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(11) Coffee Table Books: French Art, Design & Travel

Price realized
$254
Pre-sale estimate
$150 – $300
Hammer price
$200
Category
Books, Manuscripts & Archives
Sold
July 18, 2025
Sale
DAY 1 - JULY 2025 ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION

Lot description

(lot of 11) Books, coffee table books about art, decorative arts, design, and regions in France, including: (1) "The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany," text by James Bentley, photographs by Hugh Palmer, Thames and Hudson, 1995, 224 pages, (1) "The Best of Painted Furniture," Florence de Dampierre, Rizzoli, 1987, 200 pages, (1) "From Marie-Antoinette's Garden: an Eighteenth-Century Horticultural Album," Elisabeth de Feydeau, Flammarion, 2013, 239 pages, (1) "The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence," text by Michael Jacobs, photographs by Hugh Palmer, Thames and Hudson, 1998, 224 pages, (1) "Chinoiserie," Dawn Jacobson, Phaidon Press Limited, 1999, 240 pages, (1) "Claude Monet's Gardens at Giverny," text by Dominique Lobstein, photographs by Jean-Pierre Gilson, Abrams, 2013, 135 pages, (1) "French Provincial Decorative Art," Catharine Oglesby, Bonanza Books, 1951, 214 pages, worn dust jacket, (1) "The Louvre : All the Paintings," edited by Vincent Pomarede, photographs by Erich Lessing, Black Dog and Leventhal, 2011, 766 pages, with slipcase, (1) "Provence Glory," text by Francois Simon, Assouline, 2021, 311 pages, (1) "Philips Travel Guides: Brittany," Keith Spence, photographs by Joe Cornish, George Philip, 1992, 192 pages, (1) "Provence: Art, Architecture, Landscape," edited by Rolf Toman, Konemann, 2000, 400 pages; largest: approx 13"h, 9.75"w, 1 5/8"d, 48lbs total

This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.