Gotha: Chez Justus Perthes. 1837. First Edition. Inscribed "To the Queen/from her grateful + affect[tionate] Adel[k?]chen / July 6. 1837." Publisher's red cloth gilt with the armorial crest of Ferdinand I of Austria. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (11 x 7.5 cm); vi, [48], 290, 92, [2] pp., with engraved portraits, pages edged in gilt. Light wear, overall fine. Read More...
An ornamental music folder, boards covered in gold velvet, the front board decorated with four brass corner ornaments each inlaid with multi-color cloisonné, surrounding an elaborate and large central decoration in brass and detailed cloisonné with a raised image of a lyre at the center. 14.25 x 11.25x .5 inches. From the collection of King Farouk of Egypt, sold originally at the 1988 Oakland Galleries auction of the J.W. Menhall Estate, including items from the King Farouk Collection, and sold here with a copy of the sale catalogue in which the folder is illustrated. Read More...
Vintage 10 x 8 inch news press photograph, ca. 1920. The verso with various stamps and the original press stub reading "Stalin, although generally regarded at the present moment as the leading light in the Soviet, is not averse to mixing with the 'Comrades' occasionally. Here he is in Moscow, in Center, dressed in a White Shirt, and smoking his pipe, posing with some of the 'Boy Friends' for his photograph!" Corners chipped, else fine.
Engraving of the Italian cleric and puritanical reformer, shown as a larger-than-life figure towering over Florence, with tiny citizens and a pyre in the foreground. At upper left: I. Deel. At upper right, partially scratched out: [Pag.?] 453. Light toning and a few large spots of foxing at the edges; overall very good. 6.75 x 11 inches (17.3 x 28.5 cm). Read More...
Anonymous uniface portrait medal, facing left in monastic hood and gown, inscribed F · HIERONYMVS SAVONAROLA ORDINIS PRAEDICAT ("Friar Hieronymous Savonarola of the Order of Preachers"). 3.3 inch (8 cm.) diameter. With a hanging loop welded to the reverse. Very fine. Read More...