Art, European and Persian, Printing and Wood-Engraving
A collection of 13 volumes
£404
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of the renowned collection of Western Manuscripts, the property of A. Chester Beatty. 2 volumes, 4to, plates, black half morocco gilt;
Symonds, J.A. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti. London, 1893, 2 volumes, large 8vo, number 47 of 112 copies with photo-etchings printed on Japan paper as proofs before letters, contemporary half parchment, spines gilt, t.e.g.;
Mardersteig, Giovanni. The Officina Bodoni, an account of the Work of a Hand-Press 1923-1977. Verona, 1980. 4to, original cloth, slipcase;
Gibbings, Robert. The Wood Engravings. London: Dent, 1959, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;
Raverat, Gwen. The Wood Engravings. London: Faber, 1959. 4to, original cloth;
Grube, Ernst J. Islamic Paintings from the 11th to the 18th century in the collection of Hans P. Kraus. New York, 1972, folio, plates, original cloth;
Colnaghi & Co., P. & D. Persian and Mughal Art. 1976. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;
Ettinghausen, R. Persian Miniatures in the Bernard Berenson Collection. Milan: Ricordi, 1961, folio, original pictorial cloth;
Robinson, B.W., editor. Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book. The Keir Collection. London: Faber, 1976, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;
Robinson, B.W. Persian Paintings in the India Office Library. 1976, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;
Welch, Stuart C. Royal Persian Manuscripts. London, 1976, 4to, original wrappers;
together with:
Dante Alighieri. The Vision, translated by H.F. Cary. Florence, [c.1905], 4to, full calf gilt embossed with bronze medallion of Dante's bust on upper cover, spine gilt;
Farrington, B. Science and Politics in the Ancient World. London, 1939, 8vo, original cloth