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A Selection Featuring Works by the Pre-Raphaelites, Their Associates & Followers
| 1860-1910: PAINTINGS DRAWINGS SCULPTURE
(London: Fischer Fine Art, June-July 1979). 25.5 x 20cm, in
original printed card wraps, [18] pp., w/numerous b&w & colour
plates. Very Good. C$25 THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT AND THE CULT OF JAPAN (London: Fine Art Society Ltd., Oct. 1972). 21 x 30cm, in original decorative card wraps w/title to fr. cover, 56 pp. listing 325 works, w/numerous b&w & sepia plates. Very Good. (Inv. #654) C$60 ALBERT GOODWIN RWS 1845-1932: A MAIDSTONE ARTIST (Maidstone: Museum & Art Gallery, 1994). 18 x 20.5cm, in original card wraps w/photo & title to covers, 60 pp. listing 55 works, w/numerous colour & b&w plates. Very Good. (Inv. #657) C$60 BRITISH SELF PORTRAITS c.1580-c.1860 (London: Arts Council, 1962). 25 x 18.5cm, in original card wraps w/photo & title to fr. cover, 28 pp. listing 88 portraits, w/plates section. Very Good. (Inv. #243) C$35 CATALOGUE THIRTY-THREE, and CATALOGUE 40 (London: Hartnoll & Eyre Ltd., 1973 & 1974). First editions, 22 x 11cm, in original card wraps w/titles to fr. covers, listing 50 & 35 works, several illus. in b&w, w/Price Lists loosely inserted. Both Very Good. (Inv. #848) C$25 DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI: PAINTER AND POET (London & Birmingham: Royal Academy & City Museum & Art Gallery, 1973). 25 x 18.5cm, in original pale green card wraps w/red DGR monogram to covers & red title to spine, 112 pp. listing 379 works, w/frontis portrait, several b&w illustrations & plates section to rear, +Errata slip loosely inserted. Near-Fine. Fennell 109. (Inv. #201) C$40 ENGLISH ROMANTIC ART 1850-1920: PRE-RAPHAELITES, ACADEMICS SYMBOLISTS (New York: Shepherd Gallery, 18 Oct-18 Nov. 1989). First edition, 24 x 18.5cm, in original tan pictorial card wraps w/title to fr. cover, listing 146 works, most illus. in b&w & colour. Very Good (fr. cover sl. stained). (Inv. #853) C$30 THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS (London: Royal Academy, 1861, 1869 & 1870). Three volumes, 24.5 x 18.5cm (8vo), 64, 72 & 64 pp. respectively. All 3 printed by William Clowes & Sons, London. Bindings Poor (considerable loss to wraps); contents Good (moderate soiling, & creases to several leaves). (Inv. #40) C$100 FINE VICTORIAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS (London: Sotheby's Belgravia, 18 April 1978). First edition, 20 x 21cm, in original red card wraps w/black title to fr. cover, 110 pp. listing 229 works, many illus. in b&w & colour, w/Price List loosely inserted. Very Good (pencilled note & creases to covers). (Inv. #843) C$40 GOOD EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH FURNITURE (London: Sotheby's, 1982-83). Ten catalogues (26 Mar., 16 Apr., 24 Sept. 1982; 18 & 25 Feb., 4 Mar., 29 Apr., 13 May, 30 Sept., 4 Nov., 5 Nov. 1983), first editions, in dark olive card wraps w/black decorations & titles to covers, all illustrated w/b&w plates. Bindings Good (upper corners of fr. covers trimmed on 6 of the 10); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #481) C$80 HIGHLY IMPORTANT VICTORIAN PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS (London: Sotheby's Belgravia, 24 October 1978). First edition, 19.5 x 20.5cm, in original red cloth w/gilt title to spine, red ep.s, 72 pp. listing 34 works, all illus. in b&w & colour, in pictorial dustjacket, w/Price List loosely inserted. Near-Fine (extremities of dj sl. rubbed). (Inv. #845) C$60 HIGHLY IMPORTANT VICTORIAN PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS (London: Sotheby's Belgravia, 19 March 1979). First edition, 19.5 x 20.5cm, in original red cloth w/gilt title to spine, red ep.s, 104 pp. listing 48 works, all illus. in b&w & colour, in pictorial dustjacket, w/Price List tipped in. Very Good (dj's lower fr. panel torn & creased). (Inv. #844) C$60 LOAN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES FROM THE CITY ART GALLERY BIRMINGHAM (London: Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., 1957). 23 x 18cm, in original pale green card wraps w/text to fr. cover, 48 pp. listing 80 works, w/colour frontis & several b&w plates. Very Good. (Inv. #246) C$40 LOAN EXHIBITION OF VICTORIAN PAINTING 1837-1887 (London: Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., 1961). 23 x 17.5cm, in original card wraps w/photo & text to fr. cover, 71 pp. listing 138 works, w/several b&w plates & Introduction by Graham Reynolds. Good. Fredeman 18.23. (Inv. #245) C$40  LOAN
EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY FORD MADOX BROWN AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITES
(Manchester: City Art Gallery, 14 Sept.-30 Nov. 1911). Second
edition, 20.5 x 16.5cm (8vo), in original slate grey wraps w/printed
title to fr. wrap, 108 (xx) pp. listing 319 works + FMB's 12 Town Hall
murals, w/Introduction by J. Ernest Pythian & numerous unpaginated
b&w plates. Printed by John Heywood Ltd., Manchester.
Very Good (moderate fading & creasing to wraps). Fredeman 8.6
& 16.7 (until 1984 "one of the most extensive Pre-Raphaelite loan
exhibitions ever held"). (Inv. #743) C$200MODERN PICTURES AND DRAWINGS BEING THE REMAINING STOCK OF MESSRS. W.W. SAMPSON & SON (London: Christie's, 4 April 1930). First edition, 24.5 x 15.5cm, in original pale blue paper wraps w/black title to fr. cover, 24 pp. w/one b&w plate (Returning to the Fold by Edward Stott), listing 193 works. Good (edges of wraps toned, & contents sl. creased). (Inv. #846) C$50 OLD MASTER & 18TH-20TH CENTURY PAINTINGS, WATERCOLOURS, DRAWINGS & PRINTS (London: Christie's & Sotheby's, 1939, 1941-70, 1980). Approx. 600 individual (unbound as issued) auction catalogues dating from 1941 thru 1970 & several from 1939 & 1980. Paper & card wraps as issued, mostly 8vo (a few sl. larger), some include b&w & colour plates. Bindings Very Good (occas. lt. soiling); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #213) C$500 PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY VICTORIAN ARTISTS IN ENGLAND (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1965). 25.5 x 20.5cm, in white card wraps w/red & blue title to fr. cover, 104 pp. w/colour frontis., 3 colour plates & numerous b&w plates, listing 172 works, w/Introduction by Allen Staley. Good. (Inv. #259) C$30 PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE LEATHART COLLECTION (Newcastle: Laing Art Gallery, 1968). 18.5 x 24.5cm, in original white card wraps w/photo & title to fr. cover, 36 pp. listing 102 items, w/16 b&w plates. Very Good. Fennell 105. (Inv. #392) C$70 LE PAYSAGE ANGLAIS DES PRERAPHAELITES AUX SYMBOLISTES (Paris: Galerie du Luxembourg, April 1974). 24.5 x 18cm, in original card wraps w/photo to fr. cover, 69 pp. listing 78 works, w/numerous b&w & colour plates. Very Good. C$20 LA PEINTURE ROMANTIQUE ANGLAIS ET LES PRERAPHAELITES (Paris: Petit Palais, Jan.-Apr. 1972). 23.5 x 21cm, in original pictorial card wraps, listing 344 works, w/numerous b&w & colour plates. Very Good. (Inv. #652) C$80 |
PICTURES, DRAWINGS, DESIGNS AND STUDIES BY THE LATE
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI; DRAWINGS
AND STUDIES BY SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES, BART.; etc. (London:
Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1875-1899). First editions of thirteen
catalogues, 26.5 x 20.5cm (4to), all bound in modern navy morocco-grain
cloth w/gilt title to spine, a.e. blue-speckled, & cream
ep.s. The 13 cats. are: Wenceslaus Hollar (1875, 40pp.
lising 136 works); John Samuel Raven (1878, 16pp. listing 54
works); Rossetti (1883, 56pp. listing 153 works, w/preface by
Henry Virtue Tebbs); J.M.W. Turner (1886, 8pp. listing 35
engravings); James McArdell (1886, viii + 48pp. listing 225
portraits); John Sell Cotman (1888, 38pp. listing 137 items); Spencer
Vincent (1890, xviii + 14pp. listing 175 works); Netherlandish
& Allied Schools (1892, xxii + 26pp. listing 60 works); Luca
Signorelli (1893, xx + 24pp. listing 128 items); School of
Ferrara-Bologna (1894, xxxvi + 58pp. listing 101 items w/Catalogue
Raisonné); Alfred William Hunt (1897, viii + 14pp.
listing 138 works); Milanese & Allied Schools (1898, lxxxii
+ 40pp. listing 76 works & numerous photographs); and, Burne-Jones
(1899, xx + 56pp. listing 199 items, w/Intro by Cosmo Monkhouse), most
w/lists of lenders & indeces of works exhibited. From the
Lambeth Central Reference Library, w/their bookplate to fr. pastedown
& small stamp to 1st cat.; also w/the small oval stamp of the Tate
Central Library to final 2 cats. Except for the unobtrusive
library markings, a Near-Fine copy. Fredeman 9.10 & 14.3,
Fennell 82. (Inv. #782) C$450 PRÄRAFFAELITEN (Frankfurt am Main: Städtische Galerie & Städelsches Kunstinstitut, 16 Mar.-5 May 1974). First edition, German language text, 27.5 x 22cm, in original pictorial aqua card wraps w/folded fr. flaps, printed title to spine, 338 pp. interleafed w/Morris's wallpaper designs on glassine paper, listing 204 works, many illus. in b&w & colour. Includes essays written by German critics, whose opinions are rather condescending. Good (extremities worn). Fennell 110. (Inv. #873) C$100 THE PRE-RAPHAELITES (London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 8 Apr.-12 May 1948). First edition, 21.5 x 14cm, in original white paper wraps w/title & image printed in red to fr. cover & H.C. Beck's Underground design printed in red to rear, 36 pp. listing 118 works. Good. Fredeman 16.19, Fennell 98. (Inv. #745) C$50 THE PRE-RAPHAELITES (Indianapolis & NY: Herron Museum of Art & Gallery of Modern Art, 1964). 25.5 x 18cm, in original dark blue embossed card wraps w/gilt design to covers & gilt title to spine, listing 89 works (the final 5 are listed on a loosely inserted "Additions to the Exhibition" sheet). Good. Fredeman 16.27, Fennell 101. (Inv. #307) C$50 THE PRE-RAPHAELITES (London: Tate Gallery/Allen Lane, 1984). First edition, 29.5 x 23.5cm, in publisher's plum cloth w/blindstamped "PRB" device to fr. cover & gilt title to spine, mustard ep.s, 312 pp. w/numerous b&w & colour plates, listing 250 works, in pictorial dust-jacket. Probably the largest & most successful exhibition of the Pre-Raphaelites ever mounted. Good. (Inv. #208) C$100 THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND THEIR CIRCLE (Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1978). 25.5 x 20cm, in original white & black pictorial card wraps w/black title to fr. cover, decorative ep.s, 75 pp. listing 59 exhibits, w/numerous colour & b&w plates. Very Good. (Inv. #182) C$30 THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES, SECOND EXHIBITION (London: Maas Gallery, November 1962). 18.5 x 12cm, in original card wraps w/photo & text to fr. cover, [24] pp. listing 137 works, w/b&w plates section. Very Good. Fredeman 16.26. (Inv. #238) C$30 ROMANTIC ART IN BRITIAN: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1760-1860 (NY & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, 1968). First edition, 23.5 x 28.5cm [landscape 4to], in publisher's crimson linen-texture cloth w/gilt title to spine, 336 pp. listing 235 works exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts (9 Jan.-18 Feb.) & Philadelphia Museum of Art (14 Mar.-21 Apr.), w/numerous b&w illus., in Brodart-protected pictorial dustjacket. With Catalogue by Frederick Cummings & Allen Staley, & Essays by Cummings, Staley, & Robert Rosenblum. Good (binding moderately shaken & dusty). (Inv. #757) C$50 ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS BICENTENARY EXHIBITION (London: Royal Academy, 1968). Two volumes (Text & Plates), 20 x 21cm, both in original blue/russet card wraps w/titles to fr. covers & spines, 285 & 114 pp. listing 1037 works. Very Good. (Inv. #242) C$40 SELECTIONS FROM THE PRE-RAPHAELITES (Sackville NB: Owens Art Gallery, 1975-76). 23 x 23cm, in original card wraps w/colour photo & title to fr. cover, [12] pp. w/1 b&w plate. Signed by the Curator (Alan McNairn) to titlepage. Good. (Inv. #655) C$50 VICTORIAN PAINTING (London: Fine Art Society Ltd., Nov.-Dec. 1977). 21 x 21cm, in original card wraps w/colour photo & title to fr. cover, listing 77 works, w/numerous colour & b&w plates. Very Good. C$20 VICTORIAN PAINTINGS 1837-1890 (Sheffield: Mappin Art Gallery, 1968). 21 x 14.5cm, in original card wraps w/photo & text to fr. cover, 57 pp. listing 201 works, w/Errata slip bound in. Very Good. (Inv. #241) C$70 VICTORIAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS (London: Sotheby's Belgravia, 18 September 1973). First edition, 20 x 21cm, in original red card wraps w/black title to fr. cover, 64 pp. listing 212 works, many illus. in b&w. Very Good (prev. owner's ink note to fr. cover). (Inv. #842) C$30 VICTORIAN PAINTINGS DRAWINGS AND WATER-COLOURS (London: Maas Gallery, 19 March-6 April 1979). 18.5 x 12.5cm, in original card wraps w/photo & title to fr. cover, [24] pp. listing 100 works, w/b&w & colour plates. Near-Fine. (Inv. #849) C$20 VICTORIAN ROMANTICS (London: Christopher Wood Gallery, 14 November-7 December 1985). First edition, 20 x 21cm, in original white pictorial card wraps w/black title to fr. cover, listing 36 works, all illus. in b&w & colour. Very Good (rear cover scratched). (Inv. #850) C$30 THE VICTORIAN SCENE (London: M. Newman Ltd., 14 Nov.-14 Dec. 1962). First edition, 18 x 26.5cm, in original card wraps w/photo & text to fr. cover, [44] pp. listing 50 works, several illus. in b&w. Very Good (covers sl. soiled w/ink inscr. to verso of fr. cover). (Inv. #847) C$40  WORKS
BY ENGLISH PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTERS (London: His Majesty's
Stationery Office, 1912). 20.5 x 16.5cm (4to), in publisher's
slate grey wraps, bound in sl. later dark green patterned sand-grain
cloth w/gilt title to spine, brown mottled ep.s, 22 [vi] pp. listing 93
works, +13 full-page b&w plates. Printed by Darling & Son
Ltd., London. This exhibition, held at the National Gallery of
British Art (Tate Gallery), ran from Dec. 1911 to Mar. 1912 &
featured the best Pre-Raphaelite works from the collection of the
Birmingham City Art Gallery. With the decorative bookplate of the
Royal Borough of Kensington Public Libraries to fr. pastedown, &
the usual markings to contents. Except for the markings, Very
Good. Fredeman 16.8. (Inv. #572) C$120 |