ANTIQUE PRINT MAP BOOK BUSINESS 500+ DAVID ROBERTS LITH For Sale

Antiquarian Print Map and Book Collection/Petra Fine Art Business
Hundreds of Original David Roberts Lithographs

Offered is an intermediate, 35-year old compilation of premier engravings, lithographs, maps, books, and watercolors, specializing in the Middle East, the Greco-Roman, Ottoman and Pre-Columbian worlds. There is also a nice selection of documents and illuminated manuscript pages. Many of these pieces are framed and matted. Ideal for the advanced dealer or collector. The Middle Eastern collection is worthy of any foundation, institution or embassy.

As North America’s specialist in the original lithographs of David Roberts, there are over 500 of these choice lithographs in the inventory being offered. Hundreds of antiquarian engravings by Sir William Hamilton, G. B. Piranesi, Laborde, Prisse d’Avennes, Frederick Catherwood, G. B. Belzoni, Bernardino Drovetti, W. H. Bartlett, Thomas Allom, etc. The maps reflect the Mediterranean sphere of influence, and the Middle East from such cartographers as Mercator, Ortelius, Hondius, Mallet, Munster, etc. The antiquarian book collection is represented by a number of steel plate books. A small reference collection of books is included in the price.

The business offered is delineated as:

•The company known as Petra Fine Art, client list and domain name (www.petrafineart.net).

•Small reference library which provides ample background for the inventory’s artwork.

•Large, wood print cabinet. White metal, utility table. 4 white desk lamps, 2 large and 2 small wood print files.

•Expert consultation during the transition phase.

The Roberts collection comprises:

Over 500 hand-colored and tinted David Roberts, R.A. lithographs from the Standard Folio (First) Edition, and a small selection of Roberts lithographs from the Royal Subscription Edition. Many are matted, and a number are museum quality framed. Among which are:

•Set of eight, large hand-colored lithographs representing the vistas of Jerusalem by Roberts.

•A rare, oil painting on wood panel, of Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, by the renowned, mid-19th Century Scottish travel-artist.

•A watercolor of the Vatican from the Southeast, also by David Roberts.

•A partial set of lithographs from Roberts Picturesque Sketches in Spain taken during the Years 1832 and 1833.

•The rare book, The Life of David Roberts by James Ballantine (1866).

•Dozens of antiquarian maps and views dating from the 16th-19th Centuries.

•A number of illuminated manuscript pages (on vellum) from France and Germany dating from the 13th-16th Centuries, a number of these are museum quality framed.

•A number of fine, 19th-20th Century watercolors of Egypt and of Constantinople.

[NOTE: I WILL CONSIDER ANY BONAFIDE OFFER FOR THE COLLECTION/BUSINESS. I AM ALSO WILLING TO PARTITION THE COLLECTION IF NECESSARY; THAT IS, SELL OFF SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF THE ARTWORK, IN THE EVENT THAT THE BUYER DOES NOT WISH TO PURCHASE IT IN ITS ENTIRETY]

Please call (410) 235-1696 for additional information or for an appointment to view the collection (serious inquires only). I can provide an excel spreadsheet delineating the inventory, as well as additional images. Packing and shipping of the collection will be at the discretion of the purchaser. A wonderful opportunity to acquire a profitable collection, or art business, with a dedicated client list.