Oct 30, 2018 12:00 EST
Travel Literature and Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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ELBERTO, JOSÉ PAN
Album Descriptivo y Gráfico de Jerez de la Frontera y de las Bodegas del Exmo. Señor Marqués del Mérito. Madrid: Gonalez y Cía, [c. 1923]. Publisher's glazed yellow pictorial boards over brown cloth with brass bosses. 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches; [15] letterpress pages in Spanish and English; pochoir title page and back wrapper by Larraya, ornamental dedication leaf, plate of posters in full color, 28 illustrations from photographs (1 folding) with tissue guards. Upper boss lacking, foot of spine chipped, minor soiling.
Fine album produced by the sherry wine and brandy house of Marqués del Mérito in Jerez, documenting both the firm's wine production and the sporting traditions of the area, including pigsticking in the swamps, stag and ibex hunting, waterfowling, and bird shooting.
Sold for $150
Estimated at $50 - $70
Includes Buyer's Premium
ELBERTO, JOSÉ PAN
Album Descriptivo y Gráfico de Jerez de la Frontera y de las Bodegas del Exmo. Señor Marqués del Mérito. Madrid: Gonalez y Cía, [c. 1923]. Publisher's glazed yellow pictorial boards over brown cloth with brass bosses. 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches; [15] letterpress pages in Spanish and English; pochoir title page and back wrapper by Larraya, ornamental dedication leaf, plate of posters in full color, 28 illustrations from photographs (1 folding) with tissue guards. Upper boss lacking, foot of spine chipped, minor soiling.
Fine album produced by the sherry wine and brandy house of Marqués del Mérito in Jerez, documenting both the firm's wine production and the sporting traditions of the area, including pigsticking in the swamps, stag and ibex hunting, waterfowling, and bird shooting.
Auction: Travel Literature and Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson, Oct 30, 2018
