Lot #1135 - Books Phil May, Paris, Egypt, Eduard Fuchs (5)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1135
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Lot Description:Books Phil May, Paris, Egypt, Eduard Fuchs (5)
MAY, Phil. Phil May's Sketch Book. Fifty Cartoons. London, Chatto&Windus, 1895. 50 pl., viii pp., occas. lt. foxing, folio, pict. cl.; HAKE, A.Egmont. Paris Originals. With Twenty Etchings by Leon RichetonLondon, Kegan Paul, 1878.20 original etched plates of Parisian "types" and situations, vi.196pp., 36pp. adverts., 8vo., pictorial cloth. Two of the plates have a light waterstain on top corner, not touching image. A very good copy.The etchings are quite strange and striking, with a semi-naive quality. These appear to be Richepin's only book illustrations. Benezit merely lists him without details; ANONYMOUS [H.A.B.?]. Neilonde. An Egyptian Scrap-Book. Dublin, William Robertson, & London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., (1860).Illustrated titlepage, 18 illustrated leaves, printed recto only, of naive drawings, several to the page, with accompanying facsimile hand-written text under each, interleaved with protective tissues (a few tissues creased or chipped), oblong 4to, publisher's bl -
Estimate:A$300 - 450
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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