1st item: THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, printed by T. Davidson, London, 1792. Hardcover octavo, gilt-edged pages with watercolor double fore-edge paintings, both depicting scenes of Hampstead, London, copper plate engraved frontispiece, rebound in original red full moroccan leather with gilt stamping to covers and spine, gilt lettering to spine, four raised hubs, gilt dentelle […]
Lot 715: 2 Martin Luther German Biblical Vellum Bound Books, incl. Biblia 1708
1st item: BIBLIA. DAS IST: DIE GANTZE HEILIGE SCHRIFFT ALTES UND NEUES TESTAMENTS, Two Parts in One Volume, translated by Martin Luther, published by Johann Andreas Endter, Nuremberg, 1708. 664 gilt-edge pages with engraved plates, illustrations, title page, and frontispiece. 2nd item: Die Propheten Alle Teutsch, by Martin Luther, [publication information not present], likely late […]
Lot 714: Clyde Waddell Signed & Inscribed, A Yanks Memories of Calcutta, 1946
Author Signed and Inscribed, A YANK'S MEMORIES OF CALCUTTA, by Clyde Waddell, introduction by M. Charles Preston privately published in Houston, 1946. Oblong quarto album binding, 60 gelatin silver prints mounted on gray cardstock leaves with printed captions in English text, hardbound in full black cloth over with aluminum screw fasteners at spine. Signed and […]
Lot 713: 4 Rare Early Bird Prints from John Cassin's Mammalogy and Ornithology
Four (4) ornithological engravings by William H. Dougal (American, 1822-1895) from John Cassin's Mammalogy and Ornithology report of the 1838-1842 United States Exploring Expedition (the first American circumnavigation of the globe). All with original hand coloring and housed in gilt wood frames. These engravings are from the 8th volume of the publication, John Cassin's "Mammalogy […]
Lot 711: Audubon Birds of America Finches Print, Havell Edition
John J. Audubon (Haiti/New York, 1785-1851) Havell edition "Birds of America" aquatint with engraving and hand coloring in watercolors depicting four birds perched on a flowering branch. Birds are identified in the lower register, from left to right, as "Lazuli Finch. Fringilla Amcena. 1 Male Spring Plumage," "Clay-Coloured Finch. Emberiza Pallida, Swains. 2 Male," and […]
Lot 712: Audubon Great-Footed Hawk from Birds of America, Bien Edition
After John James Audubon (Haiti/New York, 1785 – 1851), chromolithograph on paper depicting two hawks feasting on two duck carcasses, with a feather hovering in the air between the hawks and drops of blood dripping from the beak of the right-hand hawk. Plate 20 from "The Birds of America" edition by Julius Bien (Germany/New York, […]
Lot 709: The Floricultural Cabinet & Florist's Magazine, 90 botanical plates in 7 Vols., ca. 1833-40
THE FLORICULTURAL CABINET AND FLORIST'S MAGAZINE, Vol. I, III-VIII, conducted by Joseph Harrison, published by Whittaker and Company, London, circa 1833-40. Hardcover octavos, 2000 plus pages, Vol. VI and VII with back advertisements, 90 engraved plates with hand-coloring, Vol. VII with fold out plan facing page 113, additional illustrations throughout, hardbound in green publisher's cloth […]
Lot 710: Audubon Birds of America Gold-Winged Woodpecker Print, Havell Edition
John J. Audubon (Haiti/New York, 1785-1851) Havell edition "Birds of America" aquatint with engraving and hand coloring in watercolors depicting five birds perched on a blasted tree. Identified in lower right quadrant as "Gold-winged Woodpecker, Male 1 F2/ Picus Auratus." Printed in upper register is "No. 3" and "Plate 37" in Arabic numerals. Printed in […]
Lot 708: C.M. Badger, Wildflowers Drawn and Colored from Nature Book, 1860
WILDFLOWERS DRAWN AND COLORED FROM NATURE, by Mrs. Clarissa Munger Badger, with an introduction by Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, published by Charles Scribner, New York, Sampson Low, Son and Company, London, 1860. Hardcover folio, 44 gilt-edged pages with 22 hand-colored lithographic plates, including frontispiece, all with paper guards, hardbound in green Moroccan leather with blind […]
Lot 706: Hiroshi Tagami Small O/C Painting, Banyan Kahaluu
Hiroshi Tagami (American/Hawaii, 1929-2014) small oil on canvas painting titled "Banyan Kahaluu" depicting trees with verdant foliage, a coastline, and a bright blue sky visible in the background, rendered with loose brushstrokes in a heavy impasto technique. Signed "Tagami" lower left. Titled and additionally signed en verso. Housed in a contemporary ebonized and chrome frame […]
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