18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
The National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
Philipp Franz Von Siebold's Ukiyo-E Collection, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978, three folio volumes, colour illustrations throughout, original cloth, each in original solander box, preserved in original printed cardboard shipping boxes;
Sotheby's, Catalogue of Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection, Parts I-III, 1974-77, three quarto volumes, dust wrappers;
Sotheby's, Catalogue of Fine Japanese Prints, Drawings and Paintings, The Property of a Gentleman, 1978, boards. (7)
Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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