310014 CHATEAU de VERSAILLES. Design: Wagner after Reiss. Hand-col. steel engraving. Back: Plain. Maker: Bibliographic Institute, Hildburghausen. 186x258 (sheet), 98x157 mm (picture). c1850.
Numbered "DCVII" (607).
oose under passe-partout, very good conservation.

290549 Peter Pan. Ill. box containing a game board pasted on folding cardborad, the wheel of fortune of the fairy "Trilli" (Tinker Bell), 6 cards recording events for each of the 4 players, for Captain Hook\'s ship and Skull\'s Island, 4 felt pieces representing Peter Pan\'s hat and a sheet of rules, complete. Design: Walt Disney (1901-1966). Offset. Back: Plain. Maker: Editrice Giochi, Milano, for Società Editrice S. Alessandro, Bergamo. 195x385 (lid of the box), 373x360 mm (game board). c1953.
The game is based on the cartoon by Walt Disney (1952). Box slightly damaged, otherwise very good conservation.

290449 Franz Dankert's Anweisung im Zeichnen in XX Vorlagen. Dritte Ausgabe [Franz Dankert's drawing instructions in 20 patterns. 3rd edition]. Illustrated title & 20 plates, complete. The 1st plate shows the geometric basic forms, all others deal with the human body: eyes, ears, mouths, feet, heads, naked & dressed figures... Stitched. Copper engraving. Maker: G.N. Renner & Schuster, Nürnberg. 212x360 mm. c1836.
The company founded by Georg Nikolaus Renner (1803-1854) traded under the above mentioned name from 1835 until 1837. 1 corner of the title torn off & expertly replaced, title dirtied, the 1st 2 plates with a folding mark in one corner & small repaired tears, slightly dog-eared.

290377 2 Prussian princesses, the little one holds a flag, in the background the Brandenburger Tor. Steel engraving colored with gouache & enhanced with varnish. Back: Plain. Maker: Unknown, probably Berlin. 127x95 mm. c1840.
The girls represented are likely to be Luise (1829-1885) & Anna (1836-1918), daughters of Prince Carl of Prussia & Marie of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. Very careful & fresh coloring. Faint rests of adhesive at the back, small repaired marginal tear, trimmed to the picture edge (original state), very good conservation.

290245 Der Bauern Calender (Country Almanac). 1854. Published by John C. Davis, No. 133 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia. 36 pp., ill. title, one full-page & other ill. Stitched. Type & wood engraving. 202x163 mm.
Browning, missing corners or dog-eared, partly dirtied, some waterstains.

290294 Lot of 8 handmade rice paper sheets with Chinese text & portrays of famous men: Bismarck (in full), Camillo Cavour (bust), Peter the Great (in full), Oliver Cromwell on horseback, Napoleon I (in full), George Washington (in full), Christopher Columbus (framed bust) & the Japanese Samurai Xixiang Longcheng (in full with a dog). Woodcut, printed in red or brown, blue, green or purple). Back: Plain. 242x164 mm. c1890.
The sheets are made of very thin paper (the letter should be written over the picture). They all have English captions under the portrays (the samurai excepted) & are loose in a file with the following French inscription: [...] This paper was brought to Europe by Mr Lun [?]. After his death, it was given to me by Liao Son Kao on October 19, 1909. Translations of the Chinese texts are joined. The sheets will also be sold separately at the price of 76 US$ . As new.