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    European Furniture, Sculpture, Works Of Art, Tapestries And Carpets

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    22 April 2008

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    • A SET OF TWELVE ITALIAN GILT-T
    Lot 195 | PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 179-219) Read more

    A SET OF TWELVE ITALIAN GILT-TOOLED LEATHER VOLUMES OF PLASTER INTAGLIOS

    19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 8,750

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    A SET OF TWELVE ITALIAN GILT-TOOLED LEATHER VOLUMES OF PLASTER INTAGLIOS
    19TH CENTURY
    Each gilt-tooled leather box resembling a book and opening to reveal a hinged double sided group of numbered plaster intaglios, the sides written with their corresponding descriptions, the outer spine each titled PAOLETTI below the contents, which comprise Offere di Canova, Edifij, Museo Vaticano, Opere di Thorvaldsen, Opere di Thorvaldsen ed Edifij, Museo Sommariva, Vomini Illustri, Museo Di Firenze Ediparigi, Museo di Napoli Albani e Sommariva, Vomini Illustri, Museo Capitolino, and Munumenti in Vari Luoghi
    11¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep (12)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
    (LOTS 179-219)

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