The Jacob Collection, The Property of an Important Swiss Collector, to be sold without reserve

A Corinthian pottery lidded pyxis Circa 6th Century B.C.The lid with tall knop and radiating bands of decoration in red and black, the cylindric...

A Greek terracotta recumbent lion Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C.Of hollow form, the head turned back with tongue projecting, the...

An Elamite silver cup Circa early 3rd Millennium B.C.With beaded out-turned rectangular rim, a double band of etched and dotted triangles at the ...

An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass alabastron Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.The disc rim applied with yellow trail, the blue body with zig-za...

A Roman colourless glass unguentarium Circa 1st Century A.D.With elongated pear-shaped body, cylindrical neck and flared mouth, 10cm high (4in hi...

A Roman aubergine and white marbled glass bottle Circa 1st Century A.D.The slender cylindrical neck with flared mouth and in-turned rim, the body...

Six Mesopotamian hardstone cylinder seals Circa 9th-8th Century B.C.Comprising four Neo-Assyrian seals, one of black serpentine with a kneeling ...

A Mesopotamian haematite cylinder seal Circa 1700-1600 B.C.Engraved with a winged deity opposed by a robed standing figure, with two further hori...

Two Egyptian glass heart beads and an Egyptian glass pomegranate New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII-XIX, circa 1350-1250 B.C.Both heart beads pierced lon...

An Egyptian glass twin bird amulet and an Egyptian glass papyrus column ear plug New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII-XIX, circa 1350-1250 B.C.The twin bir...

Two Eastern Mediterranean glass phallus amulets Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd to 1st Century B.C.Both rod-formed and tooled with suspension holes...

An Eastern Mediterranean glass phallus amulet Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd to 1st Century B.C. Rod-formed and tooled with suspension hole, the o...

An Egyptian glass heart bead, and two Egyptian glass papyrus column ear plugs New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII-XIX, circa 1350-1250 B.C.The heart bead ...

Two Egyptian glass heart beads and two Egyptian glass papyrus column ear plugs New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII-XIX, circa 1350-1250 B.C.The larger hea...

ALMANACH ROYALAlmanach royal annee bissextile M. DCC. LVI, calendar interleaved with black leaves with red printed border, contemporary citron mo...

ALMANACH ROYALAlmanach royal, année M. DCC. LXII, calendar interleaved, ticket of 'Larcher a la Teste Noire' pasted in facing title, contemporary...

ALMANACHS - GRAVELOT & COCHINAlmanach iconologique ou des arts pour l'année 1764; Almanach... l'année 1777. Les vertus et les vices, together 2 vo...

ALMANACHS - GRAVELOTAlmanach iconologique année 1768. Quatrième suite êtres métaphysiques; Almanach... 1772. Huitième suite, together 2 vol., en...

ALMANACH ROYALAlmanach royal pour l'année 1771, contemporary French red morocco gilt, covers richly gilt with arms at centre and armorial devices...

ALMANACH - COCHINAlmanach iconologique. Année 1774, deuxième partie. Des sciences, dixième suite, engraved throughout, title and 12 plates after ...

AUDEBERT (JEAN BAPTISTE)Histoire naturelle des Singes et des Makis, FIRST EDITION, half-title, section titles, list of subscribers, 61 engraved p...

[BLIGH (WILLIAM)]An Account of the Mutinous Seizure of the Bounty: with the Succeeding Hardships of the Crew. To which are added Secret Anecdotes ...

BLIGH (WILLIAM)A Voyage to the South Sea... for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrai...

BLONDEL (JEAN-FRANCOIS)Description des festes données par la ville de Paris, à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & de Do...

BOSSUT (CHARLES)Histoire générale des mathématiques depuis leur origine jusqu'à l'année 1808, 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait frontispi...

BOWYER (ROBERT)The Triumphs of Europe in the Campaigns of the Years 1812, 1813, 1814 [An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of E...

BRISEUX (CHARLES-ETIENNE)Traité du Beau essentiel dans les Arts, 2 vol., engraved throughout with portrait frontispiece, titles, text and plates,...

[CHORIER (NICOLAS)]Le Meursius françois, ou Entretiens galans d'Aloysia, 2 vol., printed on 'papier bleuâtre', half-titles, frontispiece and 12 e...

CLAIRAUT (ALEXIS-CLAUDE)Elemens de geometrie, FIRST EDITION, 14 folding engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, upper cover gilt lettered 'Sa...

CROCKETT (DAVID)Davy Crockett's Almanack of Wild Sports in the West, vol. 1, no. 3, 12 full-page woodcut illustrations, self-wrappers, front cove...

[DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE)]Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, together 2 vol., half-titles...

[GERVAISE DE LA TOUCHE (JEAN-CHARLES)]Mémoires de Saturnin écrit par lui-même, 2 parts in 1 vol., large paper copy printed on blue paper, 24 plat...

JOHNSON (SAMUEL)The Works of the English Poets, 75 vol., half-titles, engraved portraits, some leaves lightly spotted, contemporary red morocco g...

JOUY (HENRI BARBET DE)Gemmes et joyaux de la couronne au Musée du Louvre, introduction par Alfred Darcel, etched plates by Jules Jacquemart, loos...

KNOX (ROBERT)An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies, together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity of the Author...

LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)Contes et nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved portraits, 80 engraved plates by Aliamet, Bacquoy, Choffard and others after E...

LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)Contes et nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait of the author, 24 engraved plates after Desrais by Aveli...

LODDIGES (CONRAD) & SONSThe Botanical Cabinet, Consisting of Coloured Delineations of Plants from all Countries with a Short Account of Each, 20 v...

LEAR (EDWARD)Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, First edition, lithographed title and 20 tinted lithographed views by Day & Son after Lear, subsc...

LONGUSAmours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, additional engraved title by Audran after Coypel, 28 plates by Audran after the Philippe d'Orléans, ...

LONGUSAmours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, ruled in red throughout, additional engraved title, 29 hand-coloured engraved plates by Audran after...

LONGUSAmours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, traduites du grec de Longus par Amyot, Roman type (Didot gros Romain), printed on papier velin, 9 en...

MOLLET (JOSEPH)Gnomonique graphique, ou Méthode simple et facile pour tracer les cadrans solaires sur toute sorte de plans, second edition, 8 fol...

MONNIER (HENRY)Suite of 33 erotic prints, hand-coloured lithographs, trimmed to image and mounted, various sizes, [1850s-70s]Footnotes:Monnier (1...

PLAYING CARDS'Alart' [Jack of Hearts]; 'Hector' [Jack of Diamonds] , pochoir-coloured (red, green, blue and grey-brown) wood-engavings on paper, ...

PLAYING CARD'Jacques Vise' [Jack], wood-engraving on paper, pochoir-coloured (red, green, brown, grey-blue), the figure in courtly French dress, ...

TURGOT (MICHEL ETIENNE) AND LOUIS BRETEZPlan de Paris commencé l'Année 1734, folding double-page index map and very large perspective plan on 20 ...

THIOUT (ANTOINE)Traité de l'horlogerie, méchanique et pratique, 2 vol., second edition, 91 folding engraved plates, occasional light dampstaining...

WHISTLER (REX)SWIFT (JONATHAN) Gulliver's Travels... Illustrated by Rex Whistler, 2 vol., NUMBER 33 OF 195 COPIES, engraved title vignettes, 12 h...

VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE)The Elements of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy, translated from the French, revised and corrected by John Hanna,...

WILDE (OSCAR)Salomé: drame en un acte, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'A MON CHER AMI/ ARISTIDE BRUANT/ OSCAR WILDE' on fly...

POSTCARDSCollection of approximately 28 postcards of female nudes, nearly all real photo postcards, gelatin silver prints, by J. Mandel, PC Paris...

POSTCARDSCollection of approximately 85 postcards of female nudes, nearly all real photo postcards, gelatin silver prints, many by Sapi studio wi...

DAGUERREOTYPELouisiana Hotel and Store, Jackson, California, [1852]Sixth-plate daguerreotype, cased; together with another image of the same build...

DAGUERREOTYPEFemale nude, seated reading a book by a table lamp, [1850s]Stereoscopic daguerreotype, hand-tinted with gilt highlights, enclosed wit...

DAGUERREOTYPEFemale nude, as an Egyptian dancer, [c.1850]Sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-coloured and gilt in places, in later frame80 x 70mm.Foot...

AMBROTYPEFemale nude, drying her hair, [1850s-60s]Sixth-plate ambrotype, oval gilt surround, cased70 x 60mm.Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, Phot...

Dr. Paul Gerhardt, and anotherMasked nudes, c.1890 and 1920Bromoil print, signed in ink on recto, with affixed paper label to verso with typed pho...

Various PhotographersFemale nude studies, [1880-1890s]Album containing 36 albumen prints, some numbered in the negative, window-mounted, green clo...

Albert WyndhamFemale nude wearing black hat and mask, c.1900Gelatin silver print, with photographer's ink credit stamp on verso, matted210 x 140mm...