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an open book with black and white illustrations of vases and vasesan old book with a picture of a bunch of mushrooms on it
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €300 - €400
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Ornamentation Stolpe, Hjalmar Collected Essays in Ornamental Art. Translated from the Swedish by H. C. March. Text volume and plate volume. With over 100 illustrations printed within the text and 20 full-page plates. Stockholm, Aftenbladets Tryckeri, 1927. VII, 128 pp. 2 leaves, 20 plates, each with a bound-in text leaf. 4° and large folio. Brown half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the front and back covers (buffed and scuffed, flaking on the front cover of the text volume). One of 300 numbered copies. – With a handwritten and dated owner’s note by the ethnologist Martin Guisinde. - As part of the Vanadis Expedition in 1883 and 1885, the Swedish ethnographer and archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe (1841–1905) travelled to South America, Oceania, Asia and parts of Europe. During this journey, he collected numerous specimens for what would later become the ethnographic collection of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm. The publications by Stolpe compiled in this work were published in 1890 and 1896 and deal with the development of ornamental art amongst indigenous peoples. - Margins slightly browned. One leaf loose in the plate volume. Overall, very well-preserved copies. Ornamentic. – Translated from the Swedish by H. C. March. Text volume and plate volume. With over 100 illustrations printed in the text and 20 full-page plates. Brown original half-leather binding with gilt-stamped title on the front cover and spine (bumped and rubbed; scuff on the front cover of the text volume). – One of 300 numbered copies. – With a handwritten and dated ownership note by the ethnologist Martin Guisinde. - During the Vanadis Expedition in 1883 and 1885, the Swedish ethnographer and archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe (1841–1905) travelled to South America, Oceania, Asia and parts of Europe. During this journey, he collected a number of specimens for the ethnographic collection of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm. The publications by Stolpe compiled in this work were published in 1890 and 1896 and deal with the development of ornamental art amongst indigenous peoples. - Margins slightly browned. One leaf in the plate volume is loose. Overall, very well-preserved copies. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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