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Next catalogue date and Platinum Jubilee closing.

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    Royal Luncheon to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Guildhall 12 June Coronation Year MDMLIII. [Intro Page:] To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A Royal Luncheon given by The Corporation of the City of London at Guildhall Friday 12 June 1953 in Celebration of Her Majesty's Coronation.   Designed & Printed at the Baynard Press, London. [1953.] Printed letterpress, facsimile and photo-lithograph; embossed front cover; 4 sheet, double-side 4to. 280 x 205mm. 11 x 8". The programme for the Royal Luncheon held at the Guildhall on Friday 12th June 1953, following her coronation 10 days previously; including the speeches, the musical programme, menu, list of toasts to tbe made, a picture of the Guildhall before damage by enemy action in December 1940, and a list of the Sub-Committee members.   [Ref: 19156 ]   £60.00 Here in the UK we shall be celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee   with a four day weekend Thursda...

Six reasons why you should buy Antique prints!

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1. You get to own a piece of history You can own something that was made over a hundred years ago. It may have even passed through some famous hands! 2. Aesthetically Pleasing  There is such a range of styles and subject matter to antique prints; there is something for everyone! From 16th Century Woodcuts: Magnus Alexander Achillinus. [Bologna, Hieronymum de Benedictis, n.d., c.1520.] Very scarce woodcut, set in Latin text. Sheet 205 x 135mm (8 x 5¼"). Small notch in top edge, slight spotting. An early portrait of Alessandro Achillini (c.1463-1512), philosopher and physician of Bologna, who studied anatomy. It was published as the frontispiece to 'Annotationes anatomiae magni Alexandri Achillini Bononiensis', first published 1520. Wellcome 8-1. [Ref: 57195 ]   £360.00   To modern etchings: [Falcon.] [Edward Julius Detmold. & Charles Maurice Detmold] ...