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A bow brooch with bone cladding and Etruscan inscription, 7th century B.C. Wire-shaped bow brooch with coiled pin at top and flat hammered, U-shaped, folded catch-plate at bottom. The entire bow encased by graduated bone "scales", swelling towards the middle. At back a central field with Etruscan inscription. Excellently preserved brooch with extremely rare features (casing, inscription). Intact. Length 9.7 cm. Provenance: South German private collection, inherited from an old family estate. Condition: I -

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A bow brooch with bone cladding and Etruscan inscription, 7th century B.C. Wire-shaped bow brooch with coiled pin at top and flat hammered, U-shaped, folded catch-plate at bottom. The entire bow encased by graduated bone "scales", swelling towards the middle. At back a central field with Etruscan inscription. Excellently preserved brooch with extremely rare features (casing, inscription). Intact. Length 9.7 cm. Provenance: South German private collection, inherited from an old family estate. Condition: I -

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Combe, WilliamThe third Tour of Doctor Syntax. In search of a Wife. A Poem. Mit koloriertem Frontispiz und Titelvignette und 23 kolorierten Tafeln von Th. Rowlandson. London, Nattali and Bon, (1855). 2 Bll., 279 S. 4°. Mod. Buntpapiereinband, dreis. Goldschnitt. Combe, William The third Tour of Doctor Syntax. In search of a Wife. A Poem. Mit koloriertem Frontispiz und Titelvignette und 23 kolorierten Tafeln von Th. Rowlandson. London, Nattali and Bon, (1855). 2 Bll., 279 S. 4°. Mod. Buntpapiereinband, dreis. Goldschnitt. Tooley 429. - Papierbedingt etwas gebräunt. - Dabei: Jean Gay. Fables, with life of the author. And embellished with a plate to each fable. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit gestoch. Titel mit Titelvignette u. 66 gestoch. Vignetten. London, Darton & Harvey, 1793. XIV., 256 S. Mod. Buntpapiereinbd mit Farbschnitt. - So nicht bei Lowndes. Es fehlt das Frontispiz. Erste 20 Blatt an der rechten oberen Ecke minimal eselsohrig. With coloured frontispiece and title vignette and 23 coloured plates by Th. Rowlandson. Modern hardcover with marbled boards, gilt edges. Added: see above.

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