Books – Americana, Ireland, 1600s, Decorative 2018-12-30 Auction - 84 Price Results - National Book Auctions in NY
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2V William Cullen Bryant PICTURESQUE AMERICA OR THENicolaus Visscher AFBEELDINGEN DER VOORNAAMSTE8V Alexander Chalmers THE SPECTATOR 1864 Gilt Scottish
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Books – Americana, Ireland, 1600s, Decorative

This catalog presents a select arrangement of rare, antique & decorative books. Featured are important historical & theological works dating back to the mid-1600's. Deluxe antique bindings will be offered along with an eclectic array of rare antique through modern volumes including signed, limited & special editions. Antique & rare books are numerous in this catalog. Among the earliest examples are the c1640 Amsterdam imprint by important publisher, Nicolaes Visscher, of "Afbeeldingen der Voornaamste Historien, Soo Van het Oude als Nieuwe Testament," containing sacred histories of the Old & New Testaments, with nearly 300 engravings & text produced in five languages (Latin, Dutch, German, English & French). Additional interesting selections include the 1734 printing of Friess' "Theologia Dogmatica oder Grundtliche und Schrifst-Massige," Hamerton & Dodgson's "Etchings of Rembrandt," produced in a limited edition elephant folio in 1905, & a deluxe leather-bound extra-illustrated edition of Froude's "English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century," printed in 1895. Several desirable collections will also be showcased. A quantity of antique multi-volume sets include deluxe fancy bindings & limited edition examples of works by notables such as Charles Lamb, Washington Irving, William Prescott, Charles Dickens, and others. Antique works relating to America include desirable entrants such as the two massive volumes of Bryant's "Picturesque America" in elaborate leather bindings, & the deluxe leather-bound edition of "A Compilation of the Messages & Papers of the Presidents," produced in 20 volumes in 1897. Found throughout this catalog are other compelling selections from categories such as limited editions, signed copies, special illustrated editions, decorative antique bindings, Ireland, Civil War, books-on-books, New York history, early American history, the American West, travel & exploration, children's, poetry, literature, military history, art history & more.
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