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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description.
Widely considered Europe’s greatest Art & Antiques Fair, TEFAF Maastricht encompasses a broad and diverse selection of art, antiques and design. Featuring over 280 specialist exhibitors from over 20 countries, this Fair represents a unique opportunity to browse some of the...
Widely considered Europe’s greatest Art & Antiques Fair, TEFAF Maastricht encompasses a broad and diverse selection of art, antiques and design. Featuring over 280 specialist exhibitors from over 20 countries, this Fair represents a unique opportunity to browse some of the finest and most desirable art works, antiques, rare books, manuscripts and other collectables on offer from the world’s leading trade experts.
Shapero Rare Books have been supporters of TEFAF for over twenty years, and are delighted to be exhibiting again at this year’s Fair. Attending the Fair on behalf of Shapero’s this year are Bernard Shapero, Lucinda Boyle and Tabitha Philpott-Kent, and they will be taking along a selection of works from both Shapero Rare Books and the Shapero Gallery(including Shapero Modern). Maastricht is one of our favourite events in the Fairs calendar, and we hope you can make it to the Fair and see us there this year.
The 2018 TEFAF Maastricht Fair opens to the general public on the 10th of March, but the Fair is also open to VIP ticket-holders during the 8th and the 9th.
Shapero Rare Books will be exhibiting at Stand 231.
Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in London, specialising in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper, with particular expertise in fine illustrated books from the 15th to the 20th century, travel & voyages, natural history, modern firsts, rare children’s books, guidebooks, Hebraica & Judaica, Eastern European, and Islamica.
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The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy. To distinguish between copies the most desirable factors are condition and provenance and for me the greatest...
In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their collectability.
Join us as we journey through time to discover some of the rarest books in the world. The following texts have shown an extraordinary ability to survive, with some books having survived the ravages of flood and fire, and others counting only a single surviving copy.
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling, imperial posturing, trade and warfare became the subjects of a significant artistic movement, aimed at depicting and dissecting the Company’s involvement in the political and social life of the period.
