-85-94

    MARX, Karl.
    Das Kapital. 1867, 1885, 1894.
    £100,000.00

  • An extraordinary, rediscovered letter from Thomas Paine to Colonel John Fellows reiterating his call for President George Washington to retire from office.
    An extraordinary, rediscovered letter from Thomas Paine to Colonel John Fellows reiterating his call for President George Washington to retire from office.

    PAINE, Thomas.
    Autograph letter signed Thomas Paine to Colonel John Fellows. 20th January 1797.
    £95,000.00

  • Atlas Germaniae Specialis [with] Grosser Atlas Uber die Gantze Welt.
    Atlas Germaniae Specialis [with] Grosser Atlas Uber die Gantze Welt.

    HOMANN, Johann Baptiste.
    Atlas Germaniae Specialis [with] Grosser Atlas Uber die Gantze Welt. 1735-1737.
    £95,000.00

  • Of the utmost rarity, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads is Peter Henry Emerson's first book. It comprises 40 platinum prints.
    Of the utmost rarity, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads is Peter Henry Emerson's first book. It comprises 40 platinum prints.

    EMERSON, Peter Henry; GOODALL, Thomas Frederick.
    Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads. [1886].
    £87,500.00

  • The first edition in English of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Arte of Warre, translated out of the Italian original by Peter Whitehorne
    The first edition in English of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Arte of Warre, translated out of the Italian original by Peter Whitehorne

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; WHITEHORNE, Peter (translator).
    The Arte of Warre Anno. M.D.L.X. Menss. Iulii and M.D.LXII. Mense. Aprilis [1560-1562].
    £85,000.00

  • David Hockney, Waiting at York 180, 2010, Ipad drawing in colours on wove paper, signed dated and numbered 14th from the edition of 25 published by Pace Gallery London

    HOCKNEY, David
    Waiting at York 180
    £83,200.00

  • An exceptional example of Recueil de cent Estampes by Jacques Le hay and Charles de Feriol.
    An exceptional example of Recueil de cent Estampes by Jacques Le hay and Charles de Feriol.

    LE HAY, Jacques; FERRIOL, Charles de.
    Recueil de cent estampes 1714.
    £75,000.00

  • A rare and extremly fine collection of 115 watercolours by the noted ornithological artist Charles Hayes, produced between 1808 and 1813.
    A rare and extremly fine collection of 115 watercolours by the noted ornithological artist Charles Hayes, produced between 1808 and 1813.

    HAYES, Charles.
    Ornithological Watercolours. 1808-1813.
    £75,000.00

  • First edition of the finest colour plate book ever produced on Greece and Turkey
    First edition of the finest colour plate book ever produced on Greece and Turkey

    DUPRE, Louis.
    Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, 1825.
    £75,000.00

  • Sam Francis, Untitled, unique impression, 1982, on handmade paper, signed, monotype in colours
    Sam Francis, Untitled, unique impression, 1982, on handmade paper, signed, monotype in colours

    FRANCIS, Sam
    Untitled 1982
    £75,000.00

  • The first edition of the Encyclopédie compiled by Denis Diderot, with the supplements by Jean Le Rone D'Alembert

    DIDEROT, Denis; D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond.
    Encyclopédie, 1751-1765; 1776-1777; 1776-1780.
    £65,000.00

  • Early issue of Sceniche Decorazioni and Raccolta by Alessandro Sanquirico, the pioneering set designer, containing 75 plates of operas, ballets, and plays performed in La Scala in Milan between 1817 and 1832.
    Early issue of Sceniche Decorazioni and Raccolta by Alessandro Sanquirico, the pioneering set designer, containing 75 plates of operas, ballets, and plays performed in La Scala in Milan between 1817 and 1832.

    SANQUIRICO, Alessandro.
    Sceniche Decorazioni, Inventate ed Eseguite [c.1835]; [c.1832].
    £65,000.00

  • Du Petit-Thouars voage was one of the most important of all the Grands Voyages, with some of the finest lithographs of the 19th century.
    Du Petit-Thouars voage was one of the most important of all the Grands Voyages, with some of the finest lithographs of the 19th century.

    DU PETIT-THOUARS, Abel.
    Voyage autour du monde sur la Frégate La Vénus 1840-1855.
    £65,000.00

  • The very rare first edition of John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations... upon the Bills of Mortality, the 1662 book that founded demography and medical statistics.
    The very rare first edition of John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations... upon the Bills of Mortality, the 1662 book that founded demography and medical statistics.

    GRAUNT, John.
    Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, 1662.
    £65,000.00

  • Joan Miro, La Femme Toupie, 1974, etching and aquatint, signed by the artist, from the edition of 50, on Arches paper
    Joan Miro, La Femme Toupie, 1974, etching and aquatint, signed by the artist, from the edition of 50, on Arches paper

    MIRO, Joan
    La Femme Toupie 1974
    £65,000.00

  • Pablo Picasso, David et Bethsabee d'apres Cranach, 1949, lithograph, signed by the artist in red chalk, on vellum paper
    Pablo Picasso, David et Bethsabee d'apres Cranach, 1949, lithograph, signed by the artist in red chalk, on vellum paper

    PICASSO, Pablo
    David et Bethsabée (d'après Cranach) 1949
    £65,000.00

  • One of 52 copies of Chevaux de minuit, one of Picasso and Iliazd's most successful collaborations.
    One of 52 copies of Chevaux de minuit, one of Picasso and Iliazd's most successful collaborations.

    PICASSO, Pablo; ILIAZD; GREY, Roch [pseud. OETTINGEN, Hélène].
    Chevaux de minuit. 1956.
    £65,000.00

  • Rare complete first French edition of Le Flambeau de la Navigation by Johannes Janssonius after Willem Blaeu, on of the great books of Dutch cartography.
    Rare complete first French edition of Le Flambeau de la Navigation by Johannes Janssonius after Willem Blaeu, on of the great books of Dutch cartography.

    JANSSONIUS, Johannes [BLAEU, Willem (after)].
    Le Flambeau de la Navigation, 1620.
    £60,000.00

  • Suite of five relief prints, 2019, signed and numbered from the edition of 35, published by PACE NY
    Suite of five relief prints, 2019, signed and numbered from the edition of 35, published by PACE NY

    ABNEY, Nina Chanel
    Temporary Friends 2019
    £60,000.00

  • An exceptional example of a remarkable survival. A large collection of 589 plates of Eckert's European military costumes in the original wrappers.
    An exceptional example of a remarkable survival. A large collection of 589 plates of Eckert's European military costumes in the original wrappers.

    ECKERT, Heinrich Ambrose; MONTEN, Dietrich.
    Sammtliche Truppen von Europa. 1838-1842.
    £60,000.00

  • The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible, the second authorised translation into English, and the most lavishly illustrated English Bible of the sixteenth century
    The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible, the second authorised translation into English, and the most lavishly illustrated English Bible of the sixteenth century

    [BISHOP'S BIBLE]; HOGENBERG, Franciscus & SOLIS, Virgil (illustrators).
    The. holie. Bible. [1568].
    £57,500.00

  • A fine copy of Kip's great Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne, the defining work of English architecture of the Augustan age, and still highly prized for its depiction of English country houses and gardens
    A fine copy of Kip's great Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne, the defining work of English architecture of the Augustan age, and still highly prized for its depiction of English country houses and gardens

    KIP, Johannes.
    Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne: 1716, 1716, 1714, 1715, 1714.
    £57,500.00

  • A superior unfolded copy of the first edition of Antoine Melling's magnificent work on Constantinople. 'one of the finest topographical illustrated books ever produced' (Koç). Unfolded examples rarely appear on the market.
    A superior unfolded copy of the first edition of Antoine Melling's magnificent work on Constantinople. 'one of the finest topographical illustrated books ever produced' (Koç). Unfolded examples rarely appear on the market.

    MELLING, Antoine Ignace.
    Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore. 1809-19].
    £57,500.00

  • A handsome and complete set of Buck's Antiquities by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.
    A handsome and complete set of Buck's Antiquities by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.

    BUCK, Samuel & Nathaniel.
    Buck's Antiquities 1774.
    £57,500.00

  • A finely bound example of the first edition of the grandest book of engraved views of Constantinople
    A finely bound example of the first edition of the grandest book of engraved views of Constantinople

    MELLING, Antoine Ignace.
    Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore. 1809-19].
    £57,500.00

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