Rare Book Collection (#2)

Lysistrata, 1896 (Japan vellum)
1195421 Lysistrata, 1896 (Japan vellum) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); 30x23 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Two views of the Pantheon, 1570 (woodcut)
1195476 Two views of the Pantheon, 1570 (woodcut) by Palladio, Andrea (1508-80) (after); 29.3x19.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

Title page of the first edition in German of the first part of Great Voyages
1195462 Title page of the first edition in German of the first part of Great Voyages: America, 1590 (hand-coloured engraving) by Bry

Four book cover with binding by Riviere & Sons including
1195369 Four book cover with binding by Riviere & Sons including The Life and Times of Catherine de Medici, (morocco with gilt)

Upper cover set, with two oval portraits of Anne of Austria and Louis XIII
1195366 Upper cover set, with two oval portraits of Anne of Austria and Louis XIII, 1865 (blue crushed levant morocco with gilt dentelle border and miniat) by English School

Two upper covers, showing eight portrait miniatures of Andre, Grey, Howe, Washington
1195363 Two upper covers, showing eight portrait miniatures of Andre, Grey, Howe, Washington, Sneyd, Cornwallis, Wolfe and Clinton

Women Binding Vines, 1890 (oil on canvas)
988980 Women Binding Vines, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Cross, Henri-Edmond (1856-1910); 53.8x65 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Women Binding Vines; Femmes Liant la Vigne)

Book cover for The Fan by Octave Uzanne, with an oval portrait of a woman with
nineteenth century, close-up, 1880s, metal, book, binder, portrait style, female, quarter length, head and shoulders, women, shape, close up, shaped, apparel, fan, binding, illustrator, bust-length

Binding with twenty-four portrait miniatures, from the book
985739 Binding with twenty-four portrait miniatures, from the book French Characteristic Costumes by Richard Brinsley Peake, 1816 (light blue levant morocco leather, brown morocco leather, gilt)

Bookstall on a city street, 1800s
Browsers at a sidewalk bookstall, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century E.A. Abbey illustration

At Sothebys The first edition of Bunyans Pilgrims Progress 23 July 1926 John Bunyan ( 28 November 1628 - 31 August 1688 )

Secondhand bookstore, 1800s
Young woman at the counter of a bookstore, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Old books
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