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Book, Cornelii Nepotis Vitae, London 1742, original Latin text with English translation, leather binding, signs of ageing, h. 20 m

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Book, Cornelii Nepotis Vitae, London 1742, original Latin text with English translation, leather binding, signs of ageing, h. 20 m

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PAUL GUSTAVE DORÉ (Strasbourg, 1832-Paris,1883). "La Defense Nationale". Bronze. Signed. Measurements: 57 cm. Paul Gustave Doré was a French German shepherd artist, painter, sculptor and illustrator, considered in his country the last of the great illustrators. He began his artistic training working with Charles Philipo, who published one lithograph a week. Later he received various commissions from François Rabelais, Honoré de Balzac and Dante Alighieri, making him, still very young, charge more than his contemporary Honoré Daumier. In 1853 he illuminated some of Lord Byron's works. In 1862 he traveled through Spain with Baron Davillier. As a result of the trip, the following year he published a series of chronicles on Valencia, Galicia, Andalusia, with specific stays in Granada, Madrid, and other Spanish capitals. The work was included in the collection Le Tour du Monde. In the same decade of 1860, Doré illustrated a French edition of Miguel de Cervantes's El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, based on his life experience in the Spanish geography. Doré later signed a five-year contract with the publisher Grant & Co. This meant that he had to spend at least three months a year in London. The book London: A Pilgrimage, with 180 engravings, was published in 1872. Although it was a commercial success, many critics did not like the publication, scandalized by the fact that Doré showed in his work the poverty that existed in London. He was accused by the Art Journal of being a "fantasist rather than an illustrator", and denounced in other important magazines, such as the Westminster Review. However, the success of London: A Pilgrimage led to many more commissions from English publishers.

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M. Breton and M. Bertin, translated from French, "China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufacturers, & c.", London: Howlett and Brimmer, 1824. Four volumes bound into a two book set. 41 plates in color across volumes one and two, which are bound into one book; 39 plates across volumes three and four, which are also bound into one book. With foliate gilt embellishment along the spine and covers of each book. Each, height: 6 1/4 in x width: 4 1/4 in x depth: 1 1/4 in.

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English illuminated manuscript page, ca. 1450. From a book of hours. Ink and gold leaf on vellum. With 14 lines of ruled text in Latin with alternating initials in blue and burnished gold with contrasting red and blue penwork. The large two-line initial in gold on a blue and red ground with delicate white tracery. In a fine gothic textura script. One side with Psalm 23:8-10 and the other begins with an Antiphon and Versicles including the beginning of Lesson I from the Hours of the Virgin, Hour of Matin. These books of hours are somewhat uncommo as King Henry VIII, in 1533, decreed that books relating to the practices of the Church of Rome should be destroyed. Most of the remaining examples were held secretly in private hands. Sight; height: 4 in x width: 2 3/4 in. Framed; height: 11 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 1 in.

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Vegetius Renatus, FlaviusFünf Bücher über Kriegswissenschaft und Kriegskunst der Römer. Aus dem lateinischen Urtexte in das Deutsche übersetzt und mit erläuternden, meistens aus römischen Classikern entnommenen Anmerkungen begleitet und versehen von F.J. Lipowsky. Sulzbach, Seidel, 1827. XVI, 320 S. 8°. Roter Perkalin d. Zt. mit reicher Vergoldung u. dreiseitigem Goldschnitt (die Deckel etw. berieben). Militaria Vegetius Renatus, Flavius Fünf Bücher über Kriegswissenschaft und Kriegskunst der Römer. Aus dem lateinischen Urtexte in das Deutsche übersetzt und mit erläuternden, meistens aus römischen Classikern entnommenen Anmerkungen begleitet und versehen von F.J. Lipowsky. Sulzbach, Seidel, 1827. XVI, 320 S. 8°. Roter Perkalin d. Zt. mit reicher Vergoldung u. dreiseitigem Goldschnitt (die Deckel etw. berieben). Erste Ausgabe dieser Übersetzung. - Der im württembergischen Wiesensteig geborene Lipowsky (1764-1842) wurde bereits 1788 zum Lehrer für deutsche Geschichte, Kriegskunde und Militärreglement an der Kriegsakademie in München ernannt. - Beiliegend ein eh. Widmungsbrief Lipowskys an den Herzog und Königliche Hoheit in Bayern (Ludwig I.), dat. 27. April, 1827. 1. S. in brauner Tinte auf einem Doppelbl. (gefaltet). - Vorsätze erneuert, stellenweise leicht stockfleckig, insgesamt jedoch sehr wohlerhaltenes u. dekorativ gebundenes Exemplar. Richly gilt red coated cloth binding with three-sided gilt edges (the covers slightly rubbed). Enclosed a handwritten dedication letter by Lipowsky. 1. p. in brown ink on a double leaf (folded). - Endpapers renewed, partly somewhat foxed, but overall a very well-preserved and decoratively bound copy. Dieses Werk ist regelbesteuert. Auf den Zuschlagspreis fallen 23,95% Aufgeld sowie auf den Rechnungsendbetrag 7% (Bücher) bzw. 19% Mehrwertsteuer in der Europäischen Union an. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.

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