Was surprised to see some Grenfell pieces in there. Not sure they got the dating on those correct... and the pricing!
Here's a couple of results on one of the images: https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/3081T/lots/1225 https://www.iegor.net/en/lot/105350/12409957?...
Took me a while to figure that one out.
Early in a new day, what I'm seeing is: Nach originalen aus dem besitze der wiener albertina und englischem privatebesitz hergestellt und erfolgt...
Do we have any German readers? You need a translation of this: [ATTACH] All that I can make out is that this #200 of an edition of 500, but not...
seeing 2022
To my eye it has a sort of pre-Raphaelite look to it. A William Morris influence. If so, that would be 3rd quarter 19th C. Where are you?
There are 2 owner inscriptions, both named Woodworth. At the front: [ATTACH] At the back: [ATTACH] The front one might have been written by...
So pre-Franco-Prussian War, and possibly pre-Napolionic Wars.
On the dedication page, the word "permission" is written with the old S-shaped-like-an-F, which I think was long out of fashion by the 1840s....
Yeah, you'd have to get hold of some feathers and experiment.
When I had it re-backed, the binder said it was the ugliest Hebrew alphabet he had ever seen.
It's unlikely they'd want it for consignment, but they might be able to suggest a resource... if you catch them in a good mood.
At $19.95, I'd think it was steal.
Maybe you could contact Heffel or Waddingtons to see if they know the name.
Most of the plates showing penmanship are engraved plates. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] There are typeset pages as well. Instructions...
This is “The American Text Book for Letters” published by Nathaniel Dearborn in Boston, 1842. I got it at an estate auction back in the ‘70s. It...
Odd name. There's a type of tropical pitcher plant called a "monkey cup". I wonder if that's where the name originated. [ATTACH] The Asian...
My guess is arts and crafts period - 1st quarter 20th C. I had a lamp to go with it: [ATTACH]
I like the way the clasp carries through the linkage.
Separate names with a comma.
