Category Archives: 19th Century

Burkes Irish Country Houses by Mark Bence-Jones 1978


Burkes Irish Country Houses
by Mark Bence-Jones
Vol.1

Published by Burke’s Peerage Ltd., London., 1978.
Pergamon Press N.Y.
Hardback red cloth with dust jacket.
Good condition extensive text and several thousand illustrations.

This book is an alphabetical dictionary of nearly 2,000 Irish country houses, with individual entries comprising an architectural description and commentary, a brief history of the property and its devolution, many anecdotes and notes of interest concerning the interior, gardens, park etc.

Price £50.00


STK.2246

Pennsylvania German Folk & Decorative Arts from Mr & Mrs Richard Flanders Smith


Pennsylvania German Folk Art and Decorative Arts from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Flanders Smith
Includes furniture, toys, quilts, housewares, baskets and all manner of folk art items from Mennonite, Amish and generally Pennsylvania Dutch craftsmen of this and previous centuries.
3rd June 1995

Christie’s
Lebanon Valley Exposition Center
Pennsylvania

Well illustrated heavy rare catalogue
Condition Very Good

Price £18.00

Ref:2427

REVOLUTION Christie’s New York April 2016


“Revolution” is a new multi-departmental concept sale featuring masterworks of fine arts from the 18th and 19th centuries – paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures – that will bring to life the many ways in which the visual arts have documented, illustrated and contributed to the great revolutions – political, philosophical and aesthetic – that made the modern world. The 45-lot sale offered a distinguished and diverse selection of artists such as Boilly, Daumier, David, Géricault, Goya, Ingres, Turner and Vigeé Le Brun. Historical figures represented in the sale include Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Rousseau, Duke of Orleans and George Washington, among others.

Auction house: Christie’s, New York
Date: 13th April 2016

Condition. Excellent, large format with fold-out pages

(Weight: Very Heavy)
Price £25

NELSON, The Alexander Davison Collection Sothebys 2002 Hardback Edition

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The Alexander Davison Collection
“Horatio Nelson…the first British hero. the Alexander Davison collection is disclosed, the most significant discovery for more than a hundred years. To read these letters and documents, and to see the mementoes that Davison kept is strangely moving. Alexander Davison was Nelson’s intimate friend, treasurer and advisor “It was not only Nelson who confided in Davison but his wife, Fanny, and his mistress, Emma Hamilton, did so too….Then there are the belongings – Most memorably, the purse said to have been in his pocket at Trafalgar; the swords and the guns; the porcelain; and the dazzling diamond brooch bearing his initials, which still keeps its mystery.

Sotheby’s
London
21st October 2002

Fine quailty hardbacked delux catalogue well illustrated
and with extensive text. includes estimate sheet
This heavy catalogue is in excellent condition

Price £22.00