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WILILIAM DUGDALE (1605-1686): THE HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL IN LONDON
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/ 1658, United Kingdom, London / 34,3 x 22,5 x 2,5 cm
This full leather bound book with the title in gold in the spine is divided into three sections with their own subsections, including "Danse Macabre", an allegory from the Late Middle Ages. Richly illustrated with original etches by Wenceslaus Hollar. The book contains a total of 44 engravings of various types and sizes (folded, two-page prints, one-page prints, and with text). Provenance: Horatio Walpole (1717–1797), 4th Earl of Oxford, architect, writer, politician and creator of the Gothic novel. His bookplate is on the pastedown; an annotation of the book from a period catalogue is on the flyleaf. Full leather binding, sewn binding with five raised bands, gilded title, leather cover restored in the past, original leather section returned, water spots in areas of the right lower section of the book signatures, 299 pages, index contains 5 pages. Enclosed: Hollar, SborniÌk grafickeÌho umeÌŒniÌ (Anthology of Printmaking), volume 29, published 1957.
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/ 1658, United Kingdom, London / 34,3 x 22,5 x 2,5 cm
This full leather bound book with the title in gold in the spine is divided into three sections with their own subsections, including "Danse Macabre", an allegory from the Late Middle Ages. Richly illustrated with original etches by Wenceslaus Hollar. The book contains a total of 44 engravings of various types and sizes (folded, two-page prints, one-page prints, and with text). Provenance: Horatio Walpole (1717–1797), 4th Earl of Oxford, architect, writer, politician and creator of the Gothic novel. His bookplate is on the pastedown; an annotation of the book from a period catalogue is on the flyleaf. Full leather binding, sewn binding with five raised bands, gilded title, leather cover restored in the past, original leather section returned, water spots in areas of the right lower section of the book signatures, 299 pages, index contains 5 pages. Enclosed: Hollar, SborniÌk grafickeÌho umeÌŒniÌ (Anthology of Printmaking), volume 29, published 1957.
EVENING AUCTION 2017
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Lots: 149
Venue Address
ARTHOUSE HEJTMANEK
Gallery & Auction House, Ltd.
Goetheho 2
Prague 6
160 00
Czech Republic
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WHERE
ARTHOUSE HEJTMÁNEK
Gallery and Auction house Ltd.
Goetheho 2
160 00 Prague 6
Czech Republic
WHEN
Preauction Exhibition: 16. – 29. 11. 2017 / 10.00 – 18.00
Auction: 30. 11. 2017: entry from 5 pm, start at 6 pm
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WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO
We cordially invite all art lovers to our special Evening Auction held regularly each year at our gallery, Arthouse Hejtmánek in Prague–Bubeneč. The auction will be held in the winter garden adjacent to the gallery on Thursday, November 30, 2017 from 6pm.
We will auction extraordinary works of art, antiques and design from the 14th century to the present.
There will be many surprising items that will touch and excite any collector - please inspire yourself seeing our preauction video of the exhibition and lots here.
