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Emporium Auction | January 25, 2024

Thu, Jan 25, 2024 09:00AM EST
Lot 616

Ten Folios on Venetian Architecture and French Art

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

including: Examples of the Architecture of Venice by John Ruskin, Kent: George Allen, 1887, one volume (complete) containing 16 plate illustrations, housed in green and gilt lettered folio case; together with nine volumes (incomplete) of Masterpieces of French Art, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co.

Provenance: Private Knoxville Collection; by descent in family

Condition

wear to extremities, scattered small tears and losses, surface dirt and staining, some toning and foxing throughout, folio cases with significant losses and structurally fragile; Masterpieces of French Art with some plates loose/out of order, likely lacking some plates

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Private Knoxville Collection; by descent in family