George Brookshaw (United Kingdom, 1751-1823) hand-colored aquatint and engraving titled "White Seed'd Rock" depicting a tabletop still life scene with a dissected melon. Plate #LXV from the book 'Pomona Britannica', Accurately drawn and coloured from Nature, with full descriptions of their various qualities, seasons, &c. London: T. Bensley for the author, published by White, Cochrane […]
Lot 801: Edwin Gardner O/B Seascape Paintings plus Self Portrait Drawing, 3 items
Three (3) Edwin Maximilian Gardner (Tennessee, 1845-1935) paintings including oil on board seascapes and self portrait drawing. 1st and 2nd items: Two (2) marine paintings, including one (1) titled "Sea of Galilee," each depicting ocean waves beneath late afternoon skies. Smallest painting signed "Edwin M. Gardner WAX." en verso of board, largest painting with an […]
Lot 756: Civil War Related Archive, incl. Sheriden ALS
Archive of ten (10) Civil War and Post Civil War era soldier letters and documents. 1st item: ALS. Two page handwritten bifolium letter from Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), Union General and later General of the U.S. Army, Chicago IL, to Mr. Bernard, circa 1869-71. The letter reads "My dear Mr Bernard The horses are at […]
Lot 733: Writings of Thoreau, Manuscript Edition, 20 vols.
Publisher Signed, THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Manuscript Edition, Vol. I-XX, No. 133/600, published by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston and New York, 1906. Hardcover octavos, top edge gilt pages, each volume with handwritten number, frontispieces and additional illustration plates with tissue paper guards, hardbound in three-quarter green Moroccan leather with tan marbled paper […]
Lot 726: Richard J. Sauter NASA Archive, incl. Flown Flags
Archive of approximately one hundred and eighty-one (181) items related to Richard J. Sauter and his decades-long career with the The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), circa 1962-1989. Sauter worked as a draftsman at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, in technical services at the the NASA Spacecraft Center, Clear Lake, TX, […]
Lot 723: Group of 11 Science Books, incl. Dickinson Physica, 1702
Eleven (11) Science related books. 1st item: PHYSICA VETUS ET VERA: SIVE TRACTATUS DE NATURALI VERITATE HEXAEMERI MOSAICI, by Edmund Dickinson, sold by Henri Ribotteau, London, 1702. Hardcover octavo, 348 pages including 4 copper plate engravings on pp. 94-95 and 342-343, with additional illustrations, rebound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled paper sides. 9 7/8" […]
Lot 700: Le Coultre Brass Atmos Mantle Clock & Tiffany Silver Plated Lighters, 3 items
Three (3) 20th century decorative table accessories. 1st item: Le Coultre Brass Atmos Perpetual Motion Mantle Clock, top marked Le Coultre Atmos together with serial number 262575. Back of works marked "Le Coultre & Cie/Swiss". 9 1/4" H x 8" W x 6 1/4" D. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) Tiffany and Company silver plated table […]
Lot 697: 2 Ancient Greek Red-Figure Pottery Vessels, ex-Royal Athena Galleries
Two (2) Ancient Greek Apulian or Attic red-figure blackware pottery vessels of women, including Maenads. 1st item: Apulian bell krater, having a flared rim and two handles, depicting two Maenads or followers of Dionysus, including a woman in profile holding a sistrum on one side, and a seated woman, holding a Thyrsus wand or staff […]
Lot 658: Native American Chitimacha Flat Basket or Tray
Native American Chitimacha rivercane flat basket or fanner tray, woven in the Little Trout on Perch pattern, with red and brown dyed weavers and interlacing rim. Attributed to the weaver Melissa Darden. Includes a Collectables by Tomlinson and Associates, Gatlinburg, TN business card with weaver attribution and additional information. 2 1/2" H x 10 1/8" […]
Lot 629: McKenney & Hall, Indian Tribes of N. America Vol. 1, 32 plates
Thomas McKenney and James Hall: HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volume One (only). 32 plates present. Front cover, some color plates, and early pages, including title page, are missing. This partially complete single volume appears to be the first edition, published by Edward C. Biddle in Philadelphia in 1837. It retains 32 […]
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