One hundred and ninety-one (191) pieces Christmas and Santa Claus related postcards, cards and books, including a rare 1841 American illustration of a Christmas Tree. 1st-186th items: One hundred and eighty-six (186) Christmas postcards and cards, most with pencil or ink inscriptions, featuring images of Santa Claus, Children, Women, winter landscapes, and other Christmas motifs. […]
Lot 260: 18 Coleman/Boyd/Marshall Family Related Archival Items
Eighteen (18) Coleman/Boyd/Marshall Family Related Paper Items. 1st item: Receipt signed by John Hancock, commission merchant and nephew of John Hancock (1737-1793), to Robert Boyd, Boston, MA, dated October 11, 1793. The one page, printed and handwritten receipt with indicates that payment was received by Hancock for "30 1/2 lts Double Refin't Salt petre a […]
Lot 256: George Washington Tomb Drawing, 1850
Charcoal on paper drawing titled "The Tomb of Washington. Mount Vernon VA 1850" depicting Washignton's burial tomb and the estate and lands surrounding Mount Vernon, Virginia. Signed "M. J. Pierer" in pencil. lower right, embossed seal for the "Bristol Drawing Board", top left. Envelope with two photos of the tomb and the estate, attached en […]
Lot 258: Henry Clay print after John Wood Dodge
Steel engraving portrait of Kentucky politician Henry Clay after the painting by J.W. Dodge, 1843. Engraved by H.S. Sadd, N.Y., Printed by John Neale. Plate – 19 1/2" H x 15" W. Sight – 24 3/8" H x 17 1/4" W. Framed – 29" H x 22" W. Provenance: The University Club of Nashville, TN; […]
Lot 253: Works of Sabellicus and Cicero, 4 items
Three (3) Works of Sabellicus volumes, one (1) works of Cicero volume, 4 items total. 1st-3rd items: Sabelicy Opera Omnia, Vol. I-III, by Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus, 1560. Published for Iohannem Heruagium, Basileae. Folio, 3,297 total red edged pages, bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and decorative blind stamps to spines, seven raised hubs. […]
Lot 254: After Rembrandt, 6 Amand Durand Portrait Heliogravures
After Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch, 1608-1669) six (6) 19th century heliogravure impressions attributed to Amand Durand (French, 1831-1905) on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper (some prints with watermarks). The prints reproduce Rembrandt etchings of portraits including The Artist's Mother Seated, Self-portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre, Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher, The First Oriental Head, […]
Lot 255: 2 Revolutionary War Newspapers
Two (2) Revolutionary War newspapers. 1st item: The Independent Chronicle and The Universal Advertiser, Thursday, May 13, 1779, Vol. XI, No. 559, printed by Nathaniel Willis, Boston. Two page double sided double sided newspaper with engraved masthead including descriptions of British and American troop movements by land and sea in and around the areas of […]
Lot 250: Ramsey's Annals of TN, 1st Ed., Charleston, 1853
The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century, First Edition, by J. G. M. Ramsey, 1853. Published by John Russell, Charleston. Octavo, 744 pages including appendix, fold out engraved "Map of Cumberland & Franklin", and "Surrender of the Troops Commanded by Col. Ferguson", rebound in tooled black cloth original gilt Tennessee seal […]
Lot 252: The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio, 1597
Italian book titled "Il Decameron di messer Giovanni Boccacci, cittadin fiorentino, di nuouo ristampato, e riscontrato in Firenze con testi antichi, & alla sua vera lettione ridotto dal caualier Lionardo Saluiati…et in questa vltima impressione adornato di figure appropriate a ciascheduna nouella" by Giovanni Boccaccio, published by Alessandro Vecchi, Venice, 1597. Octavo, 470 pages with […]
Lot 247: 2 Early 19th Cent. Double Fore-Edge Painted Books
Two (2) Early 19th Century Double Fore-Edge Painted Books. 1st item: Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Mrs. Hester Capone, 1829. Published by John Sharpe, London. 32mo, 180 gilt edged pages with watercolor double fore-edge paintings, one side depicting Somerset House Terrace and the Thames and one side depicting […]