Cape Town | Fine, Decorative & African Art, Books & Maps, Carpets, Furniture, Silverware, Jewellery, Watches & Vintage Fashion | October 2020

Sanson le fils AFRIQUE Paris: Pierre Mariette, (1669) 1690 Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, centerfold, paper watermarks, foxing, light soili...

Philip Cluver AFRICA Amsterdam: Louis and Daniel Elzevirin, (1661) [c1672] Copperplate engraving, centerfold; verso: tanning along top edge, penci...

Nicolas Sanson BASSE AETHIOPIE QUI COMPREND LES ROYAUME DE CONGO Paris: Pierre Mariette, (1655) Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, centerfold, ...

Pieter van den Keere AFRICA: PETRUS KAERIUS CALAVIT London: Roger Rea, (1627) 1668 Copperplate engraving, tanned especially towards edges, light f...

Willem Janszoon Blaeu AETHIOPIA INFERIOR VEL EXTERIOR Amsterdam: W J Blaeu, (c1635) Copperplate engraving, centerfold, light tanning, pencilled no...

Gerard Mercator the Younger AFRICAE DESCRIPTIO Amsterdam: Jansson, (1607) c1630 Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, one vertical fold line as is...

Isaac Commelin [CAERTE VAN DEN ZUYDERHOECK VAN AFRICA] Amsterdam: J Jansonius, (1598) [1646]Copper engraved, hand coloured, light tanning, few fox...

Abraham Ortelius AFRICAE TABULA NOVA Antwerp: De l'Imprimerie Plantienne, (1570) [1598]Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, centerfold, two cross...

Hendrik Kobell Junior RHEDE DES VORBIRGES DER GUTEN HOFNUNG Hamburg: Hoffmann, 1803 Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, three vertical fold line...

Felix Mixelle after Claude Louis Desrais TWO 'DE SAINT SAUVEUR' PLATES Paris: Chez Pavard, 1788 Hand coloured line and aquatint etching on laid pa...

Francois Le Vaillant FRANCOIS LE VAILLANT: TRAVELLER IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2 VOLS Cape Town: Library of Parliament, 1973 LIMITED EDITION 1218 of 2500, ...

William Shakespeare THE WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE [sic], 6 VOLS London: G. G. & J. Robinson, R. Faulder, B. & J. White et al, 1797 8vo, full leather, ma...

Colette (illustrated by P E Becat) L'INGENUE LIBERTINE Paris: Georges Guillot, 1947 LIMITED EDITION 25 of 420, FRENCH, 4to, 216 pp, frontis + 19 d...

Marcel Pagnol (Illustrated by Dubout) SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE, 3 VOLS Paris: Pastorelly, 1958-1960LIMITED, FRENCH, 8vo, unbound, slipcase, cover board...

Edgar Allan Poe (illustrated by Gustave Doré) THE RAVEN London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1883 Folio, 14 + 119 pp including 26 ...

Paul Dunoin and Bengt Wanselius THE INGMAR BERGMAN ARCHIVE Taschen, 2008 COLLECTOR'S EDITION, FIRST EDITION, oblong folio, blue leatherette and bl...

The rectangular top above a foliate-carved frieze on upturned baluster supports flanking a pair of panels and carved panelled doors, a pair of car...

The hinged oval top centred with an image of an artist working en plein air and surrounded by garlands of flowers above a frieze drawer, on square...

The bow fronted top above a central frieze drawer, a box drawer below, flanked by a cellaret drawer and a door, on square-section tapering legs, o...

the oval crossbanded top above a reeded frieze, on a baluster-shaped column, on four reeded outswept legs terminating in brass caps, on castors, w...

The rectangular top surmounted by a back gallery and shelf, two central frieze drawers below, flanked by a door and cellaret drawer, on ring-turne...

The crossbanded and moulded top with canted corners enclosing compartments, in sizes, a dummy drawer above a frieze drawer below, opposing dummy d...

The quarter-veneered and moulded oval top above a plain frieze, on a turned tapering support, drum socle, on four foliate-carved outswept legs, on...

The moulded rectangular breakfront top with an inset leather writing surface above a central frieze drawer, flanked by four pairs of drawers, on a...

The rectangular top surmounted by a sarcophagus-shaped compartment surmounted by a three-quarter gilt-metal gallery, a gilt-tooled leather-inset h...

The crossbanded top above a pair of short cockbeaded frieze drawers, three long graduated cockbeaded drawers below, shaped apron, on bracket feet1...

The outswept cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a pair of short drawers below three shelves, on turned feet213,5cm high, 135,5cm wid...

The hinged rounded rectangular top above a frieze drawer, on ring-turned tapering legs74cm high, 98cm wide, 49cm deep ...[more]

The hinged octagonal top above padded compartments, in sizes, a plain frieze on a tapering faceted support, carved scalloped collar, drum socle, o...

The rectangular top above a panelled frieze, a pair of glazed doors flanked by moulded columns and enclosing two adjustable shelves below, on a pl...

The outswept cornice above a plain frieze, a pair of panelled doors below enclosing a pair of short drawers below three shelves, on a moulded plin...

The rectangular top above a central frieze drawer, flanked by two pairs of short drawers, shaped apron, on square-section tapering legs, 76cm high...

The hinged moulded top above a central frieze drawer flanked by a pair of box drawers, on square-section tapering legs, stringing throughout, dist...

Each moulded rectangular top above a panelled door carved with figures at an inn flanked by fluted panels, on figural-carved supports, on a plinth...

The hexadecagonal shaped top above a carved apron on a barley-twist support, on three scrolling legs64cm high, 49cm wide, 49cm deep ...[more]

The rectangular top on carved shaped supports, on shaped feet, joined by side stretchers supporting scrolling metal braces79cm high, 170cm wide, 7...

The curved outswept cornice above a plain frieze and a pair of panelled doors enclosing two shelves, a slide and a pair of panelled doors below, o...

Arched head and foot board, scrolling foliate-carved panelled apron, on moulded faceted feet, on castors120cm high, 133cm wide, 195cm long ...[m...

The rectangular plate within a conforming frame flanked by deal panels, surmounted by a carved panel depicting a pair of doves amongst foliage, a ...

The rectangular marble top with canted corners above a frieze drawer and gilt-tooled leather inset fall-front enclosing drawers and compartments, ...

The rectangular plate within a conforming beaded and moulded frame surmounted with a crest of the symbols of Louis XVI, a quiver and flambeau, joi...

The rectangular cross-banded head and foot board flanked by fluted columns and surmounted with bud finials, on turned tapering feet140cm high, 151...

The arched plate within a conforming moulded frame134cm high, 128cm wide ...[more]

The hinged rectangular top enclosing a compartment, the sides applied with opposing iron handles54,5cmhigh, 104,5cm wide, 58cm deep ...[more]

The arched plate within a conforming moulded frame surmounted by a scroll and acanthus cresting, the base flanked by acanthus scrolls191cm high, 1...

The moulded arched pediment surmounted by a scrolling foliate cresting, a glazed door below enclosing two shelves, bevelled glazed side panels, ca...

The hinged rectangular top enclosing a compartment, floral-carved front panel flanked by inverted corbels, the sides applied with opposing iron ha...

The rectangular panelled top within a 'bamboo-bundle' frame above an apron pierced and carved with prunus blossoms, the in-curving c-shaped legs t...

Each rectangular top inset with a floating burlwood panel within a beaded frame, above an apron of pierced and carved interlaced knot-work, the sq...

Suspended within a carved frame surmounted with ball finials and a scrolling cresting, on arched carved feet115,5cm high, 67cm wide (2) ...[more]

The rectangular top above three long drawers, on cabriole legs85cm high, 106cm wide, 51,5cm deep ...[more]

The shaped top rail and square-section bottom rail joined by three reeded square-section splats, caned seat, on square-section tapering legs joine...

The shaped top and plain mid rail joined by turned spindles, downswept arms on upturned baluster supports, riempie seat, on turned tapering legs19...

Each curved top rail above a conforming mid rail, riempie seat, on ring-turned tapering legs (2)

The shaped and carved top rail and square-section bottom rail joined by reeded square-section splats, curved scrolling arms, riempie seat, on squa...

Each curved and shaped top and bottom rail joined by a pierced splat, curved arms, caned seat, on fluted square-section tapering legs, on block fe...

The curved top and bottom rail between curved supports, caned seat, on ring-turned tapering legs

Each reeded top and bottom rail joined by six square-section spindles between square-section supports, reeded downswept arms on square-section su...

Each semi-circular top above a plain frieze, on ring-turned tapering legs76cm high, 162cm wide, 82cm deep (2) ...[more]

The outswept cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a pair of short drawers and two shelves, on turned feet, distress186,5cm high, 121cm...