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  • Gogol's masterpiece 'Dead Souls', the first major book entirely illustrated by Chagall and his first illustrations for Vollard. Signed by Chagall on the limitation and title-page.
    Gogol's masterpiece 'Dead Souls', the first major book entirely illustrated by Chagall and his first illustrations for Vollard. Signed by Chagall on the limitation and title-page.

    CHAGALL, Marc (artist); GOGOL, Nicolai.
    Les Ames Mortes. 1948.
    $41,269.00

  • Roy Lichtenstein, Still Life from The Geldzahler Portfolio, 1997, serigraph, signed by the artist, from the edition of 75, on Somerset textured paper
    Roy Lichtenstein, Still Life from The Geldzahler Portfolio, 1997, serigraph, signed by the artist, from the edition of 75, on Somerset textured paper

    LICHTENSTEIN, Roy
    Still Life, from The Geldzahler Portfolio 1997
    $41,269.00

  • Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum by Johann Georh Graevius, with folding panorama and plan of the city after Blaeu.
    Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum by Johann Georh Graevius, with folding panorama and plan of the city after Blaeu.

    GRAEVIUS, Johann Georg.
    Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum Clarissimus; [c. 1720].
    $41,269.00

  • The complete portfolio of 10 pochoir prints, signed by the artist on the justification.
    The complete portfolio of 10 pochoir prints, signed by the artist on the justification.

    MAN RAY.
    Revolving Doors. 1972.
    $41,269.00

  • A very attractive example of a traditional Jewish marriage contract, fully manuscript<br />and richly decorated with fine colours and liquid gold.

    [KETUBAH].
    Italian decorated Ketubah. 1799.
    $41,269.00

  • Best work by first distinguished painter of Venetian <em>Vedute</em> and one of the earliest practitioners of this painting type. 103 etched views by Carlevaris.
    Best work by first distinguished painter of Venetian <em>Vedute</em> and one of the earliest practitioners of this painting type. 103 etched views by Carlevaris.

    CARLEVARIS, Luca.
    Le Fabriche, e Vedute di Venetia. [1703].
    $41,269.00

  • Extensive collection of Russian works focusing mostly on Northern China and Mongolia, including important and rare travel, trade and exploration accounts.
    Extensive collection of Russian works focusing mostly on Northern China and Mongolia, including important and rare travel, trade and exploration accounts.

    [MONGOLIA and CHINA].
    The Angus Ivan Ward Collection of Russian accounts of Mongolia and China. 1764-1914].
    $40,581.00

  • A prime example of Buffet's intense emotional style with long elongated portraits, sombre and solitary but also very sympathetic.<br />
    A prime example of Buffet's intense emotional style with long elongated portraits, sombre and solitary but also very sympathetic.<br />

    BUFFET, Bernard.
    Paris. 1962.
    $39,205.00

  • Copy of an old Persian Miniature by contemporary artist Maryam Mirzaei from 2015.

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Copy of an Old Persian Miniature 2015
    $37,830.00

  • A complete set of LEF and Noviy LEF.
    A complete set of LEF and Noviy LEF.

    MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir; TRETIAKOV, Sergei (editors); RODCHENKO, Alexander.
    LEF [and] Noviy LEF. Zhurnal levogo fronta iskusstv. 1923-1928.
    $37,830.00

  • A fine set of 37 original watercolours by Frank Knight for Joseph Forshaw's Vanished and Vanishing Parrots.
    A fine set of 37 original watercolours by Frank Knight for Joseph Forshaw's Vanished and Vanishing Parrots.

    KNIGHT, Frank (illustrator).
    Vanished and Vanishing Parrots 2007-2011.
    $37,830.00

  • An attractively illuminated manuscript of the Miraj Nameh by Mir Haydar from Kashmir in 1805.
    An attractively illuminated manuscript of the Miraj Nameh by Mir Haydar from Kashmir in 1805.

    [MIR HAYDAR].
    A composite text containing excerpts from the Miraj Nameh, early 19th century.
    $37,830.00

  • Collection of Ephemera.
    Collection of Ephemera.

    ARAKI, Nobuyoshi.
    Collection of Ephemera. 1970-1996.
    $37,830.00

  • Joan Miro, Stars and Dancers, 1938, etching with hand-colouring, signed by the artist, on vellum
    Joan Miro, Stars and Dancers, 1938, etching with hand-colouring, signed by the artist, on vellum

    MIRO, Joan
    Stars and Dancers (Astres et Danseurs) 1938
    $37,830.00

  • The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, the first collected edition of More's English texts, edited by his nephew William Rastell and published under Mary I<br />
    The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, the first collected edition of More's English texts, edited by his nephew William Rastell and published under Mary I<br />

    MORE, Sir Thomas.
    The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, 1557.
    $33,000.00

  • Unique manuscript in style of book on the French Navy, presented from the author to Louis XVI and from the King to Marie-Antoinette. An exceptional work.
    Unique manuscript in style of book on the French Navy, presented from the author to Louis XVI and from the King to Marie-Antoinette. An exceptional work.

    PONCET DE LA GRAVE, Guillaume.
    Calligraphic manuscript: 1776.
    $37,830.00

  • A major founder and force of the Photorealist movement, Estes is best known for his paintings of urban scenes in New York.
    A major founder and force of the Photorealist movement, Estes is best known for his paintings of urban scenes in New York.

    ESTES, Richard
    Urban Landscapes No. 3 1981
    $37,830.00

  • An excellent example of rare Chinese album on pith paper on tea cultivation depicting each process in detail
    An excellent example of rare Chinese album on pith paper on tea cultivation depicting each process in detail

    [CHINA; SUNQUA (studio of)].
    Album of Chinese Export Pith Paper Paintings Depicting the Manufacture of Tea. circa 1830-1870].
    $34,391.00

  • The first edition of the first book in the English languages devoted to the Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, anonymously printed and attributed to Sir John Dodderidge
    The first edition of the first book in the English languages devoted to the Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, anonymously printed and attributed to Sir John Dodderidge

    [WOMEN'S RIGHTS].
    The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: 1632.
    $34,391.00

  • The Camp Almanac 1940-41 is a special end-of-year double issue of The Camp newspaper, produced by detainees of Hutchinson Internment Camp on the Isle of Man. This copy signed or inscribed by many of the contributors including Kurt Schwitters.
    The Camp Almanac 1940-41 is a special end-of-year double issue of The Camp newspaper, produced by detainees of Hutchinson Internment Camp on the Isle of Man. This copy signed or inscribed by many of the contributors including Kurt Schwitters.

    [SCHWITTERS, Kurt et al.] CORVIN, Michael (pseud. Leo Freund) (editor).
    The Camp no. 13/14 Almanac 1940-41. December 1940].
    $34,391.00

  • The first distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, complete in the contemporary blind-panelled calf binding with Speed's Genealogies, including his double-page map of Canaan
    The first distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, complete in the contemporary blind-panelled calf binding with Speed's Genealogies, including his double-page map of Canaan

    [THIRD FOLIO KING JAMES]; SPEED, John (Genealogies).
    The Holy Bible, 1617.
    $34,391.00

  • An anonymous account of Houtman's expedition which demonstrated to the Dutch that they could circumvent the Portuguese monopoly on trade in the East.
    An anonymous account of Houtman's expedition which demonstrated to the Dutch that they could circumvent the Portuguese monopoly on trade in the East.

    [HOUTMAN'S VOYAGE].
    Diarium nauticum 1598.
    $34,391.00

  • The second Spanish edition of a highly important collectin of Spanish narratives of exploration and conquest, drawing on some sources no longer extant.
    The second Spanish edition of a highly important collectin of Spanish narratives of exploration and conquest, drawing on some sources no longer extant.

    HERRERA TORDESILLAS, Antonio de.
    Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos 1730, 1729, 1726, 1725, 1728, 1730.
    $34,391.00

  • This part of de Bry's Petit Voyages includes the discovery of Hudson's Bay, the voyages of Linschoten, an account of de Quiros's voyage to Terra Australis.
    This part of de Bry's Petit Voyages includes the discovery of Hudson's Bay, the voyages of Linschoten, an account of de Quiros's voyage to Terra Australis.

    DE BRY, Theodor.
    [Petit Voyages]. Indiae Orientalis Pars X. 1613.
    $34,391.00

  • Exceedingly rare. This was intended as a supplement to Coxe's Account of the Russian Discoveries published in 1780.
    Exceedingly rare. This was intended as a supplement to Coxe's Account of the Russian Discoveries published in 1780.

    COXE, William.
    A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captain Cook and Clerke. 1787.
    $34,391.00

  • Excessively rare. There are only a handful of known copies of the special advance issue of Bligh's narrative of his voyage in the Bounty.
    Excessively rare. There are only a handful of known copies of the special advance issue of Bligh's narrative of his voyage in the Bounty.

    BLIGH, William.
    A Voyage to the South Sea; 1792.
    $34,391.00

  • Pablo Picasso, Tete de Femme, 1925, lithograph, signed by the artist, from the edition of 100, on Japanese imperial paper
    Pablo Picasso, Tete de Femme, 1925, lithograph, signed by the artist, from the edition of 100, on Japanese imperial paper

    PICASSO, Pablo
    Tête de Femme 1925.
    $34,391.00

  • First edition of Sven Hedin's Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902, the presentation copy to the Foreign Minister of Sweden Alfred Lagerheim (1843-1924) inscribed to him by Sven Hedin.
    First edition of Sven Hedin's Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902, the presentation copy to the Foreign Minister of Sweden Alfred Lagerheim (1843-1924) inscribed to him by Sven Hedin.

    HEDIN, Sven.
    Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902. 1904-1907.
    $34,391.00

  • An exceptional set, uniformly bound in striking eigteenth-century red morocco of Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and his other works and letters
    An exceptional set, uniformly bound in striking eigteenth-century red morocco of Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and his other works and letters

    HOMER; POPE, Alexander.
    [The Works]. The Iliad of Homer; The Odyssey of Homer; The Works (including the Letters). 1715-1741.
    $34,391.00

  • First edition of South Australia Illustrated by George French Angas, a fresh and bright copy bound in the original parts.
    First edition of South Australia Illustrated by George French Angas, a fresh and bright copy bound in the original parts.

    ANGAS, George French.
    South Australia Illustrated. 1847.
    $34,391.00

  • The complete first edition of Victor Jacquemont's scarce Voyage dans L'Inde, with 290 plates, of India, the Himalayas, Kashmir, Punjab, Tibet, and Delhi.
    The complete first edition of Victor Jacquemont's scarce Voyage dans L'Inde, with 290 plates, of India, the Himalayas, Kashmir, Punjab, Tibet, and Delhi.

    JACQUEMONT, Victor.
    Voyage dans L'Inde, 1841-44.
    $34,391.00

  • Incredibly rare and important Ukrinian literary anthology which includes the work of Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Kotliarevsky.
    Incredibly rare and important Ukrinian literary anthology which includes the work of Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Kotliarevsky.

    HREBINKA, Yehven (editor).
    Lastovka: sochinenii na malorusskim iazyke [Lastovka: works in the Little Russian language]. 1841.
    $34,391.00

  • First edition of Description de l'Asie Mineure by Texier, probably the greatest work of exploration made by a single traveller, with 254 plates.
    First edition of Description de l'Asie Mineure by Texier, probably the greatest work of exploration made by a single traveller, with 254 plates.

    TEXIER, Charles.
    Description de l'Asie Mineure 1849.
    $34,391.00

  • First edition of England Made Me by Graham Greene, in the first issue dust-jacket.
    First edition of England Made Me by Graham Greene, in the first issue dust-jacket.

    GREENE, Graham.
    England Made Me. 1935.
    $34,391.00

  • One of 50 copies. Signed by Iliazd and Picasso.
    One of 50 copies. Signed by Iliazd and Picasso.

    ILIAZD (Ilia Zdanevich); PICASSO, Pablo.
    Afat. 1940.
    $34,391.00

  • First German edition of Trachten und Gebrauche der Neugriechen by Otto Magnus Baron von Stackelberg.
    First German edition of Trachten und Gebrauche der Neugriechen by Otto Magnus Baron von Stackelberg.

    STACKELBERG, Otto Magnus (Baron von).
    Trachten und Gebräuche der Neugriechen. 1831.
    $34,391.00

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