Holiday 2023 Catalogue

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169. [Literature & Art] [Mouse Trap].
CDV Photograph

Unusual still-life carte de visite photograph, ca. 1880s, of a mouse ensnared in an intricate homemade mouse trap.  The peculiar trap has been arranged in an open facing box, with an open pocket knife perched on top and adding to the somewhat threatening and surreal nature of the composition.  Photographer's stamp to verso.  Light scratching to surface and mild toning throughout; overall fine.  Photograph 2.5 x 4.25 inches (6.35 x 10.8 cm.); matted to an overall size of 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.).

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43. [Holiday Greetings] [Marie Antoinette (1755–1793)] Beaugeard, Pierre Jean Baptiste. (1764-1832).
Letter Sending New Year's Greetings while under House Arrest

Manuscript document signed on behalf of the Queen (“Marie Antoinette") and countersigned, both signatures by her secretary Pierre Jean Baptiste Beaugeard, 1 page, folio, Paris, 31 January 1791, to her cousin, thanking him for his New Year greetings and assuring him of her affections. Dispatch slits, overall in very fine condition and with a scarce paper seal depicting Marie Antoinette’s coat of arms present to the lower left. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait "MARIE ANTOINETTE - JOSEPH. JEANNE (d'Autriche)...Gravé d'après un Dessin de Moreau)". Visible area of letter and portrait, each 8 x 12 inches (20.3 x 30.5), overall 21 x 16 inches (53.3 x 40.6). Unexamined out of frame, 2 inch tear to blank area visible, toning around the edges, else apparently fine, though would benefit from a fresh acid-free mat.  Read More...


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Autograph Letter

180. [Literature & Art] [Voltaire. (1694-1778)] [Huber, Jean. (1721-1786)] Holloway, Thomas. (1748-1827).
"Voltaire after Hubert" – Original Etching

Original etching by English painter and engraver Thomas Holloway, ca. 1791, who created these thirty-three head portraits of the French philosopher after illustrations by Swiss painter Jean Huber for Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, London, Bensley, 1789-98.  Toning and scattered foxing, irregularly trimmed, overall in fine condition.  7.5 x 9.25 inches (19 x 23.5 cm.). Read More...

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188. [History & Culture] [French Beauty] .
Rockfellson Facial Douche, ca. 1930

Rare and striking 1930s French Rockfellson facial douche, together with the original box. Transparent plastic moulded mask, aluminum tubing, illustrated container. In fine condition, apart from normal wear to the box and to the plastic mask (including a custom cut in the mouth, most likely to make it more "comfortable" during the treatment) and aluminum tubing.  Box 10.4 x 7.5 x 4 inches (26.5 x 19 x 9.5 cm.). Read More...

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42. [Holiday Greetings] List, Eugene. (1918–1985) [Lucioni, Luigi. (1900–1988)] .
Signed Letter and Holiday Cards

Signed invitation by the American pianist to the summer Music Festival at the South Vermont Arts Center, May 1979, probably sent to Italian-American painter Luigi Lucioni.  1 p.  Photocopied, with autograph signature, some decorative notation in red marker and mounted black-and-white photograph of the South Vermont Arts Center.  11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 21.6 cm).  Lower edge creased, else in fine condition. Read More...

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