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Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems
Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems

Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems

Located in Middletown, NY

Rogers was determined to make it a success. He set down to enlarge and revisd the poem, commission

Category

19th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Leather, Paper

Poems of Robert Fergusson
Poems of Robert Fergusson

Poems of Robert Fergusson

Located in Middletown, NY

This is the FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT FERGUSSON'S POEMS in a very attractive binding. It presents

Category

Mid-18th Century Antique Poem

Materials

Leather, Paper

Le Poeme (The Poem)
Le Poeme (The Poem)

Le Poeme (The Poem)

By Louis Icart

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1928 Medium: Etching and aquatint on wove paper Framed Dimensions: 28.00" x 31.50" Signature: Signed in pencil at lower right, with the artist’s blindstamp at lower left. “C...

Category

1920s Antique Poem

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

19th Century Handwritten Framed Poem
19th Century Handwritten Framed Poem

19th Century Handwritten Framed Poem

Located in Queens, NY

Original poem in script dated 1846 in a rectangular wooden and gilt frame and beige matting (Oliver

Category

19th Century American Rustic Antique Poem

Materials

Olive

Dix Neuf Poèmes Élastiques
Dix Neuf Poèmes Élastiques

Dix Neuf Poèmes Élastiques

Located in Roma, IT

One of 40 copies on Hollande Van Gelder in 8° format including a second portrait of the author out of text. Rigid binding lightly wore on angles. Internal papers in perfect condition...

Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Seasonal Poems
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Seasonal Poems

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Seasonal Poems

Located in Hudson, NY

Four individual mounted panels of calligraphy. Each panel contains a poem inspired by one of the

Category

Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Poem

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Paper

Jade Plaque Inscribed with Poem, 1900
Jade Plaque Inscribed with Poem, 1900

Jade Plaque Inscribed with Poem, 1900

Located in Northampton, MA

This dark green (almost black) nephrite jade pendant is inscribed with a brief poem about spring

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Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Poem

Materials

Jade, Silver, Copper

1904 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
1904 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

1904 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

Located in Bath, GB

, homosexuality, sadomasochism and anti-theism. Volume I contains the Poems & Ballads First Series, volume II

Category

Early 1900s British Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

The Poem of Ossian - Lithograph - 19th Century

The Poem of Ossian - Lithograph - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph realized in 19th Century and dedicated to the Poem of Ossian (an imaginary Gaelic Bard

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19th Century Modern Antique Poem

Materials

Lithograph

1906 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
1906 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

1906 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

Located in Bath, GB

, homosexuality, sadomasochism and anti-theism. Volume I: Poems & Ballads First Series; volume II: Songs Before

Category

Early 1900s European Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

The Poems of John Keats – KELMSCOTT PRESS
The Poems of John Keats – KELMSCOTT PRESS

The Poems of John Keats – KELMSCOTT PRESS

Located in Middletown, NY

of the poems of John Keats (1795-1821), is a testament to the high regard in which this second

Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Gold Leaf

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects

Located in Middletown, NY

This is the FIRST EDITION of COLERIDGE'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. A. S. W. Rosenbach deemed it "An

Category

Late 18th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Leather, Paper

Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS
Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS

Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS

Located in Middletown, NY

Hammersmith: Eragny Press, 1903. First, Limited Edition. Octavo, 8 x 5.25 in (203 x 133 mm), pp.64 [2] + contents + colophon + blank + press-mark, Limited Edition. One of 215 copie...

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Early 20th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

Hasegawa Publishing – Sword and Blossom Poems, Volume II
Hasegawa Publishing – Sword and Blossom Poems, Volume II

Hasegawa Publishing – Sword and Blossom Poems, Volume II

Located in Hamburg, DE

Poems, Volume II" from Hasegawa Publishing. This exquisite book presents a captivating blend of "sword

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Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

Japanese Meiji Gilt Lacquer Writing Desk & Poem Box
Japanese Meiji Gilt Lacquer Writing Desk & Poem Box

Japanese Meiji Gilt Lacquer Writing Desk & Poem Box

Located in Chicago, IL

masterpiece of Japanese lacquerware. The matching set includes a writing table (bundai) and poem box (tanzaku

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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Poem

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone inscribed with a poem. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes

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19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone inscribed with a poem. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone inscribed with a poem. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

Poems of Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE, Third Edition, 1803
Poems of Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE, Third Edition, 1803

Poems of Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE, Third Edition, 1803

Located in Middletown, NY

'indisposed' but had no authority to change the selection of poems, thus this edition was born, which did not

Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Gold Leaf

Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems by William Watson
Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems by William Watson

Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems by William Watson

Located in Middletown, NY

This is a RARE first limited edition of Watson's poems, printed on deluxe japon and bound in vellum

Category

Mid-18th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Gold Leaf

The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press
The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press

The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press

Located in Middletown, NY

The Poems of William Shakespeare according to the text of the original copies, including the lyrics

Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift / Golden Cokerell Press
Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift / Golden Cokerell Press

Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift / Golden Cokerell Press

Located in Middletown, NY

Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift; Selected and with an introduction by R. Ellis Roberts

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Early 20th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Paper, Parchment Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo with Calligraphy Poem
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo with Calligraphy Poem

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo with Calligraphy Poem

Located in Hudson, NY

Moon and bamboo in ink on gold paper with red and black lacquered negoro frame. (Meiji period) Calligraphy reads: Beauty in ink painting with standing woods and branches, like in par...

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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

The Poems of Master  François Villon of Paris, 1892
The Poems of Master  François Villon of Paris, 1892

The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris, 1892

Located in Middletown, NY

Villon, François, John Payne [translator/editor]. The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris

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Late 19th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Waka Poems on Basketry Design
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Waka Poems on Basketry Design

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Waka Poems on Basketry Design

Located in Hudson, NY

Ribbons of 17th century calligraphy poems are mounted on an 18th century screen with a woven bamboo

Category

17th Century Antique Poem

Materials

Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. With a Memoir
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. With a Memoir

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. With a Memoir

Located in Middletown, NY

); pp. clix (memoir) + 160 (poems); frontispiece portraits of the author at the beginning of each

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Early 20th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique Japanese Polychrome Bowl With Poem Dragon Marked, 1660-1700
Antique Japanese Polychrome Bowl With Poem Dragon Marked, 1660-1700

Antique Japanese Polychrome Bowl With Poem Dragon Marked, 1660-1700

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

different compositions, and a Chinese poem is inscribed on the opposite side. These Chinese poems are

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17th Century Japanese Antique Poem

Antique Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Poem Prussian Invasion, 18th Century
Antique Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Poem Prussian Invasion, 18th Century

Antique Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Poem Prussian Invasion, 18th Century

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

. The poem refers to an event from the time of stadtholder Prince Willem V (1748-1806). The prince was

Category

18th Century Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

1884 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
1884 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

1884 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Located in Bath, GB

A beautifully illustrated and very smartly bound, limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works. In a lovely Bickers binding. Limited edition, numbered 14 of 150 copies printed with pr...

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1880s British Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem by John Skelton
The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem by John Skelton

The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem by John Skelton

Located in Middletown, NY

Skelton, John The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem London: Printed for Isaac Dalton, and sold by

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Early 18th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Calligraphy Poem of the Moon
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Calligraphy Poem of the Moon

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Calligraphy Poem of the Moon

Located in Hudson, NY

Poems refer to moon gazers. Ink on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Seals read: Roku-roku

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19th Century Japanese Antique Poem

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Paper

POEMS by Stephen Phillips in a lovely Zahensdorf binding, 1898
POEMS by Stephen Phillips in a lovely Zahensdorf binding, 1898

POEMS by Stephen Phillips in a lovely Zahensdorf binding, 1898

Located in Middletown, NY

Phillips, Stephen Poems London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. Sixth Edition. 8vo, 7 3/8 x 4 1

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19th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Leather, Paper

Au Souffle du Kasmin by Jeanne H. Chabal - illustrated poems
Au Souffle du Kasmin by Jeanne H. Chabal - illustrated poems

Au Souffle du Kasmin by Jeanne H. Chabal - illustrated poems

Located in Middletown, NY

author to her friend Mathilde Koehn, and a holograph poem of 4 stanzas, initialed and dated 1917. The

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Early 20th Century French Antique Poem

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique Ming Period Kosometsuke Poem Go Players Cricket Box Chinese Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Kosometsuke Poem Go Players Cricket Box Chinese Porcelain

Antique Ming Period Kosometsuke Poem Go Players Cricket Box Chinese Porcelain

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

very nice Cricket box / Incense box with Poem. Typical Literati taste for Scholars that also was

Category

17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED

The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED

Located in Middletown, NY

Combe, William (Dr. Syntax), & George Cruikshank The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in

Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Poem

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish
Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish

Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Poem of Tao Yuanming. This dish is clearly related to the situation of the late Ming Literati and their

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17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Rare Antique Scroll of Waka Heart Poem Famous Rengetsu Otagaki, signed
Japanese Rare Antique Scroll of Waka Heart Poem Famous Rengetsu Otagaki, signed

Japanese Rare Antique Scroll of Waka Heart Poem Famous Rengetsu Otagaki, signed

Located in South Burlington, VT

famous nun in old Japan and being familiar with poetry, her Waka poems on paper, and especially her hard

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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Poem

Materials

Paper

Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem
Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem

Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

One of the coolest pieces I have gotten in the last months. Great decoration with added green and red. This piece has the thing that intrigues me a lot. Green color added to baking f...

Category

17th Century Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem
Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem

Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

One of the coolest pieces I have gotten in the last months. Great decoration with added green and red. This piece has the thing that intrigues me a lot. Green color added to baking f...

Category

17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Poem

Materials

Porcelain

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