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Lot 779: Collection of Fine Arms and Armor Books

Lot 779: Collection of Fine Arms and Armor Books

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Collection of Fine Arms and Armor Books

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Wallis & Wallis “Catalogue of Antique Arms and Armour, Militaria, Etc.” (May 1968; June 1969; September 1969); Weller & Dufty Ltd. auction catalogs (sale no. 10960 May 1966; sale no. 10982 December 1966; sale no. 10892 March 1967; sale no. 10992 March 1967; sale no. 10995 May 1967; sale no. 11000 July 1967; sale no. 11006 November 1967; sale 11021 April 1968; sale no. 11061 May 1969; sale no. 11064 July 1969); Waffen und Koftumkunde catalogs (1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1999; 2000; 2002; 2011; 2012); “The Thirteenth Park Lane Arms Fair,” February 1996; “The Fourteenth Park Lane Arms Fair,” February 1997; “The Fifteenth Park Lane Arms Fair,” February 1998; “Importante Collection d’Armes a feu du XVII au XIX Siecle” (Important Collection of Firearms from the 17th to the 19th Century) (1969); Holland & Holland “Catalogue of New and Second Hand Sporting Guns and Rifles,” Spring 1968; Cowan’s Auctions “Historic Firearms and Early Militaria,” April 26-27, 2016; James D. Julia “Iconic Firearms Collections at Auction, March 16, 2015 (catalog no. 2); “40th Anniversary Edition Collector’s Catalog Las Vegas Antique Arms Show and International Sporting Arms Show” (3 copies, 2002); David Condon Inc. catalogs (March 19, 1998; summer 1998; winter 1998/99; May 22, 1999; November 6, 1999; October 4, 2000; February 2001; May 12, 2001); Galerie Fischer catalogs (June 1965; June 1970; June 1990; June 1992); Wallace Collection Catalogues “European Arms and Armour” (1924); Anderson Galleries catalogs (“Arms and Armour an Exceptional Collection formed in Austria,” 1923; “The Collection of Arms formed by the Late Russel Hopkins,” 1924; “The Great Historical Collection of Arms & Armor,” 1927; “Art Property from the Collection of the Late Giulia P. Morosini,” 1932; “European Arms & Armor Collection of the Late Theodore Offerman, Part II,” 1938); Parke-Bernet Galleries catalogs (“The William Randolph Hearst Collection Part VII,” 1939”; “Arms and Armor European and Oriental Specimens Property of Mr. & Mrs. Amory S. Carhart,” 1942; “Paintings of Various Schools, Arms and Armor, Objects of Art, Bronzes, and Tapestries Property of F. Schnittjer & Son,” 1943; “Arms & Armor from the Bashford Dean Collection,” 1943; “Arms & Armor: The Well-Known Collection of Philip Rhinelander II,” 1944; “Collectors’ Firearms from the Collection of the Late W.H. Coverdale,” 1950; “Arms & Armor from the Collection of the Late Rutherfurd Stuyvesant,” 1950; “Arms and Armour from the Collection formed by the Late Bashford Dean,” 1950; “Arms and Armour European and American from the Collection formed by the Late Ansel S. Leo,” 1951; “Collector’s Arms and Armor from the John Wigington Collection,” 1951; “European Arms and Armor of the XV-XIX Century from the William Randolph Hearst Collection,” 1952; “Arms and Armor and Renaissance Furniture,” 1953; “Chess Sets, Paintings, Arms & Armor and Metalwork from the Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” 1956; “Arms and Armor XVI-XIX Century from the Collections of the Late William Randolph Hearst, George S. Wisecarver, Ronald Savin, and Other Private Owners,” 1957; “Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities, Gothic and Renaissance Art, Arms & Armor from the Collection of William Randolph Hearst,” 1959; European & American Firearms,” 1966; “European & American Firearms,” 1966); American Art Galleries catalogs (“Important Specimens of Arms and Armour,” 1923; “European Arms and Armor VI-XVIII Century the Collection of Henry Griffith Keasbey,” 1923 & 1924); American Art Association catalogs (“Theodore Offerman Collection,” 1919; “European Arms and Armor Mainly XV-XVII Century,” 1926; “Armor and Arms Mainly European XV-XVII Century,” 1928; “European Arms & Armor Collection of the Late Theodore Offerman,” 1937; “English & Other Furniture Tapestries, Oriental Rugs, Arms & Armor, Silver and Other Decorations Property of Mrs Leo F. Wormser,” 1937); Hermann (Hermann Historica) October 23, 1997 catalog; “Herman P. Dean Firearms Collection at the Hunting Galleries” (1980); Glendining’s March 1997 catalog; “The Antique Armory Presents”; “The Collection of Arms & Armour, Early English Oak, and Tapestry of the Late Morgan S. Williams, Esq.” (1921); “Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armour at Hallwyl House, Stockholm” (1928); C.E. Greener “Gun-Making Handicrafts: Excerpt Transactions of the Newcomen Society, Vol. V” (1924-5); Arne Hoff “The Rasmussen Revolving Guns” (1946); W.W. Greener catalog, season 1923; “A Collection of Arms and Armour: The Property of a Gentleman” (April 17, 1923); Gimbel Brothers “Antique Firearms Including a Collection of Rare Colt Revolvers” (September 1945); “Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arms, Armour & Costumes” (November 1922); Thomas T. Hoopes “Armor and Arms” (1954); “Salzburgs Alte Schatzkammer,” September 1967; “Pistolen Historisches Museum” (circa 1960s); Kaa Wennberg “En Svensk Vapensamling” (A Swedish Weapons Collection, 1982); “The Weapons Art Museum, Catalog No. 1” (1955); The Journal of the German Gun Collectors Association, Spring 2002; National Firearms Museum “Exceptional Arms” (2003); “Antique Fire Arms from the A. Fierro Collection” (1998); Greg Martin Auctions “The Stephen L. Pistner Collection” (November 2006); The Metropolitan Museum of Art “Arms & Armor from the Permanent Collection (2 copies, 1991 & 2002); Engraving of firearms parts by Martin Engelbrecht; The Metropolitan Museum of Art “Collection of Arms and Armor Including the William H. Riggs Donation” (1915); Vittorio Maglioli "Armeria Reale di Torino: Guida Breve per il Visitatore" (Royal Armoury of Turin: A Brief Guide for the Visitor) (1959); Bernard Quaritch Ltd. catalogs (1968; spring 1969); “Exhibition of Armour Made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich” (1951); “Armoury of the Doges Palace in Venice” (1966); Marin B. Retting catalog (circa 1950s); “La Real Armeria de Madrid” (1963); “Historisches Museum Dresden”; Harold Peterson “American Silver Mounted Swords 1700-1815” (1955); “Tøjhusmuseet Billedkatalog for den Permanente Udstilling” (The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum: Illustrated Guide to the Permanent Exhibition) (1962); “Eldhandvapen II” (1934); The Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums Association “Scottish Weapons”; Sir Harcourt Butler “A Big Game Shoot in Upper Burma” (1923); “Four Studies on History of Arms” (1963); Victoria and Albert Museum “European Firearms” (1969); “La Salle des Armures du Musee de la Porte de Hal” (1910); The Metropolitan Museum of Art “Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002”; “Royal Armouries Yearbook Vol 1” (1996); Allentown Art Museum “Arms and Armor” (1964); along with nearly 60 other fine firearms and armor related museum collection visitor guides and auction catalogs. Provenance: The Norman R. Blank Collection

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