Lot 205 - "Saints In Art" Antique Illustrated Religious Art Reference Book By Clara Erskine Clement, Published By L. C. Page And Company, Boston, 1899

Lot 205 - "Saints In Art" Antique Illustrated Religious Art Reference Book By Clara Erskine Clement, Published By L. C. Page And Company, Boston, 1899Antique illustrated art reference book titled "Saints in Art" by Clara Erskine Clement, author of A Handbook of Legendary Art and Painters, Sculptors, Architects, and Engravers. Published by L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1899. Illustrated throughout with full page plates protected by tissue guards, including works such as St. Margaret School of Correggio. Bound in decorative cream cloth with elaborate gilt and blue stamped design of a haloed saint

we have not confirmed whether it was altered

” meaning “In This Sign You Shall Conquer

consisting of an unused Cannon dish cloth sealed in its original paper and cellophane package promoting “Old Witch — The Milky-White Ammonia Discovery

The alabaster base shows an old break repaired with visible glue along the split and at the mounting point

some losses and cuts to interior litho

Solid and heavy construction with visible machining marks and aged patina

wire hanger replaced in house

Pre-Auction Notes: Includes paper label salvaged from damaged hat box indicating it was sold by M

Antique embossed and gold-accented Halloween postcard titled “A Jolly Hallowe’en

light spotting

paperweight

Lateral Wall of the Pharynx with its Arteries and Nerves