RARE BOOKS, ATLASES, MAPS AND GRAPHIC ARTS

Session: Wednesday 16th July 2024

3.00 p.m. CEST

Lots 1-380

Bado and Mart Auctions is pleased to present the summer auction to be held on 16th July at 3 p.m. CEST.

The auction consists of 380 lots including a wide selection of volumes from the 16th to the 20th century, a large selection of Venetian and Japanese prints, drawings, and a varied assortment of autographs, documents and posters.

Opening is a collection of documents, mainly on parchment, containing the signatures of French kings from Sun King Louis IV to King Louis XVIII (Lots 1-7).

This is followed by prints by Piranesi, Piazzetta, Marco Ricci, Tiepolo and Callot.

The auction continues with numerous drawings, a selection of elegant French bindings and an important collection of travel books and atlases (Lots 94-98).

The focus is then on several Japanese woodcut triptychs (lots 103-117) and a rich collection of documents and prints on the French Revolution.

Also on offer are many American and European maps and a small nucleus of optical views.

An interesting section of atlases and Asian history is represented by the group of volumes focusing on Asia and China (lots 206-210) and Japanese woodcuts (lots 221-247).

Lots 249-250 focus on beautiful double-page plates on France (Description des Fetes données par la ville de Paris, 1740 and the 104 plates on Versailles and its gardens in a magnificent contemporary binding with coat of arms of the Marquis de Mereville).

Finally, a splendid testimony of the period between the World War I and Worl War II is outlined by the Epinal prints and a rich collection of French posters of the war periods in question.

EXHIBITION: 11-14th July 2024 on appointment only.

To book your appointment, call 0039 049 8755317 or send an email to info@badoemart.it

We remind you that our staff remains at your disposal to carry out detailed condition reports with additional photos in addition to the pictures already present in the catalog.