![[AUSTRALIAN ART] Charles Blackman Paintings 1954: Charles Blackman Blackman Paintings, November 2 to 13 1954 [Melbourne]: [Mirka's Gallery], 1954.21cm x 14.5cm. [4] pages, single folded sheet. Catalogue of 30 paintings with titles and prices in guine](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8597/333202/179878082_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718331411)
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![[AUSTRALIAN ART] Charles Blackman Paintings 1954: Charles Blackman Blackman Paintings, November 2 to 13 1954 [Melbourne]: [Mirka's Gallery], 1954.21cm x 14.5cm. [4] pages, single folded sheet. Catalogue of 30 paintings with titles and prices in guine](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8597/333202/179878082_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718331411)
![Curr: The Australian Race: Edward. M. Curr The Australian Race: Its Origin, Languages, Customs, Place of Landing in Australia, and the Routes by Which it Spread Itself Over That Continent (4 Volumes, unbound) Melbourne and Lond](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8597/333202/179878242_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718331411)
![[ARTISTS BOOK] Lorri: Private: Lorri (Lorraine Whiting); George Macbeth Private: Lorri. 4 Original Illustration to 4 Quotations from Curtmantle by Christopher Fry Rome: Galleria Arco d'Alibert, 1965.51cm x 49.5cm. [18] pages, 4 ori](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8597/333202/179878065_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718331411)
![[ARTISTS BOOK] Joel Elenberg; Shelton Lea: Chrysalis: Joel Elenberg; Shelton Lea Chrysalis Melbourne: National Press, 1970.34cm x 25cm. 8 pages. Wrappers. The only de luxe art book created by Joel Elenberg (1948-1980) with 2 poems by Shelton Lea illustra](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8597/333202/179878074_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718331411)
![[AUSTRALIAN ART] Charles Blackman: Orpheus: Nadine Amadio; Charles BlackmanOrpheus: The Song of ForeverSydney: The Craftsman's Press, 1983.Deluxe Edition. Signed by the Author and the Artist.37cm x 29cm. 128 pages, 1 original lithograph, tipped](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8597/333202/179878078_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718331411)
![[ARTISTS BOOK] Choi Kyu-Il; Sydney Ball: Traces: Choi Kyu-Il; Sydney Ball; Robert Baines Traces Townsville and Melbourne: Lyre Bird Press and Zimmer Editions, 2001.32cm x 29cm. A joint publication of the Lyre Bird Press, Townsville, and Zimmer Editi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8597/333202/179878063_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718331411)
![1900s-1920s CHINESE EROTIC SHUNGA PILLOW BOOK antique: Color prints on silk, early 20th century. Title label in Chinese Language Size 3 3/4 by 7 1/3" Good condition Shunga is a type of Japanese erotic art typically executed as a kind of ukiyo-e, often in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331097/178483533_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
![1960s HAGGADAH illustrated by ARTHUR SZYK w/SILVERPLATED BINDING Judaica vintage: THE HAGGADAH illustrated by ARTHUR SZYK w/ BEAUTIFUL SILVER PLATED BINDING MASSADAH AND ALUMOTH, JERUSALEM, RAMAT-GAN AND TEL AVIV; [c. 1960s] Size about 7 by 9" Excellent condition. text in Hebrew an](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331097/178483734_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
![late 19th - early 20th century CHINESE EROTIC SHUNGA PILLOW BOOK antique: Color prints on silk, early 20th century. Title label in Chinese Language Size 3 3/4 by 7 1/3" Good condition Shunga is a type of Japanese erotic art typically executed as a kind of ukiyo-e, often in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331097/178483430_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
![1770 CHRISTOPH SAUR Sauer antique GERMANTOWN AMERICANA in GERMAN rare: Vollstandiges Marburger Gesang-Buch : zur Uebung der Gottseligkeit, in 649 christlichen und trostreichen Psalmen und Gesangen Hrn. D. Martin Luthers. und andrer gottseliger Lehrer : ordentlich in XII.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838569_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1499 INCUNABULA FULLY ILLUSTRATED COMEDY by TERENCE antique RARE INCUNABLE: TERENTIUS AFER, PUBLIUS. 185-159 B.C. Terentius, cum directorio: vocabulorum,ssentiarum, artis comice / glosa interlineali / commentariis: Donato, Guidone, Ascensio. [Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Gru](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331097/178483586_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
![1632 DELLA GUERRA DI FIANDRA by Guido Bentivoglio antique VELLUM War of Flanders: DELLA GUERRA DI FIANDRA (War of Flanders) by Bentivoglio, Guido Cologne, 1632. Volume 1 (of 3) Engraved frontispiece . Wear. Some occasional toning and foxing. Damaged front endpaper. Vellum binding (](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331097/178483479_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
![1784 LEONARDO DA VINCI SPANISH EL TRATADO DE LA PINTURA antique ILLUSTRATED rare: EL TRATADO DE LA PINTURA POR LEONARDO DE VINCI, y los tres libros que sobre el mismo arte escribió Leon Bautista Alberti: traducidos e ilustrados con algunas notas por Don Diego Antonio Rejon de](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838716_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1924-39 DANTE DIVINA COMMEDIA NELLE FIGURAZIONE ARTISTICA antique MASSIVE FOLIO: DANTE DIVINA COMMEDIA NELLE FIGURAZIONE ARTISTICA Torino; 1924-1939 3 volumes, complete Massive, extremely heavy folios. Size 12 by 15 1/2" ILLUSTRATED Historic monumental edition on the work of Dante](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838811_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1610 PISCIUM VIVAE ICONES antique 20 ENGRAVINGS by ADRIAEN COLLAERT scarce: A.COLLAERT PISCIUM VIVAE ICONES A rare fish book from the publishing house of J. and C. Collaert, printed in Antwerp in 1610. Fine suite of engravings bound in a 19th century half leather binding with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331097/178483724_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716924779)
![1559 Philipp Melanchthon Selectarum Declamationum PIGSKIN antique 16th CENTURY: Melanchthon, Philipp. Selectarum Declamationum ... Tomus primus. (Strassburg: Samuel Emmelins), 1559 engraved title device (7), 8-784, (15)pp. Original pigskin, pictorially and decoratively blind-stam](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838662_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
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![Choice books on poetry and angling headline at Freeman’s Hindman June 25](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/179335069_3_x.jpg)
Choice books on poetry and angling headline at Freeman’s Hindman June 25
PHILADELPHIA — Antique English books dating back hundreds of years are star lots at the Books and Manuscripts sale scheduled for Tuesday, June 25 at Freeman’s Hindman. The complete catalog is now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers. English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) had a glorious four-year run before being struck down by […]
![Two influential European botanical plate books featured at Jeschke Jadi April 27](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/175581402_1_x.jpeg)
Two influential European botanical plate books featured at Jeschke Jadi April 27
BERLIN — First editions of two influential European botanical plate books lead the offering of Rare Books, Prints and Art at Jeschke Jadi Auctions on Saturday, April 27. Copies of Christoph Jacob Trew’s Plantae Selectae and Frederick Sander’s Reichenbachia are estimated at €24,000-€30,000 ($26,000-$32,000) and €6,000-€7,500 ($6,000-$8,000), respectively. Published between 1750 and 1773, Plantae selectae […]
![Antique books from the 15th to 19th century are the focus at Jasper52 March 19](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/173054792_1_x.jpeg)
Antique books from the 15th to 19th century are the focus at Jasper52 March 19
NEW YORK — Historic books from the 15th through the 19th century come to Jasper52 with Ink of Ages, an unparalleled journey through the written wonders of centuries past taking place on Tuesday, March 19. The 506-lot sale is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Leading the sale is an early 19th-century illuminated Koran, the […]
![Antiquarian books on early America, Arts & Crafts and Einstein featured at PBA Feb. 8](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/169990750_1_x.webp)
Antiquarian books on early America, Arts & Crafts and Einstein featured at PBA Feb. 8
BERKELEY, Calif. – PBA Galleries kicks off its first Rare Books & Manuscripts sale of 2024 on Thursday, February 8 with a 97-lot collection of items ranging from early Albert Einstein publications to probably the finest illustrated collection of mid-19th century Mississippi River views ever created. The complete catalog is now available for bidding at […]