Auction details

Fine & Decorative Arts, Asian art , Icons
8:00 AM PT - Feb 9th, 2008

offered by
Quinn's & Waverly Auction Galleries

431 North Maple Avenue
Falls Church VA 22046
Us Auction

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414 Items

Lot Description Estimates
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1 Lot 1

1: About 133 prints, c.late 19th - early 20th cent
About 133 prints, c.late 19th - early 20th cent. Largely ver...

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2 Lot 2

Alken: 16 color lithographs
Alken, Henry, after. 16 color lithographs engraved by I. Cla...

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3 Lot 3

15 color aquatints, English archihtecture
[Architecture]. ++ 15 color aquatints featuring English hous...

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Design & architecture engravings, 1700s-1800s.
[Architecture]. About 69 engravings. One dated 1767, 5 dated...

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5 Lot 5

27 Engravings: Ancient & contemp Roman buildings.
[Architecture]. J. Barbault, 27 engraved views of ancient bu...

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6 Lot 6

100 Engravings of bats, incl. 4 Buffon, [1746-99]
[Bats]. Approx. 100 engravings. Largely very good condition....

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7 Lot 7

115 engravings of bats: Buffon/ de Seve, mid18th C
[Bats]. Approx. 115 copper engravings of bats, one or two im...

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8 Lot 8

11 natural history prints, 19th cent.
[Birds]. 11 engravings and lithographs. Very good condition....

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9 Lot 9

2 colored lithographs of birds: Elliot & Wolf
[Birds]. 2 hand-colored lithographs of birds. Bowen & Co., P...

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10 Lot 10

27 color lithos from THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, 1891.
[Birds]. 27 color lithographs of birds drawn by Gould, Ruppe...

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11 Lot 11

29 plates, 14 from AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY c1808-1829
[Birds]. 29 Prints. Largely very good condition. ++ 14 engra...

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12 Lot 12

36 color lithos of birds, [1862-1864].
[Birds]. 36 color lithographs, each depicting 1-4 bird speci...

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13 Lot 13

Birds: 5 handcolored lithos after John Gould.
[Birds]. 5 hand-colored lithographs after John Gould, each p...

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14 Lot 14

Birds: 9 Color Lithos. Josef Wolf, 1861-1867.
[Birds]. 9 color lithographs of birds finished by hand, from...

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15 Lot 15

Karl Bodmer, 2 handcolored engravings
Bodmer, Karl (after). 2 hand-colored engravings with aquatin...

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16 Lot 16

Bodmer: 2 color engravings of Native American
Bodmer, Karl (after). 2 hand-colored engravings with aquatin...

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17 Lot 17

15 hand-colored flowers, c.1800
[Botany]. 15 hand-colored engravings, probably all early 180...

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18 Lot 18

Handcolored flower plates: Early 19th Century.
[Botany]. 16 etchings on 13 sheets. Very good condition. ++ ...

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19 Lot 19

Flora Petraroja, 23 color lithographs
[Botany]. 23 color lithographs by Flora Petraroja after vari...

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20 Lot 20

23 botany engravings, 19 from John Hill, c.1775
[Botany]. 23 engravings. ++ 19 hand-colored engravings of fl...

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21 Lot 21

3 engravings: Sweert's FLORILEGIUM, [1612]
[Botany]. 3 copper engravings. Plate numbers ''25,'' ''27,''...

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22 Lot 22

31 handcol. engravings: CURTIS BOTANICAL MAGAZINE
[Botany]. 34 engravings of flowering plants, mostly 1806-183...

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23 Lot 23

9 color lithos from CURTIS BOTANICAL MAGAZINE.
[Botany]. 9 color lithographs of flowering plants. Lon: [184...

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24 Lot 24

157 lithographs of flowers from Paxton's.
[Botany]. About 157 lithographs from ''Paxton's Magazine of ...

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25 Lot 25

10 hand-colored engravings flowers, c.1770
[Botany]. John Miller. 10 engravings from ''Illustratio Ayst...

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26 Lot 26

Cramer, 12 handcolored plates of butterflies,1782
[Butterflies]. 12 copper engravings of butterflies. 11 7/8 x...

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27 Lot 27

2 Prang Civil War color lithographs
[Civil War].2 Prang Chromolithographs, American Lithographic...

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28 Lot 28

63 Lithos and engravings: Women's clothing, 1800's
[Costume]. 63 Prints. Largely very good condition. ++ 6 hand...

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29 Lot 29

5 engravings from gallery's art cat., 1735.
[Engravings]. 5 copper cngravings from the catalogue of the ...

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30 Lot 30

Lake Superior, engraving after Hopkins, (1873)
[Exploration]. Lake Superior. Engraving with some hand-color...

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31 Lot 31

Approx. 34 engravings (late 1700's - early 1900's)
[Fashion & Miscellany]. Approx. 34 engravings and lithograph...

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32 Lot 32

23 hand-colored women's fashion plates, 1869-1895
[Fashion]. 23 engravings by Leroy, Gilquin, and others, afte...

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33 Lot 33

26 hand colored women's fashion plates, 1869-1895.
[Fashion]. 26 engravings by Leroy, Gilquin, and others from ...

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34 Lot 34

27 hand colored women's fashion plates, 1869-1895.
[Fashion]. 27 engravings by Leroy, Gilquin, others, after va...

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35 Lot 35

10 handcolored engravings fencing, 1765
[Fencing]. 10 engravings of men fencing, from Domenico Angel...

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36 Lot 36

23 Engravings of fish, TABLEAU ENCYCLOPEDIQUE 1789
[Fish]. 23 copper engravings of fish, about 3-8 figures per ...

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37 Lot 37

First lithotint published in US, [1843].
[Historic Printing]. Richards, John H. (Am. 1807-?). Grandpa...

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38 Lot 38

Hogarth, 39 engravings: Political & social satire.
Hogarth, William. 39 engravings, mostly later 19th century, ...

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39 Lot 39

William Hogarth, ''The Bathos,'' 1764.
Hogarth, William. The Bathos. Engraving. 1764. 10 1/8 x 12 5...

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40 Lot 40

Edwin Douglas, ''The Bagged Fox'' (1877) + litho.
[Hunting]. 2 Prints. ++ Newfoundland And Wood Duck. Lithogra...

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41 Lot 41

Seashells: 39 engravings from, HISTOIRE NATURELLE.
[Invertebrates]. 39 copper engravings, mostly detailed diagr...

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42 Lot 42

6 hand-colored lithos, Josef Wolf, c.1867
[Mammals & Birds]. 6 color lithographs finished by hand, fro...

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43 Lot 43

33 Engravings (1835 - c1850), incl 12 of primates.
[Mammals]. 33 engravings. ++ 28 (5 duplicates) from ''The Ed...

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44 Lot 44

44 prints of mammals: Bison, Bears, Horses...
[Mammals]. 44 prints of mammals, mostly engravings, most are...

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45 Lot 45

Pluvinel, 15 colored engravings, 1625
[Military/Horses]. 15 copperplate engravings from Antoine de...

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46 Lot 46

Gheyn's 21 military engravings, 1607
[Military]. 21 copperplate engravings from Jacob de Gheyn's ...

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47 Lot 47

David Roberts: 2 Lithos (incl. Mt. Horeb) 1844-48.
[Middle East]. 2 tinted lithographs by Haghe after David Rob...

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48 Lot 48

58 Lithos, engravings, and watercolors.
[Miscellany]. Approx. 58 engravings, lithographs, and water...

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49 Lot 49

Picart: 12 Engravings of American Indians, 1721-23
Picart, Bernard. 24 engravings on 12 sheets of American Indi...

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50 Lot 50

The Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. poster, 1909
[Poster]. The Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. Chromolithog...

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