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Includes five colored animal engravings of quadrupeds Weibl Hippotamus v. Gordon, Der Tiger, Der Urson, and Der Pasan. Each has Buff n.d.Vier printed in lower left margin. Hinge mounted in ivory mats with gold highlights. 5-3/4" x 3-1/4" sight, 9-3/4" x 7" matted. Circa 1790. Together with a colored engraving of Hylobates Syndactyla (The Siamang) […]

Seven shell engravings from Les Delices Des Yeux et de L'esprit, ou Collection Generale des Differentes Especes de Coquillages Que La Mer Renferme, George Knorr, Nuremberg, 1764-73, drawn by J. C. Keller and C. Kleemann, plates engraved by G. Trautner, H. J. Tyroff, and V. Bischoff. Hand-colored copper engravings on laid paper, unframed, 10-1/4" x […]

Horst S. Schreck (Texas, 1885 – 1967) pastel, watercolors & drawings, 11 items total. 1st item: One pastel on watermarked paper of wooded landscape in Spring, unsigned, 12-1/4" H x 9-1/4" W. 2nd item: One watercolor and graphite on paper cutwork collage of Southwestern church and funeral scene, unsigned, 10-3/4" H x 16" W. 3rd […]

Oil on board impressionist floral painting in orange, turquoise and green, heavy impasto technique, signed lower left Witherspoon (Robert Witherspoon, Tennessee, 1921-1992). Also signed on back, Robert Witherspoon Nashville Tenn. Contemporary giltwood and composition frame with scroll and swag moldings. 11" x 10-1/2" sight, 14-1/2" x 14" framed. Robert K. Witherspoon was born in Columbia, […]

Items 1-4: Four Wedgwood Majolica plates, all with strawberry and grape leaf designs in varying colors, two identical, all with impressed marks on back and measuring 8-5/8" diameter. 19th century. Item 5: oval serving dish with relief molded acorns and oak leaves, impressed mark on base for Griffen, Smith and Co. (Etruscan Pottery), taped to […]

Two figural majolica novelties. 1st item: Match striker and smoking stand depicting an African American child sitting on a bridge and eating an ear of corn. Impressed mark on base 1601, illegible marks to bottom. 7"H. 2nd item: Spill vase in the form of a parrot on branch. 9"H. Early 20th century. Provenance: A Nashville, […]

Hardback book titled "The Life and Character of Captain William B. Allen of Lawrence County, Tennessee" By W. P. Rowles, Esquire. Published by J. J. McDaniel, "Democratic Herald" Book office, 1853. 7-1/2" H x 4-3/4" W. Provenance: A Nashville, Tennessee estate. Condition: Overall good condition with water spots.

History of Tennessee Illustrated 1887. East Tennessee Edition. Chicago & Nashville, Goodspeed Publishing, printed 1887. Thick volume book with gilt lettering, leather spine and corners with red tinted edges and ends. Condition: Overall general wear to cover with losses to edges and corners. Slight losses to interior map to edges and fold lines. General browning […]

1st item: James Parton: LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON. Mason Bros. 1863 (first edition). Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. 479 pp including index, frontspiece engraving by H. B. Hall from a painting by Earl. Fair condition with wear to spine and edges, some foxing to interior pages, interior binding split. 2nd item: Charles Grier Sellers, […]

Early Tennessee Confederate book titled, "Hancock's Diary: A History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry," by R. R. Hancock. Published by Brandon Printing Company, Nashville, 1887. 9-1/8" H x 6-1/2" W. Provenance: A Nashville, Tennessee estate. Condition: Loose in spine with wear to cover and some foxing and toning to pages.