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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Second Ed., Tipped-in Signature, 1850
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Printed Cambridge: Metcalf and Company. Second edition...
Category
1850s American Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Paper
The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, First Us Edition, 1962
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1962. First US edition, first printing. Octavo. Presented in the publisher's original dust jacket and original cloth boards. With new archival quarter leather and cloth clamshell archival case.
This is the first US edition of Ian Fleming’s tenth James Bond thriller, The Spy Who Loved Me. The book is presented in the publisher’s original boards and dust jacket, with Richard Chopping’s classic artwork...
Category
1960s Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Paper
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, 1872
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1872. Illustrated by John Tenniel. First US Edition. Octavo. Rebound in full white lea...
Category
1870s American Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Paper
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Trade Edition, in Dust Jacket
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First trade edition, first issue. In the original first-state dust jacket and publisher’s black cloth boards. Presented in a new archival ¼ leather and cloth clamshell case, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and titles to the spine.
Presented is a first trade edition, first issue of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. The book was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York, in September of 1929. This first printing is presented with its original first issue dust jacket. The dust jacket, as designed by Cleonike Damianakes Wilkins, is considered by many to be one of the greatest of the 20th century and rivals even The Great Gatsby in its collectibility.
Set during World War I, A Farewell to Arms tells the story of a young American Lieutenant serving as an ambulance driver in Italy struggling through love and war. The story is told through first person narration detailing many aspects of war that would have been very familiar to readers at the time, as the book was published only 11 years after the 1918 armistice. The simple, direct tone his character uses when giving his unromanticized account of the war later defined Hemingway’s writing style.
A Farewell to Arms is loosely based on Hemingway’s own experiences. The author briefly served overseas as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army, sustained injuries, and met a nurse who he eventually proposed marriage to but was declined. The novel’s post-war disillusionist subject assigned Hemingway to the “Lost Generation” of Modernist artists.
A Farewell to Arms was Hemingway’s most successful publishing venture to date. Charles Scribner's Sons issued seven impressions of the novel in the short time between September and December of 1929, with over 100,000 volumes sold. The novel secured Hemingway’s place as a popular American author and became his first bestselling book.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy of words and dry understatement, strongly influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and his public image. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are now considered classics of American literature.
The book’s striking dust jacket design was illustrated by the artist Cleonike Damianakes Wilkins, who worked under the pen name of Cleon. Wilkins was known for her distinctive fusion of Art Deco and Hellenistic styles. She designed the dust jackets for Hemingway’s earlier The Sun Also Rises in 1926 and his later publication In Our Time in 1930, as well as Conrad Aiken’s Great Circle, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s All the Sad Young Men,and Zelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz.
Wilkins was chosen by Hemingway’s celebrated editor at Scribner’s, Maxwell Perkins. In order to differentiate Hemingway’s tale from other, competing WWI novels on the bookshop shelves, Perkins sought to widen its appeal through the dust jacket. The resulting design was Wilkins’ interpretation of Sandro Botticelli’s epic oil painting “Venus...
Category
1920s American Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Paper
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, First Edition, Two-Volume Set, 1875
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Written By Himself. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First edition. In two volumes. Rebound in quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. New custom archival cloth slipcase with Sherman portrait inlay.
Presented is a first edition printing of The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman. This two volume book set was published by D. Appleton and Company, in New York, in 1875. It is presented here, rebound in striking quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers, and a custom archival cloth slipcase to fit both books.
Ten years after the end of the Civil War, Sherman became the first General to publish his memoirs of that period. He began writing his account in 1872 and the two volumes were published by D. Appleton and Company in the spring of 1875. According to the publisher’s prospectus, the two volume set was originally offered in four different bindings, including fine blue cloth, green cloth, full sheepskin, and half blue moroccan leath.
Sherman explains his motivations for writing in the preface of Volume I: “Nearly ten years have passed since the close of the civil war in America, and yet no satisfactory history thereof is accessible to the public;…. What is now offered is not designed as a history of the war, or even as a complete account of all the incidents in which the writer bore a part, but merely his recollection of events, corrected by a reference to his own memoranda, which may assist the future historian when he comes to describe the whole, and account for the motives and reasons which influenced some of the actors in the grand drama of war.”
His two volume account touches briefly on his early life, including his time at West Point, his life in and out of the army in Florida, California, New York, Kansas, and Louisiana. Yet the bulk of the writing is focused on the Civil War. “Written with the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns” his memoir provides firsthand accounts of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the infamous Atlanta campaign, and his march to the sea through Georgia and the Carolinas.
The memoir describes striking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisive and often outspoken wartime orders and reports. Throughout it all, Sherman is quite frank in describing the rights and wrongs of the campaigns he saw, writing without much concern for the feelings or experiences of others. This complex self-portrait of an innovative and relentless American general provides for a vivid read and an exceptional Civil War account.
CONDITION:
Good condition. First edition. In two volumes. Beautifully restored and rebound. Quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. Paper is okay to good, with toning as to be expected. Scattered spots and smudges. Inscribed twice by previous owner, inscription on the top of the Note page of Vol I and on the full title page of Vol II. Large "Military Map...
Category
1870s American Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Day of the Jackal, Signed by Frederick Forsyth, First American Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Forsyth, Frederick. The Day of the Jackal. New York: Viking Press, [1971]. First American edition. Signed and inscribed by Forsyth on the title page....
Category
1970s Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Paper
Moon Shot, By Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, Signed by Shepard, First Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Shepard, Alan, Slayton, Deke, Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1994. First Edition, Signed by Alan Shepard on title page. Introd...
Category
1990s American Modern 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Paper
McClellan's Own Story by George B. McClellan, First Edition, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
McClellan, George B. McClellan’s Own Story: The war for the Union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to it and them. New York: Charles Webster, 1887. First edition. Illustrated with steel plate engravings and maps. Rebound in quarter navy leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers, and a new archival cloth slipcase.
Presented is the first edition of George B. McClellan Civil War memoir, McClellan’s Own Story: The War for the Union. The memoir was published posthumously in 1887 by Charles Webster, in New York. It is presented rebound in stunning quarter navy leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and titles to the spine, and new marbled endpapers. The book comes with a new archival cloth slipcase, with an inset image of McClellan on the front.
General George B. McClellan is one of the most controversial figures of the American Civil War. His chief contribution to the Union cause was his brilliant ability to organize and train troops. Yet he proved to be an overly cautious and indecisive General. Despite early wins in West Virginia, McClellan began to fear the Confederate Army’s growing size and strength. He grew increasingly hesitant to engage without more men or resources and disagreed with many of Lincoln’s war decisions. As a result, McClellan was removed as General-in-Chief in the spring of 1862, though he retained command of the Army of the Potomac. After the Battle of Seven Pines, a hasty retreat to Washington after the Seven Days Battles, and the epic contest at Antietam, McClellan was removed from all command in November of that same year. He went on to become the unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee in the 1864 presidential election against the Republican Lincoln.
Criticized after the Civil War, McClellan never publicly defended his actions as commander of the Union army. In this book, however, his memoir provides his answers to the many critics. Using a combination of military documents...
Category
1880s American Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Paper
Midcentury Leather and Wood Italian Gymnastics Horse, 1960
Located in Rome, IT
1960s gym horse. Upper part covered in leather, well-kept and of the period.
The lower part, the four legs, is made of wood. At the end of the legs are iron squares that allow you t...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Wood
David, Francois-Anne The Antiquities of Herculaneum 12 Volumes Period Bindings
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Antiquities of Herculaneum with their explanations in French. Published, Paris, 1781-1803. This profusely illustrated set consists of 12 volumes retaining their original marbled ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Paper
John Muir Editor, Picturesque California, The Rocky Mountains & Pacific Slope
Located in San Francisco, CA
A first edition 10 volume folio set of Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains edited by John Muir, the famous American author and naturalist printed in 188...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Paper
Works of F. Crawford in 5 Volumes Bound in Blue Morocco Leather with Gilt Spines
Located in San Francisco, CA
The works of Victorian period American author F. Marion Crawford (1854-1909) an erudite novelist born in Italy, the son of a sculptor. The set includes some of his better known works...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Leather, Paper
Weighted Wood Chess Set by John Jaques of London in Wood Box Kings, ca 1950
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its original box with a sliding lid, made by John Jaques of London and dating to the mid 20th century period.
The chess pieces are made of turned and carved varnished wood. The bases of ALL pieces are weighted with metal pieces and the bases have a green felt/paper cover.
Weighted sets like this one have a much nicer "feel" when playing.
The pieces in the set are in the Staunton style.
Sizes: Kings: 70mm ( ~ 2.75 inches); Pawns: ~45mm (~1.7 inches)
The set comes complete with its original wood storage box, having a sliding lid and complete with a paper makers sticker to the lid.
Overall a good "weighted" John Jaques chess...
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
19th C Antique Chess Set Game Regency Shape with 96mm Kings in Pine Lidded Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete handmade, hardwood chess set game of 32 pieces in a handmade pine box with a sliding lid, which we date to the turn of the 19th Century, Circa 1900.
The chess set is complete with 32 handmade and turned hardwood pieces, ( probably made of boxwood) all in the Regency shape or French Regence style. This Regence style are quite distinctive with the taller pieces and distinctive knights when compared to other designs and have a good "feel" when playing with. The box is handmade of pine with a sliding lid of good colour.
Kings are 96mm high (about 3~7/8 inches)
Knights are 90mm high
Pawns are 48 mm high (about 1~11/16 inches)
Note: Two of the white pawns are smaller replacements but of the same style. Please see images
Overall a very good handmade antique chess...
Category
Late 19th Century British Régence Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood, Pine
Handmade Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game walnut Inlaid box, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade Miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own inlaid hardwood box, which we date to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
This piece is all handmade. The chess set is complete with 32 wood pieces having pegged bases. The jointed box is handmade of hardwood, possibly walnut with line inlays of a lighter wood to the top and the base. The lid is a good fit to the base and the box has brass hinges and a brass fastener to keep the lid securely closed.
The inside of the lid has a fabric pad to keep the chess pieces in position when the lid is closed.
Overall a quality handmade, complete, travelling chess set...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
19th Century Travelling Marble Solitaire Game with 33 Handmade Clay Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original and complete game of travelling marble solitaire from the 19th century with 33 old clay and stone marbles, circa 1870.
This two-piece board has a fairly small di...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone
Complete Handmade Game Box with Dominoes, Six Dice & Playing Cards, circa 1940s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good handmade Inlaid, lidded games box or compendium, complete with a 6-spot Dominoe set, 6 dice and a set of playing cards, which we date to the mid-20th century, circa 1940s.
This is a lovely handmade Treen like games box set or compendium comprising;
A complete set of handmade wood 6-spot dominoes with brass inlaid detail
Six handmade wood dice with inlaid brass detail.
A set of boxed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
Hardwood Ruler for Hudson Engineering NJ by Geiger Bros Newark US, Ca 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a wooden desk ruler promoting the Hudson Engineering Co. who were based in Hoboken, New Jersey, US and produced by Geiger Brothers of Newark New Jersey, in the early 20th cen...
Category
Early 20th Century American 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Victorian Marble Solitaire Fine Hardwood Board with 33 Clay and Stone Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original and complete game of Marble Solitaire with a very good polished hand turned hardwood board and 33 early clay and stone marbles, all dating to the mid-19th century, Victorian period.
The board is finely hand turned with good detail, made of well figured hardwood, possibly red walnut and sitting on three small bun feet. It has 32 equi-spaced holes with an additional one in the center and a gallery to the outer perimeter. This board is particularly good with a lovely mellow color, developed over many years of use and polishing.
It comes complete with a full set of 33 ( 32 + one spare) early handmade playing marbles...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone
19th Century Complete Games Compendium in Hardwood Jointed Box Many Games
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality Games Compendium, complete with over 8 individual games, all in its original hardwood storage box with a hinged lid.
All the pieces are well made and complete.
The box is made of a jointed hardwood, possibly red walnut and is a high quality piece in its own right.
The box has developed a lovely color and patination from use and wear.
The box lid has two brass hinges and two brass loop catches to secure it closed. The interior is sectioned into different sub compartments by hardwood dividers.
Many different games are included within the compendium, including;
Horse racing game...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
King Edward V111 Royal Commemorative Pottery Beaker, May 12th 1937
By Staffordshire
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a royal commemorative earthenware (pottery) beaker celebrating the planned coronation of King Edward V111th on May 12th 1937.
The tapering beaker or cup would have been made...
Category
Mid-20th Century English 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Earthenware
Indoor Croquet Set Game for 7 Players in Jointed Wood Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original indoor or carpet croquet set game, coming with its own jointed wooden storage box, all dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
This is a classic game of strategy and skill, fun to play for all age groups.
The set has seven different colored balls and wood mallets...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal
Second half of the 19th century half-hull of an English schooner wooden
Located in Milan, IT
Second half of the 19th century half-hull of an English schooner wooden planking nailed and mounted on ebonized wooden board.
Good condition, board measures 100x 13x21 cm - inches...
Category
1870s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Indoor Cricket Game Hand Made Wood Set of 18 Pieces, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original wooden Cricket Game, all handmade, comprising 18 pieces, for indoor use on a table or carpet, all dating to the late 19th or early 20th century, circa 1900.
Th...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Wood
Weighted Resin Chess Set Game in Jointed Wood Box Kings, Ca 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English resin moulded "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in a jointed pine box, all dating to the early/ mid 20th century, Circa 1930's.
The chess...
Category
Early 20th Century British Medieval 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Resin, Pine
Staunton Fierce Knight Weighted Club Chess Set 8.5cm Kings Jointed Box, 19th C
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality and complete English handmade hardwood "Weighted" Club Chess Set game of 32 pieces, in the Staunton Fierce Knight pattern, all within a jointed wood box ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Hardwood
Late 19th Century "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case.
Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Bone, Wood
Art Nouveau Cigar Bands Decorated Glass Round Tray, Belgium, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Round shaped glass tray, mahogany wood base and brass band, with Cuban cigar labels, applied between the wood and the glass. Art and Craft period, Belgium ...
Category
1890s Belgian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
Stuffed Green Sandpiper Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Green Sandpiper (Tringa Ochropus) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brog...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Red crossbill (Loxia Curvirostra) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natu...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Herbalist Pharmacy Wooden Jars, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Set of 3 (of nine) big herbalist apothecary wooden jars (pine leaves, dill leaves, thyme leaves), in the purest Neoclassical style. The surface is finished...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Fruitwood
Anatomical Model of the Lungs and Heart, Germany 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Rare anatomical model for class, depicting human lungs and heart, made out of painted plaster, mounted on a black wooden base. By Louis M. Meusel, Germany circa 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century German 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Meershaum Pipe with a Waiter with the Face of a Monkey, Vienna, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Tobacco taster pipe, made out of carved meershaum, with amber mouthpiece. A waiter with the face of a monkey, serves in a tray, a bottle and a mug of beer, made of amber. Original ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone
Academic Cast Depicting a Psyche, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
An academic cast depicting a Psyche, Italy 1890. Sopra la base in gesso di forma rotonda, è impostato il calco in gesso di una scultura raffigurante una ...
Category
1880s Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Anatomical Model an External and Inner Ear, France 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for class, depicting an external and inner ear, made out of painted papier mache’ mounted on black painted wood. France circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Plaster, Fruitwood
Natural Specimen Amethyst and Calcite Flowers Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druze of Amethyst, colacite stones and calcite flowers crystals, mounted over a guild-plated wooden base on a vase shape. Italy 1880 ca.
Category
1870s Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone, Amethyst
Mechanical Countertop Cigar Cutter, USA 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Mechanical countertop cigar cutter, metal chrome and enamel. Allen R. Cressmans Sons. U.S.A. 1890 ca.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
Selection of Antique Grand Tour Marbles, Italy, 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A selection of antique Grand Tour marbles. In an inclined display structure made of lacquered cherry wood and profiled in black (ebony wood), a coll...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Marble
A botanic model, Germany 1900 ca.
Located in Milan, IT
An example of a botanical maquette for didactic use depicting the flower of the curly maple, Acer Platanoides. Made of painted plaster, wood and iron, wooden base painted black. Remo...
Category
Early 20th Century German 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Iron
Anatomical Model: a Jaw with Teeth, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomic model for class depicting a jaw with a teeth, made out of painted papier machè mounted on round black wooden base. Italy 1880 ca.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Plaster, Fruitwood, Paper
Old Ophtalmology Device, Italy, 1950
Located in Milan, IT
An old Italian ophthalmological device with a table with backlit letters, to test eyesight. Sbisa, company founded in Florence in 1869. Case in wood and glass. The electrical system ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Glass, Wood
Herbalist Pharmacy Wooden Jars, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Set of six small herbalist apothecary wooden jars (Ginko leaves, Thistle flowers, Myrtle berries), in the purest Neoclassical style. The surface is finish...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Fruitwood
Silver Handle Walking Stick, France, 1915.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: silver knob milord shape handle, depicting six soldiers, representing six European states involved in the First World War conflict. Ebony macassar wood shaft. Metal fe...
Category
Early 20th Century French 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal, Silver
Meershaum Pipe with Cupid, Vienna, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Tobacco taster pipe, made out of carved meershaum, with amber mouthpiece. One hand holds a cornucopia with Cupid. Vienna, Austria circa 1890. (The stand is for photographic use only...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone
Anatomical Print on Paper, Depicting a Fetus Skeleton, France, 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
A rare couple of French anatomical lithographs of the fetus skeleton, in a vintage metal frame. Great quality and artistic composition.
Printe...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Aythya marila) gray duck small plunger mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory an...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Feathers, Animal Skin, Wood, Paper
Oversize Scale, Italy, 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Over a square wooden base weighted with lead with brass plaque and connecting element rise the tall wooden central part, made out of wood, with moved profile and black lacquered. Ove...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
Silver Handle Walking Stick, France, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: silver round knob handle. Ebony wood shaft. Metal ferrule. France 1900 ca.
Category
Early 20th Century French 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal, Silver
Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Triticum Vulgare N.11A (Gramineae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the fl...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Meershaum Pipe with Garibaldi’s Head, Vienna 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with briar wood and horn mouthpiece. In the bowl of the pipe, the garibaldi’s head is depicted, with mustache, beard and cap. The eyes are in vitreous paste. V...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone
Barometer Signed Jecker, Paris 1800
Located in Milan, IT
Mahogany wall barometer consisting of a glass tube containing mercury with its reserve.
On the top part a chevron shaped pediment and a screwed brass plate with a small alcohol ther...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Syringa vulgaris N. 37 (Uleaceae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the flo...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Wax Anatomic Model Depicting an Human Organ Thyroid, Germany 1780
Located in Milan, IT
Colored wax anatomic model depicting a human organ: Thyroid mounted on black painted wooden base. Germany end of XVIII sec.
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Metal
Meershaum Pipe with the Head of Julius Caesar, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece and silver band. In the bowl of the pipe, the head of the dictator Julius Caesar, is depicted with a laurel wreath on his head. Original ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone, Silver
Botanic Model of Inflorescence, Flower Head, Italy, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical schematic model by Prof. T. Ferraris, didactic use, of a type of inflorescence specimen, the Simple Flower Head, made with hand-painte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Pantograph Signed Lennel, Paris, 1780
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and ebony pantograph, in its original mahogany box. Bone wheels. The instrument shows the signature of the maker Lennel à La Sphére à Paris. France, 1780.
Category
1780s British Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Brass
Meershaum Pipe with a Child, Vienna, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Tobacco taster pipe, made out of carved meershaum, with silver and amber mouthpiece with a silver band. One hand holds a tub where a child is sitting. Original case. Vienna, Austria ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Stone
Neoclassical Sample of a Marbles, Rome, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
From a neoclassical sample, a column with base and elevation, in standard module. The base is made out of yellow marble and has a wavy profile that closes upwards with a distinct edg...
Category
1870s Antique 20th Century Specialists
Materials
Marble, Breccia Marble, Statuary Marble
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