OF A COLLECTION OF Japanese Colour Prints, Kakemonos, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE ERNEST HART, Esq. INCLUDING THE WORKS OF KANAOKA, MATAHEI, SOSEN, OKIO, MASANOBU, MORO- AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS. Extending over a period of One Thousand Years of WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE, Auctioneers of Literary Property & Works illustrative of the Fine Arts, I. The highest bidder to be the buyer; and if any dispute arise between bidders, the lot so disputed shall be immediately put up again, provided the auctioneer cannot decide the said dispute. II. No person to advance less than 1s.; above five pounds, 2s. 6d., and so on in proportion. III. In the case of lots upon which there is a reserve, the auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the seller. IV. The purchasers to give in their names and places of abode, and to pay down 5s. in the pound, if required, in part payment of the purchase-money; in default of which the lot or lots purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold V. The sale of any lot is not to be set aside on account of any error in the enumeration of the numbers stated, or errors of description. VI. The lots to be taken away, at the buyer's expense, immediately after the conclusion of the sale; in default of which Messrs. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE will not hold themselves responsible if lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. If, at the expiration of Two Days after the conclusion of the sale, the lots are not cleared or paid for, they will then be catalogued for immediate sale, and the expense, the same as if re-sold, will be added to the amount at which they were bought. Messrs. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE will have the option of re-selling the lots uncleared, either by public or private sale, without any notice being given to the defaulter. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above conditions, the money required and deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited, and if any loss is sustained in the re-selling of such lots as are not cleared or paid for, all charges on such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulters at this sale. Gentlemen, who cannot attend this sale, may have their Commissions faithfully executed by their humble Servants, SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE, 13, Wellington Street, Strand, London. "One of the most important book illustrators of the eighteenth century." Anderson. verard 4 Sixty Illustrations, mounted, rare 4 9 1 5 Hundred Designs for Japanese Art Workers, mounted. See Illustration Maine 18 19 Wu-Tao-tsz and the pictured Dragon, by Tachibana Morikuni. 6 Chinese and Japanese Legends, illustrated, 2 vol. signed Kosoken, Nau published in 1716, a very rare book 12 9 Sketch Book, published 1789 |