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An Alphabet by William Nicholson, N for Nobleman,
£400 eachAn Alphabet by William Nicholson, N for Nobleman,
Nicholson was recommended by his friend, James McNeil Whistler to the publishers Heinemann as an original and expert wood-cut artist. The relationship with the publisher was highly successful, establishing Nicholson’s reputation as an illustrator. Between 1897 and 1900 he illustrated five works: An Alphabet, An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Twelve Portraits, London Types, and The Square Book of Animals.£400 each -
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris by John Parkinson (1567-1650)
£350 eachParadisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris by John Parkinson (1567-1650)
John Parkinson, born c1566, started his working life in medicine, beginning his apprenticeship to a London apothecary. He went on to become one of the most respected apothecaries in Britain. He was elected junior warden of the Society of Apothecaries in August 1620 but at the beginning of 1622, he asked for, and was granted, permission to give up his duties in the Society and then concentrated on his garden in London's Long Acre. Here he started researching and writing his first book: Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris, and maintained close relations with other important English and Continental botanists, herbalists and plantsmen.£350 each -
Brass hundi lanterns,
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Pablo Picasso, Lithograph of a Study for the Reworking of Edouard Manet’s, Luncheon on the the Grass. c1962
£350Pablo Picasso, Lithograph of a Study for the Reworking of Edouard Manet’s, Luncheon on the the Grass. c1962
From 1959-1962 Pablo Picasso and his second wife Jacqueline lived at Château de Vauvenargues near Aix-en-Provence. He spent most of his time of his time on 140 drawings and 27 paintings, lino-cuts and cardboard models all on the theme of Manet’s, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe. Manet's original painting from 1862 showing a nude woman sitting between two fully clothed men was a scandal for the time.£350