EditorialOriginal Harry Potter watercolour illustration introducing boy wizard to the world on first book cover sets auction record with $600,000 pre-sale estimate
EditorialThe Magdeburg panel, Ottonian, around 965 CE. Ivory panel with a scene from the gospel of Saint Luke: Christ and a group of disciples meet a bier being carried out of the city gate. The background is pierced with equal-armed crosses. The panel would ha...
EditorialPlate One, from The Analysis of Beauty. William Hogarth; English, 1697-1764. Date: 1753. Dimensions: 366 ? 490 mm (image); 410 ? 540 mm (plate); 420 ? 565 mm (sheet). Etching and engraving in black on cream laid paper (now in two parts, with the right ...
EditorialBook Cover Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, 11th century, German, Ivory, Overall: 6 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 1/2 in. (15.9 x 7.5 x 1.2 cm), Ivories, Here the symbols of the four evangelists?the eagle (Saint John), the angel...
EditorialLeather Book Cover. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34 x 24.5 cm (13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/4" wide; 9" long. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper.
EditorialAndrew Lang, Roycroft, Elbert & Hubbard, Aucassin and Nicolete, Being a Love Story translated out of the Ancient French by Andrew Lang Paper, suede, total (book cover): Height: 21,8 cm; width: 14,2 cm, unmarked, book decoration, historical epochs, nobi...